"Path to Home on Greek Island"

July

Photographer's Comments -

The image is of a Greek home on Santorini. I worked on reducing the white tones and took out some wires. I convert to Lab color space generally as an alternative (in my perspective) to increasing saturation. Otherwise the image is reasonably close to what I shot other than some sharpening.
 

COMMENTS:
 

Stuart Caine	A very nice picture from Santorini. The pastel colors of the home are very true of the homes on Santorini. The only thing that catches my eye is the darker blue on top of the roof. I don’t know if this is from land in the background behind the house. I would tone it down to match the sky above it. You did an excellent job on the composition of this photo.
Dean Hellinger	My idea of a scene from a Greek Island, The scene captures the lines and the limited colors, wish I had been there.
Eleanor Helper	Lovely. But it seems like there are three pictures here, each given equal weighting. There is the path, the front door, and the siding and windows. I am not sure what to suggest—perhaps to crop part of the path. Another problem is the house siding merges with the sea, especially just above the front door. A hazy view of a distant shore merges with the sea—which would be o.k. But there is a curious low mound atop the house, which I suspect, is a far off mountain.
Burt Hesselson	Very well done. My only criticism is the lower right stone is too large, so I cloned some of it away and got this.
Donn Miertl
Tim Christoffersen
Larry Beller	Well done! Your image just shouts "relaxing afternoon on a Greek island." You have used the whitewashing to fill in what would otherwise be harsh shadows. I think I have to disagree with you: I think it needs just a touch of vibrance or increased saturation to fully convey the effect of light on an afternoon on Santorini.

Member Bio

Tim Christoffersen - Photographic Biography My first run in with photography was in high school when I took photography and shot for the annual. As a college sophomore, I spend six months studying in Italy. I had decided I did not want to see Europe “through a lens”, so I left my camera behind. What now is a passion remained largely dormant until my daughter’s wedding 10 years ago. I took pictures of each person who attended the reception in our back yard and found I really liked taking close ups of people. Since that date, I have taken trips alone to India, Burma, Vietnam, Buenos Aires, London, Brazil, Mali and China. Until 2009 I mostly focused on taking pictures of people. My approach is to spend the necessary time to make my subjects feel comfortable and secure their permission to take their picture. Over the last year I have focused on improving my skills in landscape/seascape photography. I find I must focus on developing my skills and not on competing, as there are so many talented landscape photographers out there. On the personal side, I retired for the second time in 2005 after 35 years in business. For the last 25 years I was the chief financial officer of several public and private companies. I also am an Episcopal priest and I have worked for the last 9 nine years as a hospice chaplain.