dougdarter Posted September 9, 2007 Share #1 Posted September 9, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Honfleur is such a beautiful place. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted September 9, 2007 Posted September 9, 2007 Hi dougdarter, Take a look here Brittany - Honfleur.. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
andybarton Posted September 9, 2007 Share #2 Posted September 9, 2007 Interesting shots, Doug, but a bit over-sharpened for my taste. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougdarter Posted September 9, 2007 Author Share #3 Posted September 9, 2007 Hi Andy, Yikes!! You are right! I linked these direct from my website (which is suffering from poor compression at the moment). I've just reloaded fresh files from my computer, these are unmolested files. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest flatfour Posted September 9, 2007 Share #4 Posted September 9, 2007 These are nice pictures but in my opinion the distortion makes them unnacceptable. They look as if they could each have been taken further away and a more normal focal length used Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougdarter Posted September 9, 2007 Author Share #5 Posted September 9, 2007 These are nice pictures but in my opinion the distortion makes them unnacceptable. They look as if they could each have been taken further away and a more normal focal length used Hi Andy, If you've been to Honfleur, you would know that it would have been impossible to take them from further away - unless you wanted to fall into the harbour:eek: These old buildings line the harbour, and the only way to have taken them was with a very wide angle lens. The fact that there is hardly a vertical wall, anywhere in Honfleur, doesn't help a lot either:) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEd Posted September 9, 2007 Share #6 Posted September 9, 2007 I like the colors, fantastic colors! Thanks for sharing. Ed. . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest flatfour Posted September 9, 2007 Share #7 Posted September 9, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Minor adjstments Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted September 10, 2007 Share #8 Posted September 10, 2007 Doug - They all benefit from excellent composition, clarity, color and light. They all falter due to the signature. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dist Posted September 10, 2007 Share #9 Posted September 10, 2007 Minor adujstments Minor they may be but I'm afraid these adjustments (perspective distortion, I guess) completely ruin a picture that wasn't all that great to begin with. The grossly distorted 2CV is simply unacceptable imho. I'd rather have the original converging lines than this. Cheers, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carylwithay Posted September 10, 2007 Share #10 Posted September 10, 2007 Nice group. I particularly like the rich colors in the top two. Your name is a distraction. It does not protect your artwork, if that is why you make it so big. Caryl Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hiles Posted September 10, 2007 Share #11 Posted September 10, 2007 Lovely pictures, particularly the last. Great town. Seems to me the coverging vertical are OK - if you are working from the quai, that's the way it was. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougdarter Posted September 11, 2007 Author Share #12 Posted September 11, 2007 Minor they may be but I'm afraid these adjustments (perspective distortion, I guess) completely ruin a picture that wasn't all that great to begin with. The grossly distorted 2CV is simply unacceptable imho. I'd rather have the original converging lines than this.Cheers, Hi, Is that opinion or fact?? These are nothing other than holiday snaps which I thought others may enjoy. In all the years I've been posting on photo forums, I've never felt the need to be scathing about the quality of other members' pictures, though frankly I've seen some awful ones. If I don't like them, I don't comment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dist Posted September 12, 2007 Share #13 Posted September 12, 2007 Is that opinion or fact?? Opinion, hence the "imho". I simply don't like the exaggerated colours which is why I felt it wasn't all that great. Others think differently ("I particularly like the rich colors") so... what's the problem? You can't please everyone so you got to please yourself. You think it was all that great? Fine, good for you, it's the only thing that matters. If you take exception with my "criticism" you wouldn't last a minute in the German forum. As a matter of fact, the international forum is ridiculed over there for its almost mechanical applause for nearly every photo on display. While I do feel that the German forum is overly sordid and acidic in its criticism I guess whoever posts a photo here should be able to take "I simply don't like it" from a fellow forum member. Cheers, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougdarter Posted September 12, 2007 Author Share #14 Posted September 12, 2007 Opinion, hence the "imho". I simply don't like the exaggerated colours which is why I felt it wasn't all that great. Others think differently ("I particularly like the rich colors") so... what's the problem? You can't please everyone so you got to please yourself. You think it was all that great? Fine, good for you, it's the only thing that matters. If you take exception with my "criticism" you wouldn't last a minute in the German forum. As a matter of fact, the international forum is ridiculed over there for its almost mechanical applause for nearly every photo on display. While I do feel that the German forum is overly sordid and acidic in its criticism I guess whoever posts a photo here should be able to take "I simply don't like it" from a fellow forum member. Cheers, I quite understand now. You didn't like the oversaturated colours. That's subjective critiscism which is fine, and acceptable. I didn't think the pics were 'great' at all - as I said, they were just simple holiday snaps. You didn't actually say you didn't like it, you said it wasn't a great picture. I actually welcome critiscism of anything that I post, and learn from the critiscism I receive - when others take the time and trouble to make the critiscism constructive. Thanks for your comments:) Doug Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dist Posted September 13, 2007 Share #15 Posted September 13, 2007 You didn't actually say you didn't like it, you said it wasn't a great picture. Dang, I actually meant to (clarify why I didn't like it). Thought I did, too, but unfortunately that was over in your other Honfleur (HDR) thread where I mentioned the candy colors. My bad. Cheers, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougdarter Posted September 13, 2007 Author Share #16 Posted September 13, 2007 Dang, I actually meant to (clarify why I didn't like it). Thought I did, too, but unfortunately that was over in your other Honfleur (HDR) thread where I mentioned the candy colors. My bad.Cheers, Dieter, If I tried to post on this forum, in anything other than English, my posts would be unintelligible. Your posts have clarity and reason, and in what I presume to be your second language. You are to be congratulated! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wda Posted September 17, 2007 Share #17 Posted September 17, 2007 Douglas, I can understand the controversy recorded above. Because the first two seem so strident I do prefer the last two images. #3 in particular has some interesting components including identifiable human interest. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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