Dare to Be Square
by karmat

Comment by Sonifo:
Wow Karmat, You are getting good with the camera. Iam impressed. Keep it up.

Little Sister
by karmat

Comment by sher:
good, clear focus and detail. nice colors and beautiful subject. well done!

Little Sister
by karmat

Comment by LindaLee:
I like the old barn wood, and the fact that the background behind her is completely black. Gives the shot a nice crisp feel.

Little Sister
by karmat

Comment by PTLParsons:
Great old barn, but don't think those 2 boards will hold much in. Love to have some of that wood to redo my family room inside. Beautiful model in a beautiful photo. Great job.

Little Sister
by karmat

Comment by lisae:
Cool photo. I like the framing and the pose your sister is in. It shows a lot of familiarity with her, and brings out her personality, as well as the rustic charm of the old building. Nice work.

Dare to Be Square
by karmat

Comment by Turbotech:
Intresting.

Dare to Be Square
by karmat

Comment by 'Pong:
This makes my smile :-) Can I have one kiss?

Dare to Be Square
by karmat

Comment by PaulMdx:
Composition: Good. Really like the background and table surface
Technical: Fantastic focus, good use of colour, nice border. Looks like you've sharpened after you added the border not before (white line between pic and border). Best to do it before added the border.
Meets challenge: Yes
Overall impression: Technically great and aesthetic too! 8

Little Sister
by karmat

Comment by teachme53:
Good picture and I'm glad someone was not afraid to put a person into their image. I think that makes the photo more appealing. The lighting on your sisters face is a little harsh. A little post editing to tone that down might have helped. (8)

At the Corner of Charles and Maple
by karmat

Comment by emorgan49:
Hello from the Critique Club (again).

Good find! You just came accross these road signs? No vandalism was involved I assume. I suppose anyone could have stumbled upon a broken road sign but what you chose to do with it was really interesting. This is really a great photo!

The point of view here makes a statement. It's almost as if you are trying to put that sign back up. You got down under the sign and took it from just about the angle it was intended to be viewed at. That's what creates the stunning visual contrast. It strengthens your statement that "here is a sign out of place". Great start.

Next you made a wonderful composition out of that sign. The X it forms in the not-quite-center of the photo is a strong arrangement (good thirds). The x shape itself is wonderful because ti creates four visual leading lines. You have chosen to emphasize one and use the other more subtley. Charles is the less dominate line but you have used it to mirror the slant of the hill and the pitch of the background trees. Maple is the dominant line and you have pointed it right at a tree (I think it's an oak). Ah but wait, you did another reverse. you have lighted the less pronounced side of the X to make it stonger and left the stronger side dark so that it doesn't carrry more weigt. Lovely.

More...Now you made use of the word MAPLE by putting two trees in the V under it, one horiaontal, one upright. Nice. And repeated the V in the branching of the tree- nice. I particularly like how you cleaned off the P (middle letter) in the word maple for emphasis, otherwise the word would have beeen too dark and maybe missed.

Colors are natural. Focus and DOF are perfect. Lighting is exquisite, hard to achieve at mid day. Mabe the snow could have been a bit whiter? On my monitor the whole picture is just a hair too dark. And I think it is a bit over sharpened. The words have some jaggies and the background treetops are sparkly. I think that's what dragged you down to 29th place. Could have been higher!

Okay - the usual disclaimer - this is just my opinion, I am not an expert by ANY means.

Message edited by author 2003-01-30 09:41:49.