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Jagadeesh Andrew Owens |
Constructive critique is solicited and most appreciated!
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- Carolyn M. Fletcher  Contact Carolyn M. Fletcher Carolyn M. Fletcher's Gallery |
The only thing I'd do differently is soften (or get rid of) the vertical line that runs through the tree. It's too dark and distracts me.
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Jagadeesh Andrew Owens |
Thanks Carolyn! I actually burned that in because without it it doesn't look like there's a crease in the photo. Do you mean just where it goes through the tree or all the way from top to bottom?
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Jagadeesh Andrew Owens |
See original three images that I used in this photo in Before & After!
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Nadya Johnson |
I really like this, Sipho! And it's aptly named: it's reminiscent of an antique Oriental print. In that light, I also like the vertical line. It adds authenticity to that virtual parchment. I think if you took it out, you would lose considerable dimension and reduce the impact of this shot. As is, it conveys a sense of AGE. One is led to think many, many people over many decades touched the print - lovingly, no doubt. It may have hung on someone's wall for years; another may have tucked it in a chest and traveled with it all across the globe. It may have gone through wars, famines, good times, bad times, generations of adventure. Many stories seem to lie behind it... Nice work! And I would say you have achieved your goal. It's pleasing and it's interesting. (I looked for the three original images by the way, but they are nowhere to be found?)
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Seeing how calligraphy is a huge passion for me, this is a given for me. Nice creation Sipho. All the best.
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Jagadeesh Andrew Owens |
Wow Nadya! That's the best critique/review I've ever gotten and you got out of it what I wanted you to! Truly, truly appreciate it! Curtis, I always appreciate your critiques and comments! I tried calligraphy, but it was too, too hard!! I collect it now, instead of trying to create it. I posted the image in Before and After with the three original images used for the composite. Here's the url:
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Irene Suchocki |
I just love bonsais. Cool treatment!
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Jagadeesh Andrew Owens |
Thank you, Irene.
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Kay Beausoleil |
Sipho, you might be amused (then again, maybe not) that my first reaction was Another *&?%$ one who photographs other people's art and thinks it's great photography. Glad I kept on reading the thread! You've made a brilliant composite, here, and for me, you've more than accomplished what your mission appears to have been. I humbly apologise for what I'd hastily assumed because this is art, not a photograph of art.
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Pamela Shane |
This is so very lovely Sipho, & it does have a rather relaxing quality about it. I agree with Nadya in that it puts one in mind of an oriental print. Wonderful creativity!!!! :)
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Jagadeesh Andrew Owens |
Kay - That's now officially the best compliment I've ever gotten, with Nadya's a close second!! Wow! Thanks so much!! And Pamela, thanks so much for your compliments, I appreciate them so much!
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Jagadeesh Andrew Owens |
Kay - That's now officially the best compliment I've ever gotten, with Nadya's a close second!! Wow! Thanks so much!! And Pamela, thanks so much for your compliments, I appreciate them so much!
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Jagadeesh Andrew Owens |
Kay - Let's just hope that the judges don't assume the same thing you did!!!
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Kay Beausoleil |
Don't sweat it, Sipho; you've explained it well in the caption. Don't know what category you entered it into, but if it's Digital Darkroom, composites are frequent and expected. Going by my slipshod first reaction is a waste of time because (1) I'm not one of the BP judges and (2) I'm just off a heated discussion with someone about photographing murals, statues and the like without value added and calling it the photographer's work when it's not meant to be documentary. You took the flak momentarily.
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Jagadeesh Andrew Owens |
Yeah, I added that after you thought it was a photo of someone else's art! I agree with you about the photographing someone's art and saying it's your's (unless it's documentary). Different with sculpture though, I think... Have a couple of shots of sculpture but I edited them in the digital darkroom.
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Kay Beausoleil |
It's the Value Added which makes the difference to me. Since sculpture is three-dimensional, the lighting and the cropping and the post-processing can all make a contribution significant enough so the photographer isn't just appropriating the sculptor's work as their own. The criteria aren't always easy. In THIS image, for instance, I worked a long time to find just the right angle, and waited even longer for the sky behind. It's not a snapshot, yet it doesn't feel like Mine. So I semi-agree with you about sculpture -- it all depends.
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Jagadeesh Andrew Owens |
I would LOVE to see that image in black and white printed on metallic paper....
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Leanne M.E. Boyd |
Very different and creative - I love your process! Excellent image, Sipho!
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Jagadeesh Andrew Owens |
Thank you, Leanne!
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- Jill Odice Contact Jill Odice Jill Odice's Gallery |
After looking through your gallery, I think I like this one best :-) Very creative! You have a talent not just for photography but with words ;-)
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