Holding the Future
Mother and Child watching the sunrise14 total reviews
Comment from ADCPHOTO
Hi all, I am back just for a short time, I wanted to review a little and escape from reality of being a new father, and spending countless hours and days in the hospital to tend to my new son who is in the special nursery. I hope you appreciate the review and I will return again at a later date.
1. Initial Impact - 5
2. Creativity of Presentation - 5
3. Color Harmony -5
4. Center of Interest -5
5. Technical Excellence -5
6. Technique - 5
7. Story Telling Ability -5
8. Lighting - . 5
This is a lovely shot and great work, thank you for sharing this piece with us here at FAR.
reply by the author on 26-Nov-2008
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Hi all, I am back just for a short time, I wanted to review a little and escape from reality of being a new father, and spending countless hours and days in the hospital to tend to my new son who is in the special nursery. I hope you appreciate the review and I will return again at a later date.
1. Initial Impact - 5
2. Creativity of Presentation - 5
3. Color Harmony -5
4. Center of Interest -5
5. Technical Excellence -5
6. Technique - 5
7. Story Telling Ability -5
8. Lighting - . 5
This is a lovely shot and great work, thank you for sharing this piece with us here at FAR.
Comment Written 26-Nov-2008
reply by the author on 26-Nov-2008
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Thank you so much. I appreciate the time you took to look at my photo and to write your kind and generous review. Congratulation on your new son. Good luck to him and his parents.
Comment from bedo92000
This is a great idea and has a lot of feeling to it. You can see the love between the mother and child. It seems very grainy/pixalated to me, though, which does take a lot away from the detail of the image. I like the crop. Thanks for sharing.
~emily
reply by the author on 26-Nov-2008
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This is a great idea and has a lot of feeling to it. You can see the love between the mother and child. It seems very grainy/pixalated to me, though, which does take a lot away from the detail of the image. I like the crop. Thanks for sharing.
~emily
Comment Written 25-Nov-2008
reply by the author on 26-Nov-2008
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Thank you very much for your kind review. I think I overdid what I was trying.It didn't works out as intended. I intently toke the details away, added contrast and darkened the picture from left to right. I wanted the mother in a semi silhouette and light and some detail only on the child's face according to the quotation I used.
Comment from StRyCh9
Nice work with the light, I like the intimacy and mood you have captured. Color work is first rate. The image for me presents as expressive. I especially enjoyed the reflection in the sunglasses. Well done on this superb work.
reply by the author on 24-Nov-2008
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Nice work with the light, I like the intimacy and mood you have captured. Color work is first rate. The image for me presents as expressive. I especially enjoyed the reflection in the sunglasses. Well done on this superb work.
Comment Written 24-Nov-2008
reply by the author on 24-Nov-2008
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Thank you very much for your kind review.
The reflection in those glasses is really something. actually I had to darken it since it came out so strong and color full that it toke over the whole picture. If it wouldn't be so small it would have made a beautiful picture itself.
Comment from GaliaG
Love the soft touch of this photo, the caring hold of the child, thanks for sharing
# Initial impact 5
# Creativity of presentation 5
# Color Harmony 5
# Center of Interest 5
# Technical Excellence 5
# Technique 5
# Story Telling Ability 5
# Lighting 5
reply by the author on 24-Nov-2008
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Love the soft touch of this photo, the caring hold of the child, thanks for sharing
# Initial impact 5
# Creativity of presentation 5
# Color Harmony 5
# Center of Interest 5
# Technical Excellence 5
# Technique 5
# Story Telling Ability 5
# Lighting 5
Comment Written 24-Nov-2008
reply by the author on 24-Nov-2008
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Thank you so much. I appreciate the time you toke to look at my photo and write your king review.
Comment from focaldot
Its a lovely composition, i like the silhouetted baby and the guy, lovely concept and your presentation, a bit blury, try to sharpen it and it would look much much better. All the best for the contest :)
reply by the author on 24-Nov-2008
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Its a lovely composition, i like the silhouetted baby and the guy, lovely concept and your presentation, a bit blury, try to sharpen it and it would look much much better. All the best for the contest :)
Comment Written 24-Nov-2008
reply by the author on 24-Nov-2008
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Thanks for your kind review.
Upps! I blurred it in purpose to give it the soft appearance. I realise it doesn't work.
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lol!!
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Comment from shiloh106
Really love the composition here. You have captured such a precious moment and one so many of us have experienced with a child over the years. Great story telling. The photo is coming off a little grainy though.
reply by the author on 23-Nov-2008
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Really love the composition here. You have captured such a precious moment and one so many of us have experienced with a child over the years. Great story telling. The photo is coming off a little grainy though.
Comment Written 23-Nov-2008
reply by the author on 23-Nov-2008
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Thanks for you nice review. Somehow I haven't archived what I tryed to do. I wanted mom in almost silhouette and the sun only on the child's face and that on a soft image according to the text. I'm affraid I have overdone darken it and contrast. I should have taken the sepia version.
