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**distorted vision** · July 7th, 2007, 10:02 PM

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**purplerose** · July 7th, 2007, 10:19 PM

Very nice photos.

I particularly like your compositions. For a crit, I think you can get some more contrast out of your work. By the way, "melburn.jpg" is awesome!

Oh, don't forget to number your images.

**distorted vision** · July 7th, 2007, 10:54 PM

Originally Posted by purplerose

Very nice photos.

I particularly like your compositions. For a crit, I think you can get some more contrast out of your work. By the way, "melburn.jpg" is awesome!

Oh, don't forget to number your images.

hey there! thanks alot for the feedback.my names kevin by the way

.. i live in melbourne,australia. i just came across this site by chance and decided it would be a gud idea to join up.that melburn.jpg is a fairly striking photo. i was pleased with that one, i used a long exposure and the sunset,along with the reflections just gave it this beautiful purple haze to it...i dont really use photoshop very often, i try to keep my images as close to what they where originally as possible. also, thanks for reminding me, they are now numbered

**distorted vision** · July 7th, 2007, 11:07 PM

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**klips** · July 8th, 2007, 06:37 AM

Hey mate, you've got some good stuff. #10 is excellent, and the west gate bridge is cool (although I think it's more because I love bridges, and that's a radtastic bridge). I do agree with Rose, more contrast and saturation would help a lot. Also, there will never be an original shot of the shot glass tower

and the surf ones look reeeeeeally cold but not that interesting, you need to get amongst it to awesome surf photos (or get a massive lens).

Keep going, always good to continue the australian invasion and I look forward to more of your stuff.

**distorted vision** · July 8th, 2007, 07:08 AM

Originally Posted by klips

Hey mate, you've got some good stuff. #10 is excellent, and the west gate bridge is cool (although I think it's more because I love bridges, and that's a radtastic bridge). I do agree with Rose, more contrast and saturation would help a lot. Also, there will never be an original shot of the shot glass tower

and the surf ones look reeeeeeally cold but not that interesting, you need to get amongst it to awesome surf photos (or get a massive lens).

Keep going, always good to continue the australian invasion and I look forward to more of your stuff.

hey mate, cheers for the feedback

much appreciated,.. yeh, #10 is actually from the local beach where i live.in regards the shot tower,lol, ye i know,.. theres only so many angles you cant get..a bit old,very true mate,.. i wud love to be able to afford a slr witha HUGe zoom, but until i can afford one, not much i can do

ive been looking into investing in a water proof case for my cannon, as i surf quite alot.. itd b awesome to be able to capture sum of the barrels out in the line up at bells beach. so stay tuned, i might load sum up in the coming weeks.

once again, thanx alot for ure comment and lets keep the ozzy invasion strong..

**distorted vision** · July 8th, 2007, 07:37 AM

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**purplerose** · July 8th, 2007, 11:09 AM

67 is pretty cool.

I would probably crop off the two cut off parts near the top right hand corner. That way, if you draw a diagonal line from the top right corner, it'll be symmetric.

**lord_senneian** · July 8th, 2007, 01:57 PM

I really like the guitar pics, keep playing with your depth of field.

**distorted vision** · July 9th, 2007, 02:18 AM

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**distorted vision** · July 9th, 2007, 04:54 AM

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**Demonic Rabbit** · July 9th, 2007, 05:38 AM

My most major point would be to avoid the sepia tone. It can look alright on some photos but over using it just looks tacky. I'm personally not a fan of the inverted colours pics either but that's just me.

One point is to make sure that your pictures are level, or if you're tilting them make it pronounced enough to look deliberate (Such as in that one of the beach you took).

**distorted vision** · July 9th, 2007, 05:54 AM

Originally Posted by Demonic Rabbit

My most major point would be to avoid the sepia tone. It can look alright on some photos but over using it just looks tacky. I'm personally not a fan of the inverted colours pics either but that's just me.

