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Hey Matt:
Not ideal using an iPhone to view these, but I'm quite liking #3 - especially the cut off guy on the right. I'm not a bug fan if over-the-top HDR though. I like HDR much better when it is dialed so far back that it isn't obvious that it has been applied at all. As for in-camera art filters, well...I support all forms if experimentation, so it's interesting to see what you can get out of them.
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I think of HDR as the photographic equivalent of a screaming child â it's easiest to feel affection for it when it's yours.
(Well, not really, but you know what I mean. )
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I think these are great.
That waist-level viewpoint is fresh, exciting...and is just about the eye level of a street beggar. I say this with no smirking: it is an eye level that has all the sharpness of eye as a raven, seeing bustle that usually stays unseen to all apart from those who are "seeing" at that height. The "shoot from the hip" angles are immediate and vibrant.
OK, I would ask for the colour volume to be turned down...my, there's such a sense of movement that I could easily feel seasick I'd even go as far as to say colour here distracts(for me) from the appreciation of the tone and details...but hey, I realise you've posted these in the Snapshots space and are not asking for too much analysis.
That said, the ones that really do excel for me are the last 3..and I'm wondering why. I think it is something to do with the angle of view: either straight horizontal or with a slight incline: the latter conveys for me a feeling of both the covert and the intensely observant. They all render the everyday in a way that is extremely meaningful and "looked at".
I'd guess I've been over-analytical, but I do so like these and find them simply inspiring.
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Power candy! In moderation of course.
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These are nice, standing like a postcards, I loved what you did, dear Matthew! Especially the colours so vivid and alive.
Well done, Thank you,
with my love,
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Zig, you always have an interesting perspective and a viewpoint that I wouldn't hear anywhere else.
Don, I love that you're counselling moderation.
Nia, I do have to confess that I love the colours â it's nice to go wild every now and then.
Pavel Wrote:nia Wrote:Especially the colours so vivid and alive. My thoughts exactly But with a different emphasis, no doubt.
Just for fun here's another, tweaked slightly differently:
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You are welcome dear Matthew, but not the same impression, for the last one! The first group is amazing.
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I think I have seen most of your pictures you have posted here and these are by far the ones that have surprised me the most... Telling the truth I never thought I would see something like this from you, but I am very happy to see them!!!!! ....
Experimentation is great! it is relaxing, no pressure but just enjoyment... Well done Matthew!!
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