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I can definitely see where you were going and it is very striking to have the little one lit and mom in silhouette. Perhaps you could try just tracing around around mom and changing her lighting? Sometimes that comes out smoother than using the burn tool. I have a program called Photo Explosion which makes selective areas fairly easy to work with, either that or it's just that I have had that program the longest and am just comfortable with it. The Corel programs are new to me since I joined FAR and I am still learning them.
At any rate your photo's subject and message are great.
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Thanks for your suggestions. I'll charge for the photo explosion. I didn't used Corel here but Digital Image Suite [Picture it]. There is a selective tool but it doesn't work well. I still cut and past for selection. The Corel is new to me too. Through I have to learn how to use it I find much more difficult to find out how they call what I wan't to use. Everything seams to have a different name there, even the paint brushes.
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So true! And there are so many choices. I feel that it will take me a long time to really use everything!
Comment from sms467
I can see what you're trying to do here, the composition is good helping to define the relationship. However there are a couple of issues I have. Firstly, the subjects don;'t appear to be in sharp focus. Secondly, I think the exposure should be up or down either giving detail or silhouette, this sits in the middle and leaves me uncertain.
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reply by the author on 23-Nov-2008
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I can see what you're trying to do here, the composition is good helping to define the relationship. However there are a couple of issues I have. Firstly, the subjects don;'t appear to be in sharp focus. Secondly, I think the exposure should be up or down either giving detail or silhouette, this sits in the middle and leaves me uncertain.
This rating does not count towards story rating or author rank.
The highest and the lowest rating are not included in calculations.
Comment Written 23-Nov-2008
reply by the author on 23-Nov-2008
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Thanks for your kind review. I tryed something what may isn't possible. I wanted mom as silhouette but the kids face touched by the sun with some but not to many details but still soft. I tried to darken gradually from left to right without using mixed media. Proably I wanted to much. I schould have taken my sepia version but liked to see how the effect is on reviewers, Thanks, we learn with our mistakes.
Comment from Declan
What a strong, powerful portrait.
Your title described this shot perfectly.
The warmth of the sun hitting the little girls face as she stares out into the 'unknown' is great. Her little hand in front of her mouth is a nice touch.
Your composition and lighting is perfect - I love it.
All in all, a wonderful shot. Well done.
reply by the author on 23-Nov-2008
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What a strong, powerful portrait.
Your title described this shot perfectly.
The warmth of the sun hitting the little girls face as she stares out into the 'unknown' is great. Her little hand in front of her mouth is a nice touch.
Your composition and lighting is perfect - I love it.
All in all, a wonderful shot. Well done.
Comment Written 23-Nov-2008
reply by the author on 23-Nov-2008
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Thank you for your kind and generous review. You are about the only who did see what I was trying to show. I'm affraid according to most of the reviews that it didn't came out as planed and my message didn't go out for the most part. But thanks to you I know now that I'm not completely wrong. Thank you.
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It's a very strong portrait - I really enjoyed viewing it.. :)
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Thanks :)
Comment from Clyde B.
This is a nice creative shot Cleo, the semi silhouette of the subjects works well with the lighting. The pure white background doesn't work for me, maybe a soft gray or toned down dark red color would have a stronger impact. The soft focus works for this shot, just doesn't have the wow factor. Good job!!!
reply by the author on 23-Nov-2008
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This is a nice creative shot Cleo, the semi silhouette of the subjects works well with the lighting. The pure white background doesn't work for me, maybe a soft gray or toned down dark red color would have a stronger impact. The soft focus works for this shot, just doesn't have the wow factor. Good job!!!
Comment Written 23-Nov-2008
reply by the author on 23-Nov-2008
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Thanks Clyde, for your kind review. I tryed some what I evidently didn't accomplished. You are right with the semi silhouette. I wanted everything as an silhouette but the kids face.
The original background was light grayish blue and didn't worked it all. Since I had to darken the image anyway I tryed some kind of high key since I didn't want to incorporate mixed media what I would have to do giving a different color. Thanks for your suggestion I'll work with it.
Comment from A-one
What a delightful shot of mothers grandmother and generations to come. Holding the future is a wonderful title and speaks volumes on how important it is to impart wisdom to the next caretakers. Good entry for the contest. Wishing you much luck and thanks for sharing this heartfelt image!
reply by the author on 23-Nov-2008
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What a delightful shot of mothers grandmother and generations to come. Holding the future is a wonderful title and speaks volumes on how important it is to impart wisdom to the next caretakers. Good entry for the contest. Wishing you much luck and thanks for sharing this heartfelt image!
Comment Written 23-Nov-2008
reply by the author on 23-Nov-2008
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Thank you so much for your nice review. Thanks for seeing what I tryed to show. You are right the image is heart field. That is why I posted it even it is not completely as I was trying to archive and wished it would be.