One point is to make sure that your pictures are level, or if you're tilting them make it pronounced enough to look deliberate (Such as in that one of the beach you took).

hey mate, thanks for ure feedback. im quite a fan of sepia shots, so i admit,i am guilty of using it in excess.

.i know what u mean tho, perhaps it could come across as being tacky etc... yeh, the inverted colour pic was just experimental. i dont even have a copy of photoshop these days, so im stuck with the amazing filters and touch ups offered in microsoft paint. so i thought, why not invert the colours,lol.
as far as taking photos that are level, i agree with you to a point.in saying that, i dont have a traditional style as such, as i have never been shown how to take photographs by anyone else but myself,so angles etc, are all purely experimental at this stage. i quite like some shots that are subtly off centre. but once again, thanks alot for ure feedback, i shall certainly re-concider the whole 'sepia tone approach' that i suffer from.

**Mhouse** · July 10th, 2007, 12:34 AM

number 53 HANDS DOWN!!!!!

**distorted vision** · July 10th, 2007, 02:13 AM

Originally Posted by Mhouse

number 53 HANDS DOWN!!!!!

thanks mate. that shot was taken at a place called albert park lake (its where they hold the f1 racing in melbourne). it was pitch black with just the moonlight.super long exposure!

**distorted vision** · July 10th, 2007, 02:16 AM

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**distorted vision** · July 11th, 2007, 03:34 AM

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**purplerose** · July 11th, 2007, 11:57 AM

I really like #82 and #83; they stand out more than the other similar shots, imo.

96. Hah, was that person in the bottom left corner asleep or yawning, lol?

**distorted vision** · July 12th, 2007, 03:27 AM

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**Kurdt** · July 12th, 2007, 03:50 AM

For me personally the photos have no real general focal point, and your sepia's lack contrast to really bring the image to life. For me 82 and 56 really caught my eye.

**distorted vision** · July 12th, 2007, 04:03 AM

Originally Posted by Kurdt

For me personally the photos have no real general focal point, and your sepia's lack contrast to really bring the image to life. For me 82 and 56 really caught my eye.

hey mate, how rya? thanks for ya comment.. as far as focal point. whats the real definition of a focal point,a text book would tell you that it means the central or principal point of focus. me personally, i just capture images by clicking a button.
kev..

**distorted vision** · July 13th, 2007, 02:13 AM

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**distorted vision** · July 14th, 2007, 11:54 PM

heres a few pics i took lastnite..

**akagoldfish** · July 17th, 2007, 07:39 AM

Just joined the site, so I hope I'm not coming too late to comment on the earlier pictures.

Originally Posted by Demonic Rabbit

My most major point would be to avoid the sepia tone. It can look alright on some photos but over using it just looks tacky. I'm personally not a fan of the inverted colours pics either but that's just me.

I'd have to agree. Sepia is great when it's used right, but a lot of the photos here would have worked just as well, if not better with out it. (109-112 to cite just one example). You also might want to try more duotones, in colors other then sepia. I find I get a very nice effect, particularly on night shots converting them to black and white, and then putting a cross-processing layer on top (if you haven't discovered photoshop cross processing, check this out http://www.photoshopsupport.com/tuto...rocessing.html
the effect used there has become a stand by of my digital darkroom).

As for inverted colors, stay the hell away from it. It screams armature who just got photoshop and is overwhelmed by it, but doesn't really know what to do with it. Just a complete waste of photoshop and the photo it's used on.

One point is to make sure that your pictures are level, or if you're tilting them make it pronounced enough to look deliberate (Such as in that one of the beach you took).

I'm of mixed feeling about this. I think subtly tilting an image, if it's the right image, can give add a certain emotion to it that you can't get any other way. Like anything else in a photographer's technique toolbox, it's all about knowing when it serves the image and when it hurts it.

Over all, very good work. You're tastes and technique are very smiler to my own, and many of your pictures stand out as memorable, accomplished images.

