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 03/16/2013 08:44:08 PM · #26

I received this comment from Shutter-For-Hire on my first ever entry. I really appreciated how he helped me with his comment. Eric also did a quick editing job to show me the difference. It was a nice way ot start with DPC.

"This is actually a REALLY great shot... i remember watching this on TV... i'm quite surprised it didn't do better!

I might make a slight suggestion... to make the image "appear" sharper than it is you can "legally" cheat... make a separate layer including just the background (do a VERY neat job of this) and do a VERY VERY tiny gaussian blur... just to make a slightly shallower DOF... EVER SO SLIGHTLY... then re-size it with the long end at 1600 (twice the max) then sharpen the layer that shows the skaters... click on "filter" - "Sharpen" - "Sharpen"... sharpen it twice... yea... too sharp... that's good for now... then re-size it to 800 on the long end, and it won't be too sharp any more... it will ne just right...

just my two cents... =)"

Message edited by author 2013-03-16 20:44:36.
 03/16/2013 09:21:55 PM · #27
the comments are the joy of this place, after the astonishment of the photos. or sometimes ahead, like this one:


by tvsometime

So evocative. 8

Like the motet by Josquin des Prez (text by Virgil):

Fama malum qua non aliud velocius ullum:
Mobilitate viget viresque adquirit eundo:
Parva metu primo,
Mox sese attollit in auras
Ingrediturque solo
Et caput inter nubila condit.

Rumour is of all the pests the swiftest.
In her freedom of movement lies her power,
and she gathers strength from her going.
She begins as a small and timorous creature, and though she walks on the ground, she hides her head in the clouds.
 03/17/2013 04:24:52 PM · #28

image by jmritz

Comment originally posted by herfotoman

If it wasn't for the pole and black thing, this could have been........
a very boring landscape - hehe.

Makes it an image to linger on. Get to grips with. All that deep stuff. I like it.
 03/17/2013 05:03:24 PM · #29
Dante's Inferno found

by herfotoman

Comment by tnun:
gorgeous. (you force me to vote).
 03/17/2013 05:10:16 PM · #30
Image: Cross purposes.


To show the appreciation width that one image can attract:

Comment by HarveyG

That looks like Huckleberry Finn and his mates getting up to mischief.

and

Comment by daisydavid

Iconic and speaks volumes of the documentation of human endevour. "The known is finite, the unknown infinite; intellectually we stand on an islet in the midst of an illimitable ocean of inexplicability. Our business in every generation is to reclaim a little more land, to add something to the extent and the solidity of our possessions." Thomas Henry Huxley - On the Reception of the Origin of Species (1887). You have done your bit ;)
 03/17/2013 05:17:51 PM · #31
No Editing by Bucket


Comment by Arbitrator: This photo has startled me... The girls eyes are haunted,she is a picture of pure poverty,im suspecting those teeth are real.The green mucous indicates a yukky infection,not a pleasant photo to look at for those reasons,but a brave one.
 03/17/2013 05:21:48 PM · #32
Natural Pyrite by Strikeslip


Comment by Blue Moon: would you stop with the bloody fishtank already!? We know it's you!
 03/18/2013 02:50:13 AM · #33

The beauty of the game by blindjustice

Comment originally posted by tnun:
why is it so satisfying to murder a little ball in a cubicle? a valid mystery.
 03/18/2013 10:48:55 AM · #34
Another from K10DGuy on

As they descended into the maelstrom, into what would surely be their deaths, they clung to each other, desperately trying to take comfort in their love before the end.
As the wind and debris began to intensify, and started tearing the gondola apart, he whispered to her, "I love you, and I was wrong. We should have gone to Belize."
She whispered back, "I told you so."
 03/18/2013 12:37:37 PM · #35
an early comment I received from dwoolridge

"If images are but a bulk commodity to be quantified, ordered, and barely glimpsed, then what of the words said unto them? Attach to them no significance and give them no permanence, but let them remain ephemeral, false, and vague, as memory

Not really referring to the specific image, but the whole concept of photgraphing things casually as for DPC and the comments.

Message edited by author 2013-03-18 13:07:17.
 03/18/2013 01:03:56 PM · #36
On the "you can't win" (or "you can't lose" if you're the optomistic type) front, I always like getting paired comments like these:

"Great everyday beauty. I'm not too keen on the purple tinge, but otherwise great."

