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Comment by dirk1000 posted on Weekly Competition No. 12 - "Hard and Soft" at 01/10/2007 - 13:17
"The truth, the falsehood..."
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Comment by dirk1000 posted on Weekly Competition No. 12 - "Hard and Soft" at 29/09/2007 - 00:42
Congratulations Prieni, yours is a great image, I like very much.
Zach Abubeker and Lilly, both, very good “Solitude” images.
Thanks Daniel for your excellent judge work.
Best regards.
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Zach Abubeker and Lilly, both, very good “Solitude” images.
Thanks Daniel for your excellent judge work.
Best regards.
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K10D+ Sigma 18-50 1:2DC Lens.
Comment by dirk1000 posted on Weekly Competition No 11 - "Solitude" at 25/09/2007 - 02:58
Solitude and fog...
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Comment by dirk1000 posted on Weekly Competition No 11 - "Solitude" at 19/09/2007 - 20:50
Discovered this morning!
A 450 feet height antenna at 8 NM from Tucuman´s airport! The aeronautic authority has no knowledge of his existence!
At arrival urgently wrote a PIREP (pilot report).
Things that happens in this latitudes.
Best regards.
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A 450 feet height antenna at 8 NM from Tucuman´s airport! The aeronautic authority has no knowledge of his existence!
At arrival urgently wrote a PIREP (pilot report).
Things that happens in this latitudes.
Best regards.
________________
Dirk TROTTEYN.
K10D+ Sigma 18-50 1:2DC Lens.
Comment by dirk1000 posted on Oh! surprise... at 15/09/2007 - 00:12
Matt,
Thanks for your effort and dedication writing this very useful guide.
I printed out the entire SP-DS3 manual, but I feel your Quick Guide is a necessary complement for speed up my learning curve and also because makes my life easier with SP-DS3.
Best regards.
________________
Dirk TROTTEYN.
K10D+ Sigma 18-50 1:2.8 DC Lens.
Thanks for your effort and dedication writing this very useful guide.
I printed out the entire SP-DS3 manual, but I feel your Quick Guide is a necessary complement for speed up my learning curve and also because makes my life easier with SP-DS3.
Best regards.
________________
Dirk TROTTEYN.
K10D+ Sigma 18-50 1:2.8 DC Lens.
Comment by dirk1000 posted on Silkypix Developer Studio Quick Guide at 07/10/2007 - 00:26
WEEKLY COMPETITION No 10 - “PEOPLE COMMUNICATION”
Judge: Dirk Trotteyn.
Date: SET-17-2007. 08:00 AM.
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1- Helfty1: Bravo for be the first entrant! Good interpretation of theme. I see too much out of focus area in the picture. Looks like the communication is not so easy for the women and the lineman who don´t put too much attention to her request. Personally I feel most attracted to the background scene than in the fore. Perhaps a different shut angle worked better.
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2-George Lazarette: To an antediluvian like me, what can I say? One of the best interpretation of theme. I especially like the faces expressions although daughter´s eyes are closed, the both direction communication works impeccable (the child closed eyes suggest me she is enjoying the pleasant moment). The tonalities of mother´s neck caught my attention particularly.
I think the image is just at the limit of a reasonable jpg compression (1024x684x24b in just 97.3 KB!) I can see three small dots in mother’s neck, a strange highlight in her front toots and a number of disordered pixels in the mother’s hair just above his right shoulder. I suspect is effect of the high compression. But in the image size I must judge, the picture looks healthy.
George, I took the license to mount your image in Photoshop and tried cropping a little the upper-left area, but I feel cropping fall in a loose of image volume (becomes flat).
Third Prize.
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3-Prieni: Interesting and good interpretation of theme. A dual communicator in a one way dialogue! It is an intrepid image.
I think that without his sunglasses the man, with a semi hidden face expression, would reinforce his dare finger saying (in Argentina is considered an offensive signal) but not in consideration here. In other words, a hard character marine workman in a usual spontaneous expression daring to a non visible interlocutor, telling the rules and the law of the hard offshore life style. The bolts glued to the helmet are telling about his cock´s hierarchy. I think a portrait image format should work better here.
