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Terry S
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Registered: December 2011 Location: Southend on Sea, Essex, England, UK Posts: 3,797
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Sat, 25, January, 2014 12:48pm
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I quite like this Peter, although the white frames and picture border look a little grey on my screen. Brightening them up in PS makes all the difference and I'm sure it looks much better in the hand.
As for the composition, I would have turned the camera to the right a little to include a little more of the right hand wall, if possible. I would also leave out the dark rectangle on the wall and floor on the left ie symmetrically placing the windows in the picture with the door being central = hope this makes sense?
I do like the general idea though along the tones in the wall against the white frames of the door and windows, which would have caught my eyes also.
A back handed compliment I think it is known as.
Terry S
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peterlg
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Registered: December 2010 Location: living in Luxembourg Posts: 507
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Sat, 25, January, 2014 2:52pm
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Hi Terry, thanks for good comments. I'll reprint it because not self particularly satisfied with the composition. (my wife told me before I posted it!)
I just got a new scanner (3 in 1 kind of thing) and haven't yet learned to make proper scans - the original has a good deal more detail in the shadows.
Peter
PS what is a back handed compliment?
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Terry S
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Registered: December 2011 Location: Southend on Sea, Essex, England, UK Posts: 3,797
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Sun, 26, January, 2014 12:09pm
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Hi Peter,
I think it got it slightly wrong when stating my comments as a 'back handed compliment'...
A BHC is when one makes comments to sound nice whilst actually meaning the opposite (a google example being: backhanded compliment =What might at first sound like a compliment but could/should really be taken as an insult when considered in its entirety).
This I DIDN'T mean! I was basically trying to express the opposite ie I made lots of comments that could be corrected but actually meant that I liked the picture.
Does anyone know the expression for wording this way around?
Also if you're reprinting it Peter, I'd be interested to see the updated version somehow.
Terry S
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vincent
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Registered: December 2008 Location: Co. Kildare Ireland Posts: 876
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Sun, 26, January, 2014 8:16pm
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I like your shot Peter, the white surrounds really give the photo the extra lift.
------------------------------ Cheers
Vincent - Not afraid of the dark
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