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Critiques [Translate]

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• tiklod (3367)
• [2007-09-12 18:16]

Hi Horia,
Great picture. Beautiful colors and revelated details of the shadows on the montains. The clouds add lot of impact on this great landscape :-0
Thanks,

Claude

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• angybone (7328)
• [2007-09-12 18:22]

A beautiful breathtaking view. You have some remarkable shadows and the clouds are perfect. You really show us the overwhelming size here.

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• GLEM (5741)
• [2007-09-12 18:28]

hi Horia,
ahah, "not a great landscape photographer " it's a joke of course. Really impressive picture with a good contrast and light. I like big storms which give more atmosphère at this.

gaetan

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• pankajbajpai (14938)
• [2007-09-12 18:53]

hello horia,
lovely capture of the landscape, liked the pov and the composition very much, the beautiful white clouds and the shaddow falling looks great here, nice effect of light, lovely natural colours,
well done,
tfs & regards
pankaj

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• scottevers7 (12259)
• [2007-09-12 19:40]

Hi Horia,
WOW! That is a beautiful landscape scene. I agree that the 50-50 goes well for this scene. The clouds make a nice balance. Colors, detail and most of all DOF look great. It takes your breath away!
scott

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• jcoowanitwong (11467)
• [2007-09-12 22:50]

Hi Horia,
A limited view of the place as you mentioned but a nice picture. Sharp image with great colors. Beautifully composed.
JC

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• pablominto (15556)
• [2007-09-12 23:34]

Hello Horia,
So you were not able to avoid Grand Canyon, hehehe! And why should you, this is a majestic scenery well worth some hours with the camera...
Great landscape here, well composed and with attractive colours an a most attractive sky!
Greetings,
Pablo -

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• cataclysta (4690)
• [2007-09-13 2:25]
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Hello Horia
Welcome back after long break!!! I am looking forward to see more photo from US. How do you feel in new place?

About the photo. Beautiful three dimensional landscape. Great cloudy day, nice exposure good simple compo I like it very much
I am waiting for more
Very best wishes from Poland
Krzysztof

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• joey (21398)
• [2007-09-13 2:53]

Hello Horia,
a superb shot of this spectacular scene.
I bet it would have looked good as a panorama.
Sharp with superb detail.
Brilliant composition.
Well done,
Joe

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• fartash (10271)
• [2007-09-13 4:34]

Hello Horia
Very intersting scene you captured,
Great composition,lighting and POV,Welldone.

Good Luck
Fartash

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• K9madtex (1018)
• [2007-09-13 9:24]

The 50/50 comp works very well. Including the clouds makes the photo very moody. Good choices, TFS.

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• cissou (119)
• [2007-09-13 9:53]

Hello,
The Grand Canyon is always very impressive. I like the colors in your picture, with the light in the front. And I like the title you gave your photo: it's very true!
Cécile

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• SunToucher (9078)
• [2007-09-13 10:56]

Hi Horia,
So now you are going to work even more hours to cover the cost for a UWA lens or a pano head? This is surely a very beautiful view that one needs to see in real to experience the wideness of it. But you did give us a wonderful feel of it. Your decision to stay with the 50-50 composition is good, The sky does add a lot to the photo and since you did include some FG element it did balance the photo.
I hope you are having a hell of a time in the US and I hope that you new toy will capture many beauties like these.
TFS,
Niek

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• PaulH (11345)
• [2007-09-14 10:34]

wow...i don't know Horia, i think you've squeezed quite alot in here! What a view! I agree, the 50-50 composition of land and sky is definitely the right choice and the CP has worked very well indeed. The light is just fantastic. It seems you are making the most out of your time in the U.S! Looking forward to more, great work my friend.
Paul

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• hester (11052)
• [2007-09-14 12:34]
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Wow Horia what a view! Lovely colours and light. I can recommend the Sigma 10-20 as a gret lens. I thought my Canon 17-85 was decent until I got my new lens. This is somewhere I have never been but it looks amazing

TFS

Karan

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• cicindela (7236)
• [2007-09-15 4:09]
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Hi my Romanian Friend!
It was long time ago since we exchanged some emials and comments :) I hope that you work gives you a little free time for relax and taking pictures like this one :) So once again welcom back!!! :)
And this photo is very impressive and presents a fascinating place. I like a lot panoramic POV and mosaic of colours. DOF and details are also very nice for watching.
But because TN is the place where we can write also contructive critique - not only compliments, here are some things which I would like to change:

1. proportion between land and sky. Now it is about 50:50 and that does not look very good for me. I understand that you wanted to keep much more clouds on the picture (they are really nice) but I believe that 2:1 (land:sky) would be better. But of course that is only my opinion :)

2. the line of horizon - maybe it is only because of my eye (please remember that I have glasses :>) but I think that on the right side it is lower that on the left one. I really like to watch pictures with asymetry but in case of such landscape photo it does not work to much. But please not that this is again only my POV :)

Once again it is nice to see you again on TN and and hope to see you here soon for longer time :>
Have a nice weekend my Friend,
Radomir

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• claudine (10181)
• [2007-09-15 7:03]

Your notes are so interesting to read Horia. You know what? I have never been there and you did!!! America is big! This is an impressive POV and scenery that you captured well. Those clouds are amazing by creating this shadow on those impressive rock formations. I wonder why you used such a high shutter speed though if you had a tripod… I probably would have set it at the minimum (handheld) shutter speed and smallest aperture (1/60 – F 11?)… Colors are superb!

You are lucky to have visited this mythical place; I can't wait for the snake now :) Thanks,
Claudine

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• Alex99 (15289)
• [2007-09-18 4:27]

Hi Horia.
I see work of your new equipment very well. You are right, of course. 17 mm on crop is not so wide. However you managed to reproduce the beauty of this place excellently with help of wonderful picture. Lights, shadows, colours are excellent as well as the crisp sharpness of the image. My best wishes and compliments. Well done.
Alexei.

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• jesst (2244)
• [2007-10-18 1:33]

Amazing picture. Sky and mountains are great!
When I look at this landscape I understand how big is our world. Well done, thanks