Nice colors, good tonal range, sharp and well-exposed image. Also a valiant subjacent message.
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4-Justgetoutandride: Very good theme interpretation. I believe the finger man is telling a very interesting tale because the attention of his interlocutors. It is difficult to see a 5 people meeting where just one is talking and 4 attending.
I think the incorporated flash did his devilry here. Overexposed white shirt and the always unwanted shifted shadows detract a bit the image.
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5-Lilly: I like very much your photo. Make me remember a children game book “Where´s Wally” (created by the British illustrator Martin Handford).
It is really an invitation to participate in the image. If you wish, you have an empty chair for sit at the table. The empty glasses and the full ashtray tell me about the gone chatter. The man at the back side, kissing the woman’s cheek, is for me, a symbol of human communication. The face expression of the wall resting man (stand up) with a beer glass in the right hand tell a lot about his participation. And so on… I can follow “Where´s Wally” playing and finding People in Communication everywhere.
The ISO 1600 grain (and the stippled grain filter?) give the image a nice touch. The only criticism I have is the highlighted front woman left harm, the ashtray and the beer bottle label.
Second Prize.
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6-Niblue: Your image is in theme. A “gigantography” that don´t say me too much about the theme. The right side workman acts very well as a scale reference but commands a bit the attention. In my taste the image need a bit better exposure. May be another shut angle would improve the scene illumination. A good encountered image and an opportune shot.
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7-Daniel: This image is beautiful! I love it just as it is.
What a grandmother face expression! And now, what we have to do, Pa? What was the key for answering, Pa? And what about grandfather meditation “why is so difficult to use a simple telephone today?” I also can see a beautiful triangular composition with vertex at Ma and Pa eyes and the cellular phone.
Daniel, your image makes me think more in a generational conflict than in people in communication. But it is a real testimony in how aged people wrestle with the invading technology.
The subjacent content is sublime.
First Prize.
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8-HowardJ: the rules of the competition, such as they are don´t says anything about shoe-boxed photography, so I shall judge the image on its own merits.
The image is on-topic. Grandfather face expression is a symbol of tenderness. It says everything; the complacence of the mature man looking to the fruits of the effort of all a life reflected in this eloquent smile.
The communication between the kids is complete, both, eyes and mouths in a harmonious dialogue. I am sure you will hang this photo in your favorite room wall. (I have a similar one in my living room wall).
Technically a good healthy image nevertheless his age and the transformation process suffered.
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9-Klarky: It is a little difficult to my find in the scene where is the People Communication here. The first thing caught my attention was the Scottish beret singer reddish toupee (or something like this).
It is like the cropping didn´t work good enough, the two people behind the singers (mostly the yellowish one) distracts the central image. Inadvertently followed the both singer eyes and I went out from the image.
A vivid face expression in the other youngster. Good illumination and beautiful colors.
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10-Lenscape: I was waiting for this image entrance from the past Monday.
Whisper, one of the most familiar and affective way of human communication. I love this photo. It has a very good composition. The soft tonalities and the smooth image borders (man´s jowl) used here, increases the intimacy and communion of the couple.
Technically I think that with a little more appropriate aperture the lady ear could be at the same sharp value than the man mouth is. Or tweak a little with the sharpness balance so ear and mouth have the same visual weight.
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11-Galoot: Your image without the header note doesn’t convince me that here is occurring a People Communication (it is always said that a good picture don´t need words explaining about)
Amusing, the face expression is unique and suggests me something funny has happened here. Then I can see a handy transceiver (by the antenna?), but I think don´t say enough about the theme.
All the technical attributes of the image, as far I can see are very good.
My #5 weekly competition “Self Portrait” fury finally is gone, so, Mr. Galoot this is without rancor…
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12-Spaceraider: My eyes enter to the image from the left bottom side, springs to the man eyes and then follows his left harm and his sight direction and exits from the image by the right. It is a little intriguing what is his left hand is doing. I think that the left hand is important for the image integrity and must not be cropped out.
