Critiques

Hellcat (96) 2021-11-23 4:51

Hello Marcin, The four horsemen after ...budget cuts. I mean, they don't have horses.. they just jump up and down and there's a guy with dry coconut shells making the hooves sound. And where did you get the coconuts? You found them,now did you? And do you suggest coconuts migrate? (that was a Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail giant paraphrase/quote). Nice shot- and the HDR is ..interesting in this situation, but yes, usually I also avoid using it...it can become too much too quickly. But not here- the atmosphere is appropriate- sorry for taking the light approach to this ominous assemblage...

Hellcat (96) 2021-10-03 23:50

One single shot captured the essence of beauty and mystery of the Orient! I love the light and shadows on the material, the rich colors and the natural aspect of this shot. A long telephoto is sometimes a photographer's best friend.

Hellcat (96) 2021-10-01 0:08

I thought there was gold at the end of the rainbow, and bound by blood we went searching for more... (sorry for the Helloween quote but it is inspirational). Norway.. a mythical place, the Hyperboreal 'end of the world'..Just beyond the rainbow there, I see the edge.. don't sail that little boat past the rainbow, or you fall off the edge of the Earth! I like the colors! There was a Viking legend that also linked treasure to rainbows..Thanks for sharing!

Hellcat (96) 2021-09-02 4:41

stormy skies but strongly backlit by the setting sun. Wonderful light,the special conditions make for a natural high dynamic range landscape. The D50..I still have it- is a wonderful camera and it has its way with colors...oldie but goldie like they say.If you still have it, don't throw or sell it- it is a wonderful "nostalgic" tool - I once was invited to do the second set of photos of a wedding...the main had a D5 and there I stood, kit lens and the D50- but my pics were very appreciated:). Wonderful composition and color grading.. I now think what would a polarizer do in a light like this?

Hellcat (96) 2021-09-02 4:35

Cropping is a very useful technique.This reindeer looks like it says " Come on Santa, we'll be late!!" :)

Hellcat (96) 2021-09-02 4:31

Nice expression! I like these shots...the dog has what we called the Engineer's problem : what is the similarity between a dog and an Engineer? a long running gag in our technical school went... eh well, is the standard answer, they both look intelligent but neither can properly express themselves in words. Beautiful shot, I like how you processed it but I would have turned it juuust a bit into blue. A very very light pale blue- to "show the cold" as it were.

Hellcat (96) 2021-08-27 0:48

Hello Kasia! Half sky half water and a sunrise on a deck!The most beautiful thing by the sea... Attention, Sun on deck!Every sailor get up and greet the Sun!I must say it is one of the very rare compositions where the sunrise in the middle is just right! Never actually slept on a boat,is it hard to fall asleep or is the lull of the waves pleasant? Traveled a lot when I was young, slept in cars, backs of trucks, trains, planes and automobiles,even in tents and at one time with my bike under the same tarp under some rain in some mud- but never..boat.So please share the experience? Nice composition- and yes, the Sun is "central" to it all- both metaphorically and figuratively speaking.

Hellcat (96) 2020-09-03 0:22

Great catch! I like the framing too. It is nice to upgrade to higher resolutions,with all that crop that becomes possible..

Hellcat (96) 2019-11-14 4:43

Hello Kasia! This kind of murals show the Japanese playful spirit..hard to imagine this in any other place where it would not look a little strange,but here....Yet there is tension and contrast between the atitudes of the girl in the mural, eager to experience the world and the so- self-absorbed attitude of the phone girl.I walk down the streets here home and if not careful I get bumped into by all kinds of youngsters/kids that are somehow glued to their cellphones , they look on those tiny screens while around them, life happens.Sometimes I see little accidents happen, dogs being tripped over and dumpster cans and other people also.There was a time when we used to look around... (damn, I should not be speaking, I almost had a big accident looking through the periscope of my D100 while trying to frame something and I almost flattened a small dog dragged arould by a huuuuuge lady that gave me the prompt stink-eye).

Hellcat (96) 2019-11-14 4:28

Top of the morning to you, Kasia! This is perhaps one of the very few modern pictures of the old castle where it (still)looks majestic. Once the Royal Family passed it to the Culture Ministry the needed repairs and restauration works have all but stopped and various disparate endeavours to save it have met but partial success. When I visited last summer a strange half painted/restaured tower greeted my eyes- they say a movie company shot on location but the state of the walls was so bad they shot mainly from this angle and painted..exactly what you could see from that spot- forced perspective style. The other two walls of the tower were unpainted and looked sad as did the entire left wing.. Nice morning lights! Glad you visited us! Cheers, Hellcat (a.k.a.Marius).