Critiques From Nick Karagiaouroglou

	Critique By: Nick Karagiaouroglou  (K:126737)   11/29/2009 9:50:30 PM And very nice thanks too, Tuba! Cheers! Nick
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	Critique By: Nick Karagiaouroglou  (K:126737)   11/29/2009 9:49:46 PM And excellent thanks and cheers, Hussam! Nick
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	Critique By: Nick Karagiaouroglou  (K:126737)   11/29/2009 9:48:20 PM Aziz, explaining something by (almost) repeating the same words is not an explanation but rather a tautologie. It is of course correct but useless. I could also say to you that... with Schrödinger'e equation I mean... Schrödinger's equation. ;-) So, again, what the heck is the "mode of color"? Is that some kind of color type, or what is it? :-/ Cheers! Nick
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	Critique By: Nick Karagiaouroglou  (K:126737)   11/29/2009 9:44:58 PM I am glad you do Yazeed! Cheers! Nick
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	Critique By: Nick Karagiaouroglou  (K:126737)   11/29/2009 9:44:02 PM Whether it appeals to you or not is absolutely your choise, Yazeed. This is always personal. Whether it was camera shake or not is another story. But what is a "result of recurrent or Tgr camera"? Some special ckind of camera perhaps?? :-/ Cheers! Nick
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	Critique By: Nick Karagiaouroglou  (K:126737)   11/29/2009 9:39:51 PM Many thanks for the nice comment, Dave! Nick
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	Critique By: Nick Karagiaouroglou  (K:126737)   11/29/2009 9:38:38 PM Quite clever, Aziz, and the exposure balance was also very adequate for enhancing your intention for the image. The railing stands in verys good contrast against the light background and the partial DoF helps it standing out strongly too. There has been more potential here. The additional railing at the right is somehow too much for getting a good view of the (suggested) pentagram. It cancels a bit of the clarity and simplicity of concept. The not exact positioning of it also seems to take some additional of the possible power of this simplicity. Holding the lens exactly perpendicularly onto the railing and the street, and also in such a way that the "pentagram" is horizontal, would "straighten it out". The people at the background are good as "notes" - perhaps they needed some focus too. Interesting idea and it has much potential. Cheers! Nick
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	Critique By: Nick Karagiaouroglou  (K:126737)   11/29/2009 9:30:45 PM Again that "mode" of color... what is that, Aziz? How can colors have "modes"? :-/ Thanks a lot anyway. Cheers! Nick
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	Critique By: Nick Karagiaouroglou  (K:126737)   11/29/2009 9:29:29 PM You know, Srna, such "awards" like my or anybody else's words can of course be received in a way that somebody feels "awarded", but if there is no wider appreciation for good work, they they do little good for the forum here. So, I try also my best to wake interest and to perhaps help make some people here a bit more well known because they really deserve that. Cheers! Nick
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	Critique By: Nick Karagiaouroglou  (K:126737)   11/28/2009 8:00:12 PM A very very good sense for such a crowded scene where life goes just as it goes, Diego! There is the tension of conflicting everydays, of together and apartm and above all of that spacial smell of urban activity. Any of those lone guys could be with some riends some hours later, celebrating a birthday or just looking some match of soccer... with some beers around. ;-) The exposure balance was very good and the prespective too. Actually I have the impression that it could be used for some special magazine about the life in the city too. A bit of a too "tired" focus" but still not unfortunate at all. And of course the selective sepia coloring of that window adds something surreal too, in the sence of some modern poster for a theater play, Good work here! A bit more details and focus could do good but still good work! Nick
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	Critique By: Nick Karagiaouroglou  (K:126737)   11/28/2009 7:53:42 PM Thanks a lot Diego! But the angle is quite ordinary, or isn't it?? Cheers! Nick
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	Critique By: Nick Karagiaouroglou  (K:126737)   11/28/2009 7:52:17 PM Well, this was also the other subject, Robert. A differnet series and it should really be near that edger feel. This one was one of the series about those whose names were (are???) numbers. I am so glad that you do notice the raised "roughness" here. Nick
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	Critique By: Nick Karagiaouroglou  (K:126737)   11/28/2009 7:49:16 PM It has something of a tome gine past in sense of "organical" look and feel, Robert, and of course I had to be happy to see that on an image of today. A great sense of details without any pixelations of the typical oversharpening mania of digital times. And what hits me even more is the exposure balance that not only preserved the visibility of those details but also much of the plasticity, the 3D-appearance of many of the elements that built up the image. The people and the buildings are not only wwell visible - they are almost tangible. And the good exposure balance also did put a spotlight on the image that the woman painted, so that she and her work still win the show for themselves between so many people coming and going. It is what I would call "photography of the theater royal of everyday life". I think you should continue on this in this distinct way. Cheers! Nick P.S.: BTW, was that a snap shot or did you have to wait until the "right moment" comes?