Strong colors, very good exposed and a character image, but a very light approach to the theme.
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13-Deecy: This is a great dramatic image. The use of the diagonal shot reinforces the drama. It generate in me a sensation of anxiety wanting know what the drama is. Here, on the contrary than with Spaceraider image, the young lady eyes carry my sight to where a supposed tragedy occurs. Really a very intense photo with excellent technical attributes. Very interesting image cropp.
Both, father and daughter with very deep face expressions, but they are caused by his own surprise in front the event. I think is not enough for People communication.
Thoughtful stuff.
##########
14-Amoringello: Amusing. Looking at the young hockey player´s right leg position, the twisted body and his face expression is like she is showing his back in a jibing gesture. It can be a way of communication, so I think is lukewarm in theme.
I think the square image format is more appropriate for a serene, calm and no dynamically scenes, also, to my criteria, the cropping didn´t work very well here. I would prefer a bit more space at the left image side. To my eyes, the white T shirt is a little overexposed.
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This is my judge.
Congratulations to the winners and a big well done to all entrants.
I´m sure I will remember this 14 images as I remember my own sons.
The absents images: A pair of shaking hands, the mother giving the breast to the baby, a kissing couple, a crying child, two embraced people, the whisper that finally arrived from the hands of Lenscape, and what about a Morse telegraph manipulator broadcasting a telegram…
Apologize for my lame English.
Tucuman, SET-17-2007. 08:00AM.
Best regards.
_________________________
Dirk TROTTEYN.
K10D+ Sigma 18-50 1:2.8 EX DC Lens.
Judge: Dirk Trotteyn.
Date: SET-17-2007. 08:00 AM.
##########
1- Helfty1: Bravo for be the first entrant! Good interpretation of theme. I see too much out of focus area in the picture. Looks like the communication is not so easy for the women and the lineman who don´t put too much attention to her request. Personally I feel most attracted to the background scene than in the fore. Perhaps a different shut angle worked better.
##########
2-George Lazarette: To an antediluvian like me, what can I say? One of the best interpretation of theme. I especially like the faces expressions although daughter´s eyes are closed, the both direction communication works impeccable (the child closed eyes suggest me she is enjoying the pleasant moment). The tonalities of mother´s neck caught my attention particularly.
I think the image is just at the limit of a reasonable jpg compression (1024x684x24b in just 97.3 KB!) I can see three small dots in mother’s neck, a strange highlight in her front toots and a number of disordered pixels in the mother’s hair just above his right shoulder. I suspect is effect of the high compression. But in the image size I must judge, the picture looks healthy.
George, I took the license to mount your image in Photoshop and tried cropping a little the upper-left area, but I feel cropping fall in a loose of image volume (becomes flat).
Third Prize.
##########
3-Prieni: Interesting and good interpretation of theme. A dual communicator in a one way dialogue! It is an intrepid image.
I think that without his sunglasses the man, with a semi hidden face expression, would reinforce his dare finger saying (in Argentina is considered an offensive signal) but not in consideration here. In other words, a hard character marine workman in a usual spontaneous expression daring to a non visible interlocutor, telling the rules and the law of the hard offshore life style. The bolts glued to the helmet are telling about his cock´s hierarchy. I think a portrait image format should work better here.
Nice colors, good tonal range, sharp and well-exposed image. Also a valiant subjacent message.
##########
4-Justgetoutandride: Very good theme interpretation. I believe the finger man is telling a very interesting tale because the attention of his interlocutors. It is difficult to see a 5 people meeting where just one is talking and 4 attending.
I think the incorporated flash did his devilry here. Overexposed white shirt and the always unwanted shifted shadows detract a bit the image.
##########
5-Lilly: I like very much your photo. Make me remember a children game book “Where´s Wally” (created by the British illustrator Martin Handford).
