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Kremlin - Peter the Great Bell Tower TOMLEVMB
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mikhalych
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 328 W: 73 N: 191]](//i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-g-g.gif) (1319) [ 2012-10-09 7:08] One small correction - it is Ivan the Great bell tower. Named after Byzantine saint Ioannes (Ἰωάννης τῆς Κλίμακος). And it was built before the Peter the Great rule.
Nica shot but I would make some perspective corrections. |
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Fasting days mamcg
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mikhalych
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 328 W: 73 N: 191]](//i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-g-g.gif) (1319) [ 2012-08-15 4:34] Very nice scenery, but there are some artefacts from post-processing - posterization around the sun and halos around the trees. |
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Flamingos - Lake Oloidien annjackman
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sekl
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 62 W: 0 N: 175]](//i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-n-g.gif) (2063) [ 2010-12-09 9:33] Hi Ann,
There is really good rhythm between the birds on the background and forground. I like Africa immensely.
Thank you for sharing.
Sergey |
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good_evening_capitolio_24_11_2010 ersoyyilmaz
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sekl
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 62 W: 0 N: 175]](//i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-n-g.gif) (2063) [ 2010-12-07 6:49] [ +] Ersoy,
Very interesting photo. The sky is practically black. You are keen of using a tripod as I see. Thank you.
Sergey |
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very_habanero_street ersoyyilmaz
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sekl
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 62 W: 0 N: 175]](//i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-n-g.gif) (2063) [ 2010-12-07 6:46] Hello Ersoy,
A friend of mine visited Cuba two times already because of the things you have captured on this picture. The colors are beautiful. I like the rusty style of buildings and the old fasioned car. Thank you for sharing.
Sergey |
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Paolo, working artist ninaL
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sekl
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 62 W: 0 N: 175]](//i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-n-g.gif) (2063) [ 2010-11-24 9:33] [ +] Hello Grazyna,
Your work is so graphical I thought it was a poster!
The arrow, the look and the hand are pointed in one direction and create motion of the shot.
Well seen!
Thanks for sharing.
Sergey |
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Out of season otiun
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sekl
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 62 W: 0 N: 175]](//i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-n-g.gif) (2063) [ 2010-11-21 0:58] Incredible!
Very good tonally. |
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reflections erhan1958
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sekl
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 62 W: 0 N: 175]](//i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-n-g.gif) (2063) [ 2010-11-21 0:47] Merhaba Erhan,
I like the feeling of tranquility here.
Thank you for sharing,
Sergey |
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Tien Shan from Khan Tengri Peak molfar (227) *
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sekl
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 62 W: 0 N: 175]](//i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-n-g.gif) (2063) [ 2009-08-13 10:33] Hi Alred,
You did it!
Congratulations!
It is really a decisive moment!
Wonderful view!
Regards,
Sergey |
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Lookout Reventon (42)
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sekl
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 62 W: 0 N: 175]](//i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-n-g.gif) (2063) [ 2009-08-13 10:27] Hi Dorian,
I like your foggy and moody picture.
The boats and the people most of all.
Regards,
Sergey |
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SAVING THE PAST erdna
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sekl
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 62 W: 0 N: 175]](//i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-n-g.gif) (2063) [ 2009-08-13 10:19] [ +] Hi Andre,
Interesting framing here.
I wonder how you managed to containg this high contrast into digital camera range.
Good job!
Regards,
Sergey |
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Rambla of the Sea maria
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sekl
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 62 W: 0 N: 175]](//i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-n-g.gif) (2063) [ 2009-08-12 2:46] Privet Maria,
It is a very 'calligraphic' image!
Well seen!
Regards,
Sergey |
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2 YEARS ON TE: LE PIED! clio
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sekl
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 62 W: 0 N: 175]](//i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-n-g.gif) (2063) [ 2009-08-12 2:35] Privet Diane,
It is really a story.
Well seen!
Regards,
Sergey |
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The harbour Clementi
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sekl
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 62 W: 0 N: 175]](//i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-n-g.gif) (2063) [ 2009-08-12 2:29] Hi Giorgio,
What a bright image!
Impressionist's look!
Thank you,
Sergey |
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a tree in the desert sebinho342
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sekl
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 62 W: 0 N: 175]](//i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-n-g.gif) (2063) [ 2009-08-12 2:26] Hi Sebastien,
I like this landscape very much!
Very esthetic!
Regards,
Sergey |
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Daydreaming cagla
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sekl
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 62 W: 0 N: 175]](//i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-n-g.gif) (2063) [ 2009-08-11 2:16] [ +] Merhaba,
Very nice portrait indeed!
Thanks for the note too.
Regards,
Sergey |
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Big Ben Procrasticus (4)
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sekl
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 62 W: 0 N: 175]](//i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-n-g.gif) (2063) [ 2009-08-11 2:10] Hi Bob,
Every detail on the tower is well seen.
Nice shot!
Regards,
Sergey |
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Cobweb over peaks emmma (142)
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sekl
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 62 W: 0 N: 175]](//i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-n-g.gif) (2063) [ 2009-08-11 2:08] Hi Emma!
Wonderful atmospheric effect here!
Good job!
Sergey |
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2 ducks ben4321
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sekl
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 62 W: 0 N: 175]](//i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-n-g.gif) (2063) [ 2009-08-06 2:20] Ben,
Nice portret and good notes.
I guess it was difficult to focus the camera properly in this atmosphere :) |
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Scarborough Bluffs paprika-jancsi
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AdrianW
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 996 W: 1144 N: 354]](//i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-g-g.gif) (2274) [ 2008-10-05 21:39] [ +] Nice shot Janos! The sky's interesting, with lots of high wispy Cirrus clouds, and the pink tint to them adds just a touch of all three primary colours to your composition.
The sandstone bluffs make an interesting backdrop; and the trees towards the centre of the frame are nice too.
Compositionally I think I'd have liked a more obvious focal point; there are lots of elements here, but unfortunately to me they seem to be vying for attention, rather than forming a coherent story. If the sandstone is the subject, personally I'd like it to be more prominent in the composition I think. I might be tempted to crop the lower quarter off the bottom, as the cars in the car park don't add positively to the composition IMO. That said, composition is very much subjective, and how I see something can be very different to how anyone else will see it!
Something's not right technically though, unfortunately I'm having a hard time pinning it down precisely. The highlights on the trees seem to lack detail; particularly towards the right hand edge. Oddly the histogram looks reasonably sane; although you've slightly overexposed the sandstone itself, it's not a major issue for the majority of it. The histogram doesn't look chopped either, but it feels like a solarization/quantization type effect. Interestingly if you convert it to 256 colours, then there's very little change to the image; I'm wondering whether it accidentally got converted at some point? How did you process it?
P.S. Deleting your pictures is one way to guarantee no-one will visit them; martyrdom awaits you ;)
P.P.S. Panoramic format images are always a hard sell on the Trek sites and Flickr; as a 150px width thumbnail shows a lot less detail for panoramas. I'm sometimes tempted to shoot for square for that reason! |
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