Annette Chiu
| Maria Korab-Laskowska |
| Tom Icklan |
| Fred Kuhns |
| Annette Chiu |
| Phil Geraci |
| Linda Phelps |
| Rawligh Sybrant |
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Title - >Horses Roundup # 1-Framed
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| Maria Korab-Laskowska | I love this photo for the subject, mood, composition and light. The low angle of shooting and nice play of ropes adds to the picture. Tom is right that noise can be reduced however I like it in this particular shot. I also like fact that they are silhouetted - it adds to the mood. |
| Tom Icklan | Images of this type were once the rage in camera club circles during the 90's. I have never tired of them and yours is particularly good. The capture is remarkable since the action is intense and the arrangement of all the elements is perfect from a compositional point of view. With todays technology this picture can be improved by smoothing some of the noise and opening the shadows a bit. The natural lighting is great so I would recommend very slight adjustments. |
| Fred Kuhns | This is a great shot Annette, good action, wonderful composition, good figure/ground relationship and tension. This must have been film since it’s from 1993, and it looks like the grain is visible (slow film?). Since it is film I also applaud your ability to get a perfect exposure in these conditions! I really like the fact that it looks like a photograph. Since I’ve gone all digital I find that I am starting to tire of the “perfect” image: no grain, parallel lines (i.e. no distortion), no fall off – the things I worked so hard to eliminate when I shot film!. There is a part of me that believes a picture should look like it was captured by a camera: optics and light sensitive materials each having their own set of properties and limitations. Or maybe it’s just that I miss the challenge of capturing the perfect exposure on slide film and waiting weeks (or months) before I knew if it worked ... hmm, on second thought all that waiting did get frustrating at times, especially when it wasn’t until after the trip that I found out I did something stupid like set the film ISO to the wrong value! |
| Phil Geraci | That's the way it is done, Annette. Just keep shooting when you have a very mobile subject. You did well. The ropes are all well positioned, and the background is adequately blurred. Nice job. |
| Linda Phelps | WOW! You have an absolutely fantastic action packed image! Love the semi-silhouette capture. My very tiny suggestion would be to remove the diagonal straight lines in the upper right corner. |
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My profession was Medical Technologist (Hematologist) for 35 years and I am now retired. I started being interested in photography in 1972 when I became widow. I joined a local camera club and started competing beginning in 1976. I now belong to two camera clubs and and S4C (Southern California Council of Camera Clubs) and joined PSA in 1984. I started exhibiting in International Salons in 1986 and I have earned PSA Star Ratings as follow: 5 in Color, Nature, Photo-Travel and Small Color Print; 4 in Photojournalism; 3 in Large Color Print.
I started doing my own printing in the darkroom in 1986 until 1996. I purchased my first computer in December of 1999 and a Nikon Scanner in 2000. I was amazed to discover the exciting creativity you can do using the scanner and Photoshop. My interest in digital imaging and Photoshop grew as the days went by. I recently learned about the PSA EID program at the PSA Conference in Houston this year and I am looking forward to learning more through participation in the program.
My equipment consists of the following:Cameras: Nikon F3, 90S, 8008S; Bronica ETRS and Nikon Coolpix 4500. Computer: Dell 500 MHz Celeron Processor with Integrated 128K cache, Intel 3D Graphics, 128 MB SDRAM Memory, Nero Burner ROM, CD-RW 24X10X40, 19 " Monitor, 3-Pak of Iomega 100MB Zip Disks, 20.4 GB ATA Hard Drive, 7200 RPMPrinter: Epson 1200 1440X720 dpi
Scanners: Nikon LS 2000, Epson Perfection 1650
Software: Photoshop 5.0, 6.0 7.0 and Elements
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