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Critique By:
Peat Bakke (K:250)
11/7/2003 10:37:25 AM
testing again.
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Photo By: al shaikh
(K:15790)
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Critique By:
Peat Bakke (K:250)
11/7/2003 10:33:19 AM
Hey. Shiny buildings. Me likey. Erm. Test post. Please delete this when you get the chance. Thanks.
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| Photo By: al shaikh
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Critique By:
Peat Bakke (K:250)
9/19/2003 4:19:38 AM
Wow, very interesting. Is it photoshopped at all? The extreme contrast and saturated colors are very intense. Would it be better rotated 90 degrees? It has a good gradient from left to right, and I'm wondering if putting the brighter end on top would "anchor" the image a bit. Regardless, it's a fascinating picture. Cheers!
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| Photo By: Gregory Fiedler
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Critique By:
Peat Bakke (K:250)
8/27/2003 3:24:57 AM
This is a very interesting photograph. I love the lines, and the closeness. Very warm. However, the focus leaves a bit to be desired -- I think a shallow DOF is critical to give the keyboard depth as it moves away from the camera, but there isn't a single point in the photo where the keys are razor sharp. Perhaps it's the scan?
Regardless, this is a great way to approach a piano. I enjoy shots with strong perspective and a sense of closeness.
Cheers,
-Peat
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| Photo By: Aliyar Taravati
(K:2822)
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Critique By:
Peat Bakke (K:250)
6/27/2003 10:02:24 AM
test comment 1 2 3.
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| Photo By: Peat Bakke
(K:250)
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Critique By:
Peat Bakke (K:250)
6/27/2003 10:00:54 AM
Just another test of the system. Woot.
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| Photo By: Peat Bakke
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Critique By:
Peat Bakke (K:250)
6/25/2003 7:46:12 AM
Chris: I think it is intentional, although it's hard to determine why without context. It's a good picture -- what's the story behind it?
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| Photo By: Chris Blaszczyk
(K:610)
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Critique By:
Peat Bakke (K:250)
6/25/2003 7:34:18 AM
Wow! Great shot for a spontanious shot. The fly looks like it's trying to figure out what you're doing. Heh. I think the only improvements that can be made here are to rotate the image a bit to the left, and see if you can photoshop out some of the dirt.
I like it.
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| Photo By: david sweetland
(K:427)
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Critique By:
Peat Bakke (K:250)
6/25/2003 7:26:33 AM
The man on the upper left seems to be very marginalized in this picture .. out of the light, stuck in a corner, not too close to the man in the middle. Is this intentional?
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| Photo By: Chris Blaszczyk
(K:610)
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Critique By:
Peat Bakke (K:250)
6/25/2003 7:21:05 AM
Yes -- I think this is a great photo. Good lines, great contrast, with a sense of tension. I like how the pattern of the watch band mirrors the keys, and contains the hand. Great photo.
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| Photo By: Wood Williams
(K:63)
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Critique By:
Peat Bakke (K:250)
6/25/2003 6:47:57 AM
Nice picture. Monochromatic, good contrast, although the middle of the image is a bit blown out .. difficult exposure, for sure.
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| Photo By: Chris Nichols
(K:7065)
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Critique By:
Peat Bakke (K:250)
6/25/2003 6:29:35 AM
The clouds have an interesting texture, but the foreground doesn't do much for me. I would like to see more of Kiev, though -- in photos, or in person.
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| Photo By: Vlad Sournine
(K:2397)
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Critique By:
Peat Bakke (K:250)
6/25/2003 5:32:17 AM
Very powerful lines, and a great use of a non-black and white monochrome. The cap in the middle, and the little jag in the shadow really give the eye something to latch on to. Very nice image.
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| Photo By: Harlan Heald
(K:13990)
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Critique By:
Peat Bakke (K:250)
10/27/2001 1:52:15 PM
I spend a lot of time assisting on commercial shoots, and I wanted to burn some film without metering, focusing, or even really thinking twice about what I was shooting. I was feeling a bit frusterated with the assumption that photographs have to be structured and precise to be "good." So, I shot through a couple rolls of film and I liked a few of the pictures - but I don't particularly know why, and it would be silly to put some sort of deep meaning behind it all ...
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| Photo By: Peat Bakke
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Critique By:
Peat Bakke (K:250)
9/23/2001 3:32:17 PM
Strangely enough, he was headed out the door - not to the grocery store, but to get a tattoo on his left forearm. I agree with all of your points - the shots were tests to get some feel for the light in the basement. I'll also add that I should use a longer lens for a shot like this ... the knees are a bit exagerated. Thanks for the feed back. 
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| Photo By: Peat Bakke
(K:250)
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Critique By:
Peat Bakke (K:250)
9/1/2001 1:19:46 AM
I had a strange reaction to this - the image popped up in the sidebar as I was browsing the site, and I immediately recognized it as the Lions Gate Bridge ... even though I've only seen that angle of the bridge twice in my life. I think it's the fog that clued me in! Anyhow, it's an intriguing image for me, very straight forward.
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| Photo By: Dawn F. Collins
(K:560)
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Critique By:
Peat Bakke (K:250)
7/11/2001 2:54:40 AM
This odd contraption was on the end of a backhoe's hydraulic arm - I have a suspicion that it was used to break up hard clay at the construction site, but I don't know for sure.
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| Photo By: Peat Bakke
(K:250)
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Critique By:
Peat Bakke (K:250)
6/21/2001 3:21:21 PM
.. well, the kitchen is right next to my bedroom where I keep all my gear. I grabbed my tripod & view camera with one hand, and a light stand & umbrella in the other. It took just under a minute to take the picture, and he commented that he felt a bit ambushed by the whole thing.
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| Photo By: Peat Bakke
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Critique By:
Peat Bakke (K:250)
5/31/2001 4:51:59 PM
Rebecca: I'm not sure how I came up with the idea -- I was futzing about in my bedroom, and had an uncontrolable urge to take a picture of my shoes. The first few shots were really boring, normal shoe pictures ... I took this one after deciding that "boring" and "normal" isn't much fun to shoot.
Nanette: The dullness is from my inattention -- in fact, I hadn't really thought about it until you pointed it out. I suspect it's because the light wasn't positioned correctly; the dullness is probably the combination of a reflection from a dimmer source in the room (like bounce from the sheet or my white ceiling), and the curvature of the shoe.
.. and I only wore the shoes to one event a couple years ago, when I was convincing a bunch of rich folks to help fund a company I was starting. Hmm. Perhaps I should wear them more often!
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| Photo By: Peat Bakke
(K:250)
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Critique By:
Peat Bakke (K:250)
4/7/2001 8:11:02 PM
I didn't use any filters. The strange color of the pathway is caused by two reasons. The first is as Artie explained: Shadows seem to pick up dominant sky colors (in this case, the canopy of red leaves). In addition, the scanner I used seem to have a bit of a red bias in the shadows -- I tried to correct them a bit in photoshop, but decided that I kind of liked the effect. 
The original slide still has a slightly purple walkway, but it's not as pronounced as this scan.
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| Photo By: Peat Bakke
(K:250)
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