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	Critique By: Nick Karagiaouroglou  (K:126737)   11/28/2009 7:38:35 PM Thanks a lot, Robert! And surely I digged much much deeper too. As I said to Andre, I don't stay at the typical "living room representation" of our "little wonderfcul place called Switzeria", ey? ;-) The image of modern Switzerland, as shown to the rest of the world, is nothing but a hollywoodian bubble. It is a soap opera to the endth degree, the land of the happy, the place of the honest, and similar humbug. So, I try to docuement that there is not only Zurich Bahnofstrasse here, and for the most part of it the Swiss are rather uncomfortable with that. I couldn't care less of course, about their comfort. ;-) But I think that you may have taken this series for the previous one... Here I only document streets as they are. No more grit than what exists in reality. The previous series was definitely a more "gritty" one. Still there will be some very very very gritty places for you - even if the conservative swiss would deny to even see them. ;-) Just wait. Cheers and thanks a lot! Nick
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	Critique By: Nick Karagiaouroglou  (K:126737)   11/28/2009 7:30:52 PM The thumb attratced my attention for its shaoes and colors, Yazeed, and the fullsized image shows them in such a good maanner. Especially the bottom half with all its rich matured browns and contours. But there is something that seems unnatural to me too, especially on the top half of the image. I mean the typical "matalization" lime on so many images of Fabio Keiner here, in UF. The contrasts and details are so strong and hard that the wood almost shows the visual characteristic of metal. It is enough to see the scratches on the top half, which appear like dreaded rectangle groups of an exaggerated sharpening. Could you please attach the original before you did any additional "refinements"?? Cheers! Nick
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	Critique By: Nick Karagiaouroglou  (K:126737)   11/28/2009 7:24:35 PM Thanks a lot again Yazeed! Nick
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	Critique By: Nick Karagiaouroglou  (K:126737)   11/28/2009 7:23:49 PM Hi Aziz! And first of all, let me say that there will be always follow-ups for a good detailed reasonable discussion. I am only glad to have you and some other guys around who continue the"tradition of the prophet", as you described in your email to me. For me it is the way any academy should work - via exchange of reasonably achieved views and insights. So, it is much like telling each other about our tips and tricks and so we seem to collect more and more knowledge in a common place and offering it for free to anybody who has the interest. Well, *this* I name international! I wish mine and your politicians would be able to do that too the way we do it. As about the composition and the general look of this one... well, I don't think that it is a bad as you describe... OK, maybe some proportions could be better and some angles too, but when I look to such images I don't really think about "right" proportions but rather about that kind of strong and alive contrast and plasticity. For me the things that could be done better are: 1) To diminish the exaggeration of afterward introduced sharpness. 2) To somehow enhance the contrast between the mesh and the background near the bottom, where the emsh appears to have almost the same hue as the background. For the proportions you could simply crop off some of the top, I guess. Anyway, it is a good one for starting some more shots and a more detailed study. Only good images are good for that too. Cheers! Nick
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	Critique By: Nick Karagiaouroglou  (K:126737)   11/28/2009 7:09:50 PM OK, now I got it, Kenan! Thanks a lot for the additional elaboration too. The thing is quite obvious here: You simply can't do that since it is a matter of perspective, nit a matter of rotation, and that's obvious too. Consider the attachment, which I rotated in order to get the separating line between the dark and the light colored wood parallel to the bottom edge. The result is that all the other lines still remain not really horizontal. And of course it has to be that way when perspective wasn't choyen as exactly for such a horizontal placement of all horizontal lines. BTW, the vertical lines of real world do sometimes dictate a rotation, not the horizontal. Cheers! Nick
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	Critique By: Nick Karagiaouroglou  (K:126737)   11/28/2009 6:59:58 PM And nice thanks again Aziz! Nick
