Torcello Window

January, 2012

F/9.5 @ 1/90 sec. ISO 100 RAW capture and run through CS5. 

 

After a few days in Italy, I began to key in on the windows in the various cities. This is one of my favorites on an island in Venice.

 

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COMMENTS:
 

Warren Wilson	nice composition. I like the shadows. I like it that you showed the end of the tree branch and the damaged wall on the right.
Barun Sinha	I am all in praise for this superbly complicated image. The window, the tree and the falling plaster all tell you the life in the building. Excellent image.
Vacant
Terry Kness	Exposure is good, nice detail in highlights and shadows. Image is sharp. I find the shadow distracting, and there are competing elements for center of attention. I don't know what to focus on.
Meg Puente	Very nice image. I'm not sure what I would change, if anything...I think perhaps the shadow is a bit too strong. I love the brick showing through the broken stucco and the peek-a-boo window. Somehow my eye doesn't move smoothly through the image...perhaps cloning out the white patch in the lower right corner would help, and adding some magenta tot he reds may work a bit more color magic.
Debbie Garland	I thought the wall was the subject until I read it.  I like the cracked area exposing the bricks.  the tree adds nice framing.  The window also adds to the wall.  Perhaps if the window itself is the subject a tighter shot or different angle would work.

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Joe Kennedy - Biography (Serious Amateur Photographer) I have been “happily retired” since March of 2003 after having spent thirty-three years as an educator in the City of Boston. My second career has afforded me the precious gift of time to use my treasures and talents in ways not possible while working on lesson plans and correcting papers. One of the primary recipients of my new found freedom has been photography. Currently, I am a member in good standing with the Stony Brook Camera Club in Wrentham, MA. After spending numerous years with a floundering camera club in southeastern Massachusetts, I started up a digital-only group - the Hockomock Digital Photographers. More than twenty-five photo enthusiasts in the area have joined me in the pursuit of improving our photography. My camera of choice is Nikon’s D-200 with some support from PhotoShop’s CS3. My digital learning curve will continue to expand as there is so much to comprehend and implement. I am looking forward to your comments as I share some of my images with the other participants of this study group. I know you’ll be helping me to broaden my expertise in photography.