thanks daniel!
john
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thanks daniel!
john
David Hedley, amazing shot...
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4050/...c1ca53a3_b.jpg
Schneider 150mm xenotar, toyo vx-125b fuji provia 100.
Dear David,Quote:
Originally Posted by David Hedley
An excellent image... :)
Nicely done.
jim k
Thanks, Simon and Jim.
Simon - I have just been looking at some of the images on your website, and particularly like the ones from Nepal and Gokyo Lake. Perhaps one day I'll make it there.
Jim - I have been following your Cowboy Trail images with real interest in the variations in landscape and cloud formations. I have just come back from a trip to the US, where I got stuck in Cincinnati for seven hours as a severe thunderstorm with the blackest wall cloud I have ever seen passed over the airport. A pity I didn't have a camera with me.
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really nice ,,, do you have a pic of the lensQuote:
Originally Posted by spkennedy3000
Dear David,
This year seems to be better for cloud formations in Southwest Alberta, so I had a few more opportunities to capture a few brilliant days, compared last year... :)
That said, the American Southwest, Midwest, and Eastern Seaboard States can be home to many spectacular, powerful cloud formations, for obvious reasons, and although Alberta tends to get a few, they are more likely to develop a few hundred kilometres east of the Rocky Mountains.
The moment you describe can only be remembered...
jim k
now this is what i calledQuote:
Originally Posted by jnanian
Picturesque!
;) thanks andrewQuote:
Originally Posted by Andrew ren
Quote:
Originally Posted by Marko
Dear Marko et al,
I appreciate your comments as always, since I do enjoy a periodic compliment like everyone else, and I am humbled to be included in your list… :)
I would like to reiterate that no one should ever be afraid to post an image within this group, and I stated that comment in a previous posting a few months ago, and although a forum member may have the benefit of a fabulous back yard to generate a great image, compared to not, it should never deter any forum member from being proud of their presented work. There are several great image makers within this group, and few well-known image makers that do not present an image at all, for whatever reason, and I happen to strongly believe that this group has the maturity and mindset to leave their unsolicited critiques at the door.
I must state first that I am not a critic nor will I pretend to be one nor will I purposely degrade another member's work by stating any error in composition, tonality, poor exposure, or poor aesthetics that may exist within a presented image. However, I do cringe when I see an image that requires a wee bit more work, or a better interpretation from the source negative, but I just believe that the author is still learning their craft, obviously exploring their medium, and trying to do their best by presenting an image among other talented individuals, created by their current base knowledge level. I know I will compliment them on their work, especially when they excel at their craft, and I will compliment anyone to encourage them, compared to producing a discouraging remark. I might however, present a darkroom technique or tool to assist them, when the individual requires assistance, but I know that I rarely migrate or intrude along that individual's route, and if I do for whatever reason, I do so knowing that the individual will put the technique to future use, and with great effect.
I believe strongly that any qualified critique should propagate from a choice that you issue to a specific individual, where you believe that their critical voice will enrich you directly, and where you will listen to that individual intently, and where that individual might resolve a troubling issue that you do not know how resolve, compared to an armchair critic's ridiculous remark, or an armchair critic that has a few "thumbs or points" beside their current nom-de-plume, on some obscure web site. The world is full of critics, whether they reside in "photoSig," "Flickr," in front of your gallery image, or any other forum that may issue boy scout proficiency badges for every critique they issue, whether it adds value to the task at hand, or not. I prefer to be judged by a group of my peers, and not by some yahoo that believes they qualify as a critic, because they took "Critiquing 101," or they are possibly influenced by a group of friends that have never produced an image in their life, let alone know how to push the shutter button. A critic should be someone that you choose wisely, you believe will add value to your image making techniques, and where you respect their poignant criticism, and especially because they produce images that you aspire too create.
Ken Lee made a good statement in a separate post earlier, about the "rubber hitting the road…," where I believe Ken might have eluded to critiquing an image openly, and how we and other individuals could learn from that critiquing exercise. I welcome Ken's approach to include a separate area where anyone could post an image to ask for a genuine critique, or a series of critiques, which may include an image to dissect and, or massage. It could be an exercise that may transfer knowledge to an inexperienced forum member, and unfortunately it may unwittingly transfer bad habits, bad comments, and bad artistic values too...
I should qualify that last comment, since it does require clarity. Our new found digital environment produces a new artist every time a digital camera is sold, and so much so, that we are surrounded by a new critic ten days later after incubation, once they learn how to review an image on their camera's three inch back window. They spread like little "Aliens..."
As a side note, there are several image makers outside our forum walls that are truly gifted too, and when I scour the internet for other image makers work I take the time to look at their work, and I take the time to wonder how they achieved a certain look and feel within their images, and finally I explore those avenues to see whether I can achieve that level of expertise through trial and error. Anyone can state compositional rules, present you with an exposure and development technique that is guaranteed to bring success to your doorstep, give you the perfect development times for a series of chemicals in the darkroom and, or the perfect curve for your printer, but it is up to any individual to know how to use those tools effectively, practice with the tools effectively, and learn how to use the tools with effective purpose.
I also believe that a mentor is a valuable asset, and when a mentor adds value to your finished product through workshops, with casual or direct conversations, or as you travel with them while they shoot an image, or when you simply enjoy their shared knowledge and comradery at a local gathering, you will learn from them with immediate effect. I would seek a mentor and, or befriend one.
Lastly, when I present an image, as others may do, I do so knowingly and with purpose that I have an image that I want to place in a gallery, and not an image where I need to justify the image's aesthetics among a few friends and, or argue the image's inherent quality over a few beers at the dinner table. I am too old for that crap, and quite possibly after a few beers, combined with a few bad reviews, I would probably punch the critic's lights out... :)
These are just my two pennies worth of babble, and it is not my intent to speak openly for the other great image makers that you mentioned...
jim k