It is really an invitation to participate in the image. If you wish, you have an empty chair for sit at the table. The empty glasses and the full ashtray tell me about the gone chatter. The man at the back side, kissing the woman’s cheek, is for me, a symbol of human communication. The face expression of the wall resting man (stand up) with a beer glass in the right hand tell a lot about his participation. And so on… I can follow “Where´s Wally” playing and finding People in Communication everywhere.
The ISO 1600 grain (and the stippled grain filter?) give the image a nice touch. The only criticism I have is the highlighted front woman left harm, the ashtray and the beer bottle label.
Second Prize.
##########
6-Niblue: Your image is in theme. A “gigantography” that don´t say me too much about the theme. The right side workman acts very well as a scale reference but commands a bit the attention. In my taste the image need a bit better exposure. May be another shut angle would improve the scene illumination. A good encountered image and an opportune shot.
##########
7-Daniel: This image is beautiful! I love it just as it is.
What a grandmother face expression! And now, what we have to do, Pa? What was the key for answering, Pa? And what about grandfather meditation “why is so difficult to use a simple telephone today?” I also can see a beautiful triangular composition with vertex at Ma and Pa eyes and the cellular phone.
Daniel, your image makes me think more in a generational conflict than in people in communication. But it is a real testimony in how aged people wrestle with the invading technology.
The subjacent content is sublime.
First Prize.
##########
8-HowardJ: the rules of the competition, such as they are don´t says anything about shoe-boxed photography, so I shall judge the image on its own merits.
The image is on-topic. Grandfather face expression is a symbol of tenderness. It says everything; the complacence of the mature man looking to the fruits of the effort of all a life reflected in this eloquent smile.
The communication between the kids is complete, both, eyes and mouths in a harmonious dialogue. I am sure you will hang this photo in your favorite room wall. (I have a similar one in my living room wall).
Technically a good healthy image nevertheless his age and the transformation process suffered.
##########
9-Klarky: It is a little difficult to my find in the scene where is the People Communication here. The first thing caught my attention was the Scottish beret singer reddish toupee (or something like this).
It is like the cropping didn´t work good enough, the two people behind the singers (mostly the yellowish one) distracts the central image. Inadvertently followed the both singer eyes and I went out from the image.
A vivid face expression in the other youngster. Good illumination and beautiful colors.
##########
10-Lenscape: I was waiting for this image entrance from the past Monday.
Whisper, one of the most familiar and affective way of human communication. I love this photo. It has a very good composition. The soft tonalities and the smooth image borders (man´s jowl) used here, increases the intimacy and communion of the couple.
Technically I think that with a little more appropriate aperture the lady ear could be at the same sharp value than the man mouth is. Or tweak a little with the sharpness balance so ear and mouth have the same visual weight.
##########
11-Galoot: Your image without the header note doesn’t convince me that here is occurring a People Communication (it is always said that a good picture don´t need words explaining about)
Amusing, the face expression is unique and suggests me something funny has happened here. Then I can see a handy transceiver (by the antenna?), but I think don´t say enough about the theme.
All the technical attributes of the image, as far I can see are very good.
My #5 weekly competition “Self Portrait” fury finally is gone, so, Mr. Galoot this is without rancor…
##########
12-Spaceraider: My eyes enter to the image from the left bottom side, springs to the man eyes and then follows his left harm and his sight direction and exits from the image by the right. It is a little intriguing what is his left hand is doing. I think that the left hand is important for the image integrity and must not be cropped out.
Strong colors, very good exposed and a character image, but a very light approach to the theme.
##########
13-Deecy: This is a great dramatic image. The use of the diagonal shot reinforces the drama. It generate in me a sensation of anxiety wanting know what the drama is. Here, on the contrary than with Spaceraider image, the young lady eyes carry my sight to where a supposed tragedy occurs. Really a very intense photo with excellent technical attributes. Very interesting image cropp.
Both, father and daughter with very deep face expressions, but they are caused by his own surprise in front the event. I think is not enough for People communication.
Thoughtful stuff.
