From: Robert Coe on
On Wed, 26 May 2010 06:33:59 -0500, Jeff Jones <jj197109671(a)mailinator.com>
wrote:
: On 26 May 2010 10:49:02 GMT, "Marco Struck" <nickh.temp(a)web.de> wrote:
:
: >Hi,
: >
: >I nearly finished my new photosite, at least all the photos are online,
: >just a few details left to be done. Ofcourse I would like to have some
: >viewers and comments, so feel invited to have a look and let me know if
: >you like it.
: >
: >The Site is german, but I intentionally left the navigation and
: >keywords in english, allowing international visitors to navigate. By
: >clicking on the following link a random image will be presented to you.
: >Select 1 of the 3 random thumbnails below, or the 2 possible next- and
: >prev-links, or just click on the browse-link to get to the reversed
: >chronological overview, which can be filtered by categories and tags on
: >the left side.
: >
: >Hope you enjoy:
: >
: >http://zone23.net/
: >
: >
: >Greets, Marco.
:
: Lots of standard stock-photography. Overall grade about a C+, a few photos
: I'd give a B- to, maybe even a B+ for one or two.
:
: Not bad. But in my browsing I didn't spot anything phenomenal either.
: Though I didn't view them all, just a good sampling. At least you show a
: good grasp and breadth of using a camera properly. That's much more than I
: can say for any of the other dufusses (dufi) that post to these forums.

Actually it's "dufis" (with a long "i" - dative plural).

: At least you won't be damaging the visual centers of anyone's brains.
: Unlike the rest in these newsgroups.

I don't know how we can be expected to improve, unless you condescend to show
us more of your own excellent work. I looked at some of the recent Shoot-Ins,
and it appears that through some oversight you haven't been submitting
anything lately. Why is that, I wonder.

Bob
From: Marco Struck on
Jeff Jones wrote:
>On Wed, 26 May 2010 06:33:59 -0500, Jeff Jones
><jj197109671(a)mailinator.com> wrote:

Hi,

first I want to apologize for replying so lately.


>>>Hope you enjoy:
>>>
>>>http://zone23.net/
>>>
>>>
>>>Greets, Marco.
>>
>>Lots of standard stock-photography. Overall grade about a C+, a few
>>photos I'd give a B- to, maybe even a B+ for one or two.
>>
>>Not bad. But in my browsing I didn't spot anything phenomenal
>>either. Though I didn't view them all, just a good sampling. At
>>least you show a good grasp and breadth of using a camera properly.
>>That's much more than I can say for any of the other dufusses
>>(dufi) that post to these forums. At least you won't be damaging
>>the visual centers of anyone's brains. Unlike the rest in these
>>newsgroups.

An overall fair and true statement, at least the part you're talking
about my pictures. Thank you.



>If you had either the waves or the jellyfish in better focus this
>could have been a strong A-, but your eye for composition made it
>work. On second look, a difficult call, it still works like it is. I
>like it a lot but shouldn't. Technically a C-, artistically a strong
>A- to almost an A. http://zone23.net/index.php?showimage=174

The funny thing about this picture is, that it made it's way into the
gallery by fortuity. The Original is nearly black with a scheme of a
dark grey jellyfish, extremely noisy in the dark tones. So I was just
fooling around with the picture, raising brightness and contrast, when
I discovered the colors in the picture, finally applying a noisefilter.
There it is, a nice example why to use RAW-Format... ;-)


>A strong A- because I'm a fan of Escher.
>http://zone23.net/index.php?showimage=175

Same process as the jellyfish, but much better RAW-Material. I had to
photograph into dark black-blue water, but didn't want to let those
fishes escape without being photographed...


>Good subject, but the composition was slightly off.
>http://zone23.net/index.php?showimage=241

Absolutely. I am thinking about a new version with different cut-out
and better lens- and exposure-correction.


>The rest of these dolts could learn a lot about composition from you.
>Even when a subject is lack-luster your eye for composition saves it.
>(most of the time)

Very perceptive and true, non-ironic. I need to find some more
compelling subjects, therefore I am thinking about some projects to
start with... but it will take a few years to present any results,
because I need more time and equipment.

Greets, Marco.


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From: Marco Struck on
Michael J Davis schrieb:


>But overall a pleasant set, combining simple record shots, racoons,
>owls etc. with some good pictorial.

Thank you very much, nice to hear that. :-)

Greets, Marco.

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From: Marco Struck on
Paul Giverin:

>I really liked your shots.

Thank you. :-)

Marco.

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From: Marco Struck on
Tzortzakakis Dimitris schrieb:

>>Hope you enjoy:
>>
>>http://zone23.net/
>>
>Ja, richtig, sehr gut:-)Die Fotos sind eingezeichnet!

Thank you very much, but you should say 'ausgezeichnet', since
'eingezeichnet' means 'drawn-in'... :-)

Your name sounds greek, right? Ever been in Germany?


Marco

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