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	Critique By: Nick Karagiaouroglou  (K:126737)   11/28/2009 6:59:04 PM The contrast is so strong here and the captured pattern too, Aziz! It is a good geometry study out of something quite usual in everyday life, as I d´see it. The definite quietness of the image matches very well the almost "pure" regions of back and white as they appear so clear and free of any unnecessary things. Almost abstract shapes that all together build up a pattern of shadow and light. The focus transition from sharp to soft towards the background works well with the pattern too. Perhaps only thevery forst object of your pattern, right on the nearest foreground should also have the same good sharpness as the second, but I am nit really sure about that. Well seen and shot. Nick
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	Critique By: Nick Karagiaouroglou  (K:126737)   11/28/2009 6:51:34 PM Thanks a lot, Aziz! BTW, what is "the mode of the subject"? Cheers! Nick
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	Critique By: Nick Karagiaouroglou  (K:126737)   11/28/2009 6:50:05 PM Such streets seem tp be predestined for that, Dave! Nick
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	Critique By: Nick Karagiaouroglou  (K:126737)   11/28/2009 6:49:24 PM Thank you very much, Dave! I am glad of at least some people find such images good. Nick
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	Critique By: Nick Karagiaouroglou  (K:126737)   11/28/2009 6:47:55 PM Many thanks again Andre! Some more of this kind will follow. Nick
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	Critique By: Nick Karagiaouroglou  (K:126737)   11/28/2009 6:47:01 PM Thanks a lot, Dave! Nick
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	Critique By: Nick Karagiaouroglou  (K:126737)   11/28/2009 6:45:52 PM The thumb already attracted me for its vivid mature colors, Dave, which by the way are also almost complementary to each other. The contrast between the subject and its background is strong but still looks very natural. It is only such a pity that so many details of the flowers were eaten up by overexposure at that region. The focus and DoF did get the whole subject bit the strong clipping makes it look less exact and string than iz could have been. Cheers! Nick
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	Critique By: Nick Karagiaouroglou  (K:126737)   11/28/2009 6:42:19 PM Many many thanks again, Dave! Nick
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	Critique By: Nick Karagiaouroglou  (K:126737)   11/28/2009 6:41:35 PM What I find so great about it is the way the tension is taken so high and in such a good manner by the contrast between the vivid colors of the car against the muddy surroundings and the excellent details against of the car the softer background. In this disciplin you really excelled here, Andre! The car looks as great as on the prospects of commercials with fool range details, and without any signs of digital exaggeration. The drafting is not as visible to me - I would believe almost anything you tell me about its state of motion at that moment, but the way you "frozen it up" in time is remarkable for retaining the shapes and details of its parts to such a high degree of quality. Don't get me wrong here, I don't say that it i not exciting to see it. It is exciting but I only can't see that kind of excitement that you may have experienced. I see more a very very well looking car than a rally - this is what I wanted to express. Whicb of course doesn't have such a great importance by otself in frint of such a well done study under such quick conditions. BTW, the focus difference between the foreground and the background enhances the main subject very well too. t wouldn't really be a "mistake" if the foreground would be sharp too but the way you limited DoF turned the car to the absolute ruler of the secene. Nick
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	Critique By: Nick Karagiaouroglou  (K:126737)   11/28/2009 6:22:26 PM Thanks a lot Andre! I can be only glad for having the opportunity to take some images of the "other" Switzerland, one Switzerland that is definitely anything else but full of happy kids talking about their bellybuttons all the time. And I must say that I found the most interesting human beings exactly in this Switzerland that they all hide from the world, as if it wern't "good enough" for the expectations of the most people. Through my jobs I had good opportunities to get to know some more people that those with perfect teeth smiling in the sun. So I thought that this Switzerland also deserves to be shown and known and not only the perfect "luxury and happiness" of the typical shots. And I mean especially the vacuum-minded kids here that shoot images about the "beauty of nature" which they were only able to see because their daddies have some yacht on the waters of the lake. ;-) It would be very one sided to present only "beautiful mountains" here - I guess you know what I mean. Nick
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	Critique By: Nick Karagiaouroglou  (K:126737)   11/27/2009 11:10:57 PM And "nice thanks" x 4, Aziz! Nick
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