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Steven Frederickson avatar.

Steven Frederickson

11239 • Guru

Marina, I like the photograph! I'm not a hiker anymore, but I can reminisce through your photos of the high country. The colours of the larch are beautiful in the fall. Sharpness, depth of field, and composition are all good here, but I'm going to suggest that you try cropping the bottom to remove the bright part of the pool. That would make the finished frame approximately 16:9 - or, if you're a Photoshop user, the crop would be around the 83% mark on the vertical scale of the 'Ruler' tool. I'm sure you know this, but right clicking on the scale of the Ruler tool will offer choices like Percentage, Pixels, Inches, and so on. I point that out because I did not know about it until I stumbled on it by accident one day. I think cropping the bottom will simplify the composition so the scene will be about the three 'bands' - reflection, trees, and mountain. That's just my opinion, so take it for what it's worth. :-) Thanks for posting. I enjoyed the view! Hope you're staying healthy!

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Ruth Franke

4047 • Student

Hallo Christian, da bist du aber sicher sehr früh aufgestanden um dieses Foto zu schiessen. Ich weiss das auf der Charles Bridge die Hochzeitsfotografen aus Asien schon um 4 Uhr am Morgen dort ihre tollen und sehr professionellen Fotos machen. Diese Fotografen nutzen das Morgenlicht. Du hast das sehr gut eingefangen. Cool finde ich auch die Frau neben der Fotografin mit dem Hut und dem Mundschutz, passt irgendwie gerade in die jetztige Zeit mit dem Corona-Virus. Das nächste Hochzeitspaar steht schon weiter hinten. Ein riesen Aufwand den ich sonst nirgendwo zuvor gesehen habe. Ich finde dein Foto cool in schwarz-weiss, auch der Bildschnitt gefällt mir sehr gut. Sie lassen sich von den anderen Menschen überhaupt nicht stören. Gratuliere dir zu diesem tollen Foto, hoffe du hast damit eine Chance für die curated Galerie! Viel Glück und bleib gesund! Ruth

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Hello Christian, you got up very early to take this picture. I know that on the Charles Bridge the wedding photographers from Asia take their great and very professional photos there at 4 a.m. These photographers use the morning light. You caught that very well. I also think the woman next to the photographer with the hat and the face mask is cool, somehow fits into the current time with the Corona virus. The next wedding couple is already further back. A huge effort that I have never seen anywhere else before. I think your photo is cool in black and white, I also like the image cut very well. They don't let other people disturb them at all. Congratulations on this great photo, hope you have a chance for the curated gallery! Good luck and stay healthy! Ruth

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Av Peteghium

533 • Scholar

Bonsoir Pierre, Votre photographie a un grand potentiel romanesque, elle est prompte à stimuler l'imagination, à faire envisager divers scenarii. C'est pour moi la qualité première d'une photographie. A quoi bon une image parfaite sur le plan technique si elle n'évoque rien! Le format carré, le cadrage serré, le vignetage et le noir et blanc contribuent à créer une ambiance. Cette photo donne un sentiment d'effraction, d'urgence, de fuite. A contrario du reste de votre travail dans lequel nous sommes dans l'attente d'un événement, d'une action possible, ici tout est consommé. Pourtant ce qui relie l'ensemble de votre production dans les dunes, c'est que vous réussissez à créer quelque chose de trouble, voire de dérangeant dans un paysage inoffensif. Cela m'évoque «Ma Loute» de Bruno Dumont sur certains aspects, et c'est pour moi un grand compliment.

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Good evening Pierre, Your photography has a great romantic potential, it is quick to stimulate the imagination, to make consider various scenarios. For me, this is the first quality of a photograph. What good is a technically perfect image if it does not evoke anything! The square format, tight framing, vignetting and black and white help to create an atmosphere. This photo gives a feeling of forced entry, urgency, flight. Contrary to the rest of your work in which we are awaiting an event, a possible action, here everything is consumed. Yet what connects all of your production in the dunes is that you manage to create something cloudy, even disturbing in a harmless landscape. This reminds me of “Ma Loute” by Bruno Dumont on certain aspects, and it is a great compliment for me.

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Dietrich Lasa

5322 • Photographer

This image honours the rule of thirds with the water covering two thirds and the sky one third. The clouds and their openings create this dramatic mixture of sunlight and shadow, both in the sky and in the water. The cliffs on both sides, including the ruin, are well defined. Since you took this photo from a moving ferry, we can't expect a longer exposure to soften the waves in the ocean. In fact, the crispness of the waves gives the ocean an appealing sparkle. I assume that at 11:13 am, when you took this photo, the light was brighter than on this image. Who cares. The darker version increases its romantic mood. The boat on the horizon is an unassuming, essential ingredient in this image. It is exactly where the rule-of-thirds-lines cross each other. Well done!

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Christian Kurz

4952 • Student

Hallo Robert. Ein tolles Portraitfoto. Gefällt mir auch sehr gut. Aus meine Sicht sind jedoch ein paar Dinge bei dem Foto die mich stören und der Ausage von Hengki Lee wiedersprechen. Unter der Lippe und auf der Stirn ist das Gesicht komplett überbelichtet. Es ist dort überhaupt keine Hautstrukuren mehr zu erkennen. Am Rücken fällt das Bild aus meiner Sicht zu stark ins Schwarze ab und hinter der Hand ist durch den Blitz ein sehr starker Schatten entstanden. Auch ist es am oberen Rand zu Eng geschnitten. Dies wäre meine Beurteilung zu diesem Foto. Nun kannst du sehen wie unterschiedlich Kommentare und Beurteilungen zu einem Bild sein können. Welche Beurteilung am besten passt überlasse ich dir und den anderen Fotografen in der Community.

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Hello Robert. A great portrait photo. I like it very much too. From my point of view, however, there are a few things in the photo that bother me and contradict Hengki Lee's statement. The face is completely overexposed under the lip and on the forehead. There are no more skin structures to be seen there. From my point of view, the back of the picture falls too much into the black and behind the hand a very strong shadow is created by the flash. It is also cut too narrow at the top. This would be my assessment of this photo. Now you can see how different comments and assessments for an image can be. I will leave it up to you and the other photographers in the community which assessment suits you best.