Sean's Pick - score and comments: "Rock On"
Nice lot this month mate, looking at all those Brisbane city shots makes me miss the place a bit. I can see that you cruised your way through the
shoots with little effort which is something that is reflected with a common relaxed natural style.
My pick is “Rock On” basically because it is the best exposed shot that reads well for the topic and it has top composition. The low light capture
at high speed illustrates how good the D700 performs under these conditions.
Other photos in order of merit:
Nice lot this month mate, looking at all those Brisbane city shots makes me miss the place a bit. I can see that you cruised your way through the
shoots with little effort which is something that is reflected with a common relaxed natural style.
My pick is “Rock On” basically because it is the best exposed shot that reads well for the topic and it has top composition. The low light capture
at high speed illustrates how good the D700 performs under these conditions.
Other photos in order of merit:
- Text - I almost chose this shot but ended up deciding that going HDR perhaps wasn’t needed although saying that I am not sure if you
would have pulled so much reflected light on the subjects face which works well. It’s a nice shot that sums up the vibe of mall life well but
not quite sharp enough for my liking.
- Walker - another nicely composed shot with great textural relief – the static and life aspect works well but something is lacking – don’t ask
me what perhaps a pigeon or a leaf blowing past would of added some more interest to keep me ranting on?
- Break dance - Not bad a bad attempt – I can see you have used the same studio to work in and have caught the dramatic move at the
right time but perhaps if you didn’t cut the subjects hands off I would have graded this one higher. Good crowd interest well caught – I can
see you were a good ghost.
- City Cycles - I like the way my eyes are pulled down the windrow of bikes and I can clearly read the interest of the idea / concept you were
chasing. I think this shot would have been improved if you waited or paid a chump to grab one of the bikes further down the end too add
the human factor & block the blank billboard.
- News agents - seen you do this shot before – a bit to busy for me bud and hard to read.
- Lamplight - nothing much to report here probably too much vertical happenings or a bit over cramped? Nice quality of light though.
Martin's Submissions
Sean's Submissions
| October 2010 Topic: Street photography 50mm un-cropped set by Sean |
This work is by Sean Reason. It is licenced under a Creative Commons Licence
| "Masonry after" |
| "Mothman" |
| "News agents" |
| "Rock On" |
Martin's photo notes
Braaaz;
Thought I’d get in early to put
pressure on the Rookie D700 user.
Notes: All images levels adjust only.
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Braaaz;
Thought I’d get in early to put
pressure on the Rookie D700 user.
Notes: All images levels adjust only.
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| "Fight club alley" |
| "Resting mirror" |
| "Turkeys" |
|
Sean's photo notes
Ok Ok, man you are starting to
sound paranoid - three
reminders and the month is not
even out - am I daunting you
with my new arsenal D700 is it!!
Rideyo man - you said you
were going to submit 5 and you
ended up submitting 8
I raise your 8 shots with 12
then as i am now taking things
to the FX level!
Omit the ones you don't want
to review & hey man thanks for
convincing me to upgrade
Ok Ok, man you are starting to
sound paranoid - three
reminders and the month is not
even out - am I daunting you
with my new arsenal D700 is it!!
Rideyo man - you said you
were going to submit 5 and you
ended up submitting 8
I raise your 8 shots with 12
then as i am now taking things
to the FX level!
Omit the ones you don't want
to review & hey man thanks for
convincing me to upgrade
| Next month: "RED" Set by Martin Images that have the colour red as the discerning feature? |
|
Overall with weighting 8.05 / 10
| "At peace" |
Overall with weighting 8.05/ 10
| "Text" |
| "Walker" |
| "Lamp light" |
| "City Cycles" |
| "Kiss" |
| "Back there" |
| "Connection" |
Martin's Pick - score and comments: "At peace"
Well, well, well. Someone has got their hands on a top notch machine and first rate glass. About frigging time. Now I can really
unleash on my evals as there is no excuse to provide below par images.....
A pleasantly difficult choice for top spot this month. Discounting the 50% of the Markets shots, the variety was not too bad. I
would have loved to see some poor light, high ISO shots in the mix to see how you are handling the new found freedom. Early
days I guess, and you are probably still finding your feet with the new toy.
My pick for this month is At-peace. Great composition with the other musos framing the subject, and near perfect exposure.
Colour saturation and hue also looks spot on. Nothing overly remarkable here, just a moment in time well captured and
presented.
Other image notes in order of merit:
OK thats nine images on eval. NFQ. Pretty damn good job, but I will refrain from blowing wind up your arrrshe.
Lets see how the D700 handles a little hot stuff for November. Get out the spectroscope and shoot some RED.
Well, well, well. Someone has got their hands on a top notch machine and first rate glass. About frigging time. Now I can really
unleash on my evals as there is no excuse to provide below par images.....
A pleasantly difficult choice for top spot this month. Discounting the 50% of the Markets shots, the variety was not too bad. I
would have loved to see some poor light, high ISO shots in the mix to see how you are handling the new found freedom. Early
days I guess, and you are probably still finding your feet with the new toy.
My pick for this month is At-peace. Great composition with the other musos framing the subject, and near perfect exposure.
Colour saturation and hue also looks spot on. Nothing overly remarkable here, just a moment in time well captured and
presented.
Other image notes in order of merit:
- Fight-Club-Alley-colour – Text book street shot with nice angles and good foreground and background interest. A Bum
with the shiiite kicked out of him could have added flavour. I'm really glad you did'nt desaturate this one. Click print.
- Resting-mirror - Great subject matter. I think if this guy was shopped onto the fight club image then there would be a
clear winner. Not so sure about the point of view. Maybe a little lower would have improved the human factor?? Nice lab
work.
- Turkeys – I really like this shot, and very nearly picked it as the winner. I love the depth of field. That dude with the lunger
really nails it. I really don't like the overall composition however, and that was a crucial player in this months challenge.
- Connection – Terrific exposure. Too busy for me, and what may be the interest point in the cage is not evident.
- Mothman – I'm really trying to like this shot.... But it's just not working for me
- Back-there - Yeah it's OK.... But unremarkable.
- Kiss - If he was goping her, if the ute was'nt there, if your point of view was a little left, if it was sharper...... Then maybe.
OK thats nine images on eval. NFQ. Pretty damn good job, but I will refrain from blowing wind up your arrrshe.
Lets see how the D700 handles a little hot stuff for November. Get out the spectroscope and shoot some RED.