"Like the purple tinge."
 03/18/2013 01:06:15 PM · #37
oops

Message edited by author 2013-03-18 13:06:30.
 03/18/2013 01:24:58 PM · #38
From zeuszen

"This is quite unpretentious, contemporary,
not enough, perhaps,

to stand out on its own
but a worthwhile direction

to explore and look
for a way

that isn't a thoroughfare.
(tnun has a good nose). :)"

For

Message edited by author 2013-03-18 13:25:57.
 03/18/2013 02:44:07 PM · #39
Originally posted by chazoe:
From zeuszen

"This is quite unpretentious, contemporary,
not enough, perhaps,

to stand out on its own
but a worthwhile direction

to explore and look
for a way

that isn't a thoroughfare.
(tnun has a good nose). :)"

For

zeuszen is a good source for quotable comments. That last remark about tnun made me curious, so I went to look at the image.
 03/18/2013 02:55:07 PM · #40
and some comments are delightfully shameless



LoVi: Ooooooooooooooooo fuzzy fuzzy nosy nuzzly....I PET you and give you love.....
KISSSSSSSSSSSYYYYYYYYYYYYYY SHHHHHHLLLLUUURRRRPPPPPP!!!!!
 03/19/2013 04:24:02 PM · #41
A must read:

Crossing

Originally posted by boysetsfire:
-i would imagine that you will be getting plenty of people wondering why you put kept the tree in the frame.
...

This is just a sample. You are encouraged to go read the entire thing.

03/20/2013 12:34:06 PM · #42


tnun: way too political or spiritual or some damn thing.
03/22/2013 02:16:50 AM · #43

Falling Apart by Dr.Confuser

Photographer's Notes: My daughter says they serve Daiquiris there that would make Hemmingway weep, but I digress.
 03/22/2013 08:15:00 AM · #44

FallingApart by tnun

Originally posted by jmritz: It's not a pretty sight. Lovely.
 03/22/2013 01:17:43 PM · #45

falling apart by jmritz

Originally posted by pixelpig:
This is like a dream, when you dream you're dreaming. Then you dream you wake up. When you do wake up for real, the whole dream goes through your head like an uptown express train in a swirl of used hot air & bits of paper, leaving you feeling confused. And thirsty.
 03/23/2013 10:18:22 PM · #46

comment by [user]ubique[/user]: Well, I just like this for its nonconformity. The photograph is deliberately unfinished; nothing is certain. And that lets the viewer into it to wander around and investigate. The guys are wearing work clothes. They're not young guys. They're discussing something. No rush, though ... it's something that requires some measured consideration. As much looking as talking. Are they nurserymen, perhaps? The dog has an injured leg, and so must wear the embarrassing Elizabethan collar. But he doesn't neglect his duties, watching his master's flanks. It's a charming, mature photograph and makes some demands of the viewer. That's the best kind. 9.

I miss him, ubique, but I am glad of him.
 03/23/2013 10:53:36 PM · #47
Originally posted by tnun:

comment by [user]ubique[/user]: Well, I just like this for its nonconformity. The photograph is deliberately unfinished; nothing is certain. And that lets the viewer into it to wander around and investigate. The guys are wearing work clothes. They're not young guys. They're discussing something. No rush, though ... it's something that requires some measured consideration. As much looking as talking. Are they nurserymen, perhaps? The dog has an injured leg, and so must wear the embarrassing Elizabethan collar. But he doesn't neglect his duties, watching his master's flanks. It's a charming, mature photograph and makes some demands of the viewer. That's the best kind. 9.

I miss him, ubique, but I am glad of him.

there were 1108 entries in that challenge!!!!!!! My goodness, these days if we break 150 I call it a good day!!
 03/23/2013 11:27:38 PM · #48
Well, that was a pretty special challenge - hidden gem AND the 1000th challenge.
 03/23/2013 11:37:05 PM · #49
Originally posted by tnun:


I miss him, ubique, but I am glad of him.


Yes.
 03/24/2013 07:15:15 AM · #50
I miss Ubique terribly.



"Beautiful, timeless. Such perfect judgement of everything, including the things excluded. If this were the cover of a book I'd be happy to buy the book without opening it, because anyone who can do this is incapable of disappointing with whatever's within."

Difficult to imagine a more complimentary comment. Beautifully written too (typically).
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