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En Pointe
Image Title:  En Pointe
 
 By: Becky V  
  Copyright ©2004



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Photographer Becky V {K:9699}
Project N/A Camera Model Yashica FX-3
Categories Abstracts
Others
Film Format
Portfolio waterscapes
abstracty
black & white and toned all over
Lens 42-75mm
Uploaded 6/21/2004 Film / Memory Type Fuji  Velvia RVP
    ISO / Film Speed 50
Views 356 Shutter 1s
Favorites Aperture f/22
Critiques 6 Rating Critique Only Image
Location City -  Burnaby
State -  BC
Country - Canada   Canada
About I have fiddled with this way too much. I'm submitting it at a point where I'm still unhappy with it, but I need to break free of its evil spell. Just trying to get a decent contrast, that's all!

Converted to black and white. Curves, contrast, dodging and burning. Actual shutter was closer to 2 seconds and I believe I used a ND X4 filter.
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There are 6 Comments in 1 Pages
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Gian Luca Demarchi   {K:35} 6/21/2004
Good Shot!


Robert Stokes   {K:4509} 6/21/2004
Yeah, I can see where this could be a tough one to get balanced, with the bright light in the foreground on the shadowy recesses behind. I like the individual streams of water and the way they burst onto the rock. The tight composition is something not seen as often with these water shots but I tend to like it better this way.As I scrolled the page up and down I noticed a possibe cropping, pretty much the bottom third where most of the bright stuff is, that may work.


Ameet Mallapur   {K:1865} 6/21/2004
please excuse my ignorance,
i think this picture is fantastic!!!!
but i couldn't tell what it was...
my first guess was a forest, until ofcourse i read what Robert wrote.
The individual stream of water looked like tree barks to me..
i think you should be happy with what you have here and not worry about it.
It's GREAT!!


Stefan Engström   {K:24473} 6/23/2004
An unusual submission from you and a departure I like very much. I can really relate to your comment about this image! The bright white spot dominates too much IMO and I would suggest to go so far as to clone it. Sometimes the only way to defeat an evil is to conjure a greater evil :-) I like the balance between a recognizable subject and something that just speaks to me about dynamics and transition.


Dirck DuFlon   {K:35779} 6/28/2004
I like this a lot, Becky! Even though I know what it is, for some reason I keep seeing some kind of a forest of mushrooms, or one big mushroom with a bunch of stems, or... ehem... something....
I think you did an outstanding job with such a difficult image - huge contrasts between the shadows and bright sunny spots, yet you still have some detail behind the little waterfalls. The only thing that does catch my eye too much, though, is the blown-out splash of water that falls out into the sunny area (and the little hair on the negative inside that splash :)
I tried toning it down a little (by cloning some texture into it.) What do you think?



Ian McIntosh   {K:42152} 10/21/2005
Fascinating. Could it have benefitted with more of the tob area I wonder.


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