And I'm absolutely in love with 104, just amazing.

**distorted vision** · July 18th, 2007, 01:46 AM

Originally Posted by akagoldfish

Just joined the site, so I hope I'm not coming too late to comment on the earlier pictures.

I'd have to agree. Sepia is great when it's used right, but a lot of the photos here would have worked just as well, if not better with out it. (109-112 to cite just one example). You also might want to try more duotones, in colors other then sepia. I find I get a very nice effect, particularly on night shots converting them to black and white, and then putting a cross-processing layer on top (if you haven't discovered photoshop cross processing, check this out http://www.photoshopsupport.com/tuto...rocessing.html
the effect used there has become a stand by of my digital darkroom).

As for inverted colors, stay the hell away from it. It screams armature who just got photoshop and is overwhelmed by it, but doesn't really know what to do with it. Just a complete waste of photoshop and the photo it's used on.

I'm of mixed feeling about this. I think subtly tilting an image, if it's the right image, can give add a certain emotion to it that you can't get any other way. Like anything else in a photographer's technique toolbox, it's all about knowing when it serves the image and when it hurts it.

Over all, very good work. You're tastes and technique are very smiler to my own, and many of your pictures stand out as memorable, accomplished images.

And I'm absolutely in love with 104, just amazing.

hey there. thanks alot for the comment and kind words!

i will look into some duo tones seeing as you mentioned it...

photoshop is so overwhelming to me. i would absolutely love to learn how to use it. i will have a look at that link you listed, so thanks for that! im really glad u like image 104 (that would be one of my favs also)..i just recently took that photograph,last week.. heres a blown up version of teh same pic for you to look at,aswell as a smililar picture you might also like, that i took moments later around the same location

ive been compressing my images a fair bit,as i dont want to take up too much of the page. anyway, once again, thank you for youre feedback,its much appreciated.
regards, kev

**distorted vision** · October 3rd, 2007, 07:19 AM

hey all,, i havnt been on here for yonks... il upload some new pics really soon

**VenomVindicta** · October 3rd, 2007, 07:41 AM

stay away from the sepia for a while, try posting some ones tha you havnt tweaked, because i think that they look generally better if they havnt had anything done to the imo.
Number 8 is a really good one, i just think it maybe needs cropping a bit? kee te focus on the wave.
your beach shots are amazing, i love all of them [except the on eiwht the writing n the sane, a bit too snapsotty for me.. ]
Keep posting, keep learning, you'll do fine.
You've got a real eye for wha you wanna take photos of, so you cant really go far wrong. =]
Venom

**Rascar Capac** · October 4th, 2007, 09:19 PM

where and what is 56??

**distorted vision** · November 3rd, 2007, 09:03 AM

Originally Posted by VenomVindicta

stay away from the sepia for a while, try posting some ones tha you havnt tweaked, because i think that they look generally better if they havnt had anything done to the imo.
Number 8 is a really good one, i just think it maybe needs cropping a bit? kee te focus on the wave.
your beach shots are amazing, i love all of them [except the on eiwht the writing n the sane, a bit too snapsotty for me.. ]
Keep posting, keep learning, you'll do fine.
You've got a real eye for wha you wanna take photos of, so you cant really go far wrong. =]
Venom

thanks for the feedback.. i really appreciate it!

i took ure advice and held back on the sepia, im glad you like the beach shots! the beach is a BIG part of my life, as i spend atleast 2 hours a day in the water, surfing. if im not surfing, im working on my car, and if im not working on my car, im either taking photos of random things or painting wacky designs.

**distorted vision** · November 3rd, 2007, 09:06 AM

Originally Posted by Rascar Capac

where and what is 56??

56 is the 'shot tower'.it is a huge tower inside a shopping centre. its in melbourne, australia, in a place called melbourne central. its a fairly bland shot and theres only so many ways you can take a photo of the same thing as everyone else, but i thought i would post it up for people such as urself, that havnt seen it b4!