Thanks John, I really appreciate your comments. No upseting me :-) BTW, there are 27 more shots there. The links aren't that apparent. Try: http://www.photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=748579
The shaky foundations was definitely not intended but I sort of liked it. Taj is something that I don't know how to capture. For "Colors" the slide was scanned by a lab. I would definitely keep your comments in mind since I too feel that the pics aren't that appealing. Thanks so much! Gaurav > -----Original Message----- > From: John Coyle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 1:44 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: comments and tips solicited > > > Welcome to the group Guarav, and I obviously you enjoy what you've found > here: I just hope our comments don't upset you! > My comments, and I only looked at the three showing on the link: > Wah Taj - if you're going to make a building lean by titling the > camera, you > might as well go all the way! I am not sure about the tower at the right, > it might have been preferable to include the base, to connect it with the > wall in the foreground. The shot seems a little unsharp, perhaps out of > focus, in the middle to top of the frame. > > Shaky foundations - it's seldom possible to convince anyone that you did > this on purpose, and I think that we've all taken shots just like it > hand-held and thrown them away. It doesn't really do anything for me at > all. > > Colours - I think I see what you were trying to do here, but it > just doesn't > work for at least three reasons: > 1. That horizon! IMHO, it's either level or it's wrong. You might be > able to justify it with a dynamic marine action shot, but not with one as > static as this. > 2. The tree. It's pretty ugly in form, and I would have changed my > viewpoint to lose it altogether. If you couldn't do that, it might have > been possible to use it as a frame at one side of the shot. > 3. The exposure, or possibly the post-scanning adjustment, is > just not deep > enough. You're obviously trying to use the silhouettes in the > foreground to > contrast with the colours on the horizon, and on my monitor they are not > dark enough. Was it scanned from the slide by you or by a > laboratory? If a > lab, it seems they were trying to bring the shot up to 'normal' daylight > levels. > > Offered in a spirit of trying to be helpful... > > John Coyle > Brisbane, Australia >
