[drunken_spartan]

April 14, 2009 at 12:04 pm

richiehatch wrote:

Nice series… would like to see that bottom one bigger…! Looks like a cracker

Richie

there you go :

thanks all for the comments!!

[drunken_spartan]

November 11, 2008 at 2:01 pm

wow its stunning

[drunken_spartan]

September 23, 2008 at 9:48 am

MartinOC wrote:

Perhaps some might say it is wasted space and a crop would tidy it up.
But you do have the statue’s face at about a third the way across and it is facing over toward the empty space so it obeys the “rules”.
I like it as it is.

Martin

cool thanks.composition is something I really want to improve on.

[drunken_spartan]

September 23, 2008 at 8:03 am

MartinOC wrote:

This is a very nice rendering of a beautiful subject.
The composition and b&w toning are great.
The bottom is cropped, but I don’t think that makes any difference, adding more at the bottom would probably knock it off balance.

Martin

thanks a mill.ya think I should crop the right hand side slightly to even it up with the left?

[drunken_spartan]

September 12, 2008 at 8:09 am

First one is great but I love the second

[drunken_spartan]

September 8, 2008 at 2:22 pm

b318isp wrote:

Nice idea and, yes, it’s a bit dark but some processing work would sort that out (even a b&w conversion). However, the door on the right attracts my eye the most – pity it’s blocked. Thereafter, there is nothing specific to focus on – including a passerby, for example, would add a dynamic and contrasting element.

yeah the photo looks fine on my laptop…right i seriously need to get that screen calibrated.It is a pity about the door indeed..so cool some movement yup…duely noted thanks!

[drunken_spartan]

September 8, 2008 at 1:25 pm

AK Carlow wrote:

drunken_spartan wrote:

hehehe cheeky comment young man!

Young? I was young when I took my first photograph in 1960.

AK

ah youngness is a state of mind.I only tired taking my first “photograph” under a year ago.

[drunken_spartan]

September 8, 2008 at 1:04 pm

i dont know much but I know what I like!!!!! Superb!!

[drunken_spartan]

September 8, 2008 at 9:47 am

nfl-fan wrote:

Blown details can often work in an image… it all boils down to the content of an image and how you want to interpret it.

In this case the mother and child are walking around a corner, into the unknown, the blown detail here acts like a portal of extremely bright light, like a gateway to somewhere else. The composition and the positioning of the blown detail just happen to work really well here IMO and in a Street context they also offers a certain form of rawness to this particular image which blends well with the motion blur and minimal detail.

Here’s another with totally blown highlights https://www.photographyireland.net/viewtopic.php?t=17326. In this example I like to interpret them as a portal upwards… to heaven.

In a traditional landscape scenario many perceive blown highlights as a negative. Sometimes you can have an image where blown details don’t serve to enhance or offer an alternative vision, or just don’t fit into the composition… they might just distract the eye… and in this case could be frowned upon.

Different interpretations/application for different people/scenarios/visions.

The only problem in this case is that the blown highlights may not translate so well to print.

ah right…nicely explained…I get what you mean about the blown details of course like but Im sorry for my lack of clarity on the initial question( i meant more what makes this image really work)……Its early monday and Ive not had my cofffee yet :( Ok…I ve seen pics like this where they are pretty much dismissed…I guess its down to subject and composition as you have said…

[drunken_spartan]

September 8, 2008 at 8:52 am

AK Carlow wrote:

When I take a picture like that I try to delete it before anyone sees it.

AK

hehehe cheeky comment young man! but without insulting anyone Im curious as to how the blown out highlights etc in this photo works for the image? where as in other pics even if there is even a small amount of (sometimes intentional) blown out detail then its ripped to shreds?

[drunken_spartan]

September 4, 2008 at 11:22 am

Goldenballs wrote:

I think they are great.

No 1 is best but i’d like to see the rest of the lamp.

No 3 needs a bit more detail.

Could 1 and 2 be mounted to gether or even with a third shot (to the left or right of the scene) to create a nice tryptic?

GB

yup I have another shot Ill psot up here now to complete the triptych. Could be worth doing indeed. The photo of the statue is a HDr of 3 pics so the detail is there. I could just redo the HDr. They were first attempts really

[drunken_spartan]

September 4, 2008 at 11:01 am

PD_BARBS wrote:

Nice set of shots. I particularly like the second one. Great colors and composition. There is alot to show interest.

thanks!!!! :D

[drunken_spartan]

September 2, 2008 at 11:54 am

Wow sounds like fun….anytihng to get some creative juices flowing would be great…

[drunken_spartan]

September 2, 2008 at 9:05 am

I tried the moon but to no avail.basically the long lense is essential then?

[drunken_spartan]

August 21, 2008 at 3:07 pm

beautiful picture.it does look a little surreal. Is it a HDR image?