##########
14-Amoringello: Amusing. Looking at the young hockey player´s right leg position, the twisted body and his face expression is like she is showing his back in a jibing gesture. It can be a way of communication, so I think is lukewarm in theme.
I think the square image format is more appropriate for a serene, calm and no dynamically scenes, also, to my criteria, the cropping didn´t work very well here. I would prefer a bit more space at the left image side. To my eyes, the white T shirt is a little overexposed.
##########
This is my judge.
Congratulations to the winners and a big well done to all entrants.
I´m sure I will remember this 14 images as I remember my own sons.
The absents images: A pair of shaking hands, the mother giving the breast to the baby, a kissing couple, a crying child, two embraced people, the whisper that finally arrived from the hands of Lenscape, and what about a Morse telegraph manipulator broadcasting a telegram…
Apologize for my lame English.
Tucuman, SET-17-2007. 08:00AM.
Best regards.
_________________________
Dirk TROTTEYN.
K10D+ Sigma 18-50 1:2.8 EX DC Lens.
Comment by dirk1000 posted on Weekly Competition No 10 - “PEOPLE COMMUNICATION” at 17/09/2007 - 12:20
Ladies and Gentlemen,
The deadline flag is down now for the #10 Weekly Competition “People Communication”, so, no more entrances. Sorry.
Now will begin my pleasant judging work.'
Best regards.
________________
Dirk TROTTEYN.
K10D+ Sigma 18-50 1:2.8 EX DC Lens.
The deadline flag is down now for the #10 Weekly Competition “People Communication”, so, no more entrances. Sorry.
Now will begin my pleasant judging work.'
Best regards.
________________
Dirk TROTTEYN.
K10D+ Sigma 18-50 1:2.8 EX DC Lens.
Comment by dirk1000 posted on Weekly Competition No 10 - “PEOPLE COMMUNICATION” at 17/09/2007 - 06:47
Ladies and Gentlemen,
For put the hands at work, I propose PEOPLE COMMUNICATION as the weekly theme.
Good luck to everybody, and let your creativity fly…
Best regards.
________________
Dirk TROTTEYN.
K10D+ Sigma 18-50 1:2.8 EX DC Lens.
For put the hands at work, I propose PEOPLE COMMUNICATION as the weekly theme.
Good luck to everybody, and let your creativity fly…
Best regards.
________________
Dirk TROTTEYN.
K10D+ Sigma 18-50 1:2.8 EX DC Lens.
Comment by dirk1000 posted on Weekly Competition No 10 - “PEOPLE COMMUNICATION” at 10/09/2007 - 15:06
Need share this:
Colors of Tucuman in September… Yellow and pink lapachos.
Wikipedia: “Tabebuia impetiginosa (syn. Tabebuia avellanedae Lorentz ex Griseb., Tabebuia palmeri Rose, Tecoma impetiginosa Mart. ex DC.[1]) or pink lapacho is a native Bignoniaceae tree of America distributed from northern Mexico south to northern Argentina. It's a common tree in that country northeastern region as well as southeastern Bolivia.”
Best regards.
________________
Dirk TROTTEYN.
K10D+ Sigma 18-50 1:2DC Lens.
Colors of Tucuman in September… Yellow and pink lapachos.
Wikipedia: “Tabebuia impetiginosa (syn. Tabebuia avellanedae Lorentz ex Griseb., Tabebuia palmeri Rose, Tecoma impetiginosa Mart. ex DC.[1]) or pink lapacho is a native Bignoniaceae tree of America distributed from northern Mexico south to northern Argentina. It's a common tree in that country northeastern region as well as southeastern Bolivia.”
Best regards.
________________
Dirk TROTTEYN.
K10D+ Sigma 18-50 1:2DC Lens.
Comment by dirk1000 posted on September in Tucuman... at 09/09/2007 - 23:56
The podium image is a collage of my favorites of this week (not in order).
Best regards.
________________
Dirk TROTTEYN.
K10D+ Sigma 18-50 1:2.8 DC Lens.