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Would love to hear your views and critiques!
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Thanks a lot mate!
I understand your desire to see more of the seal, and yes, I could show more, but originally this picture was slanted, and quite heavily too, I'll need to make sure that doesn't happen again!
That is a very interesting point about the eyes needing to take centre stage, I could not agree more, a valuable tip, which I shall certainly embed into my skull!
This was taken in Blakeney Point, Norfolk, England, 7 miles of deserted beach and a large untouched seal colony. I think it is one of the most beautiful places on earth.
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first off the title pisses me off. you have an animal in it and you call it lifeless?! but its so cute plus there's a reason they call it wildLIFE lol ok so moving on from my rant.
you cut off the seal a bit. which makes me sad and the... shade (?i was gonna say color but there is none) could have been brought out more (not by contrast, its... different)
and another thing - don't keep adding grain to really really beautiful works liek this! it makes momo sad D:. seal needs no grain. seal does not eat sand xD. i know you love it but there are times when i wish you would save it for a less potentially impacting shot.
otherwise i really like this. you dont take that many pictures of animals so this is a nice change. (i hate being girly and loving my cute animals ><
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The dark eyes with no detail, gives the portrait atmosphere and a moody feeling. Title is a bit emo though, I will agree.
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true but you should have a happy title if not for the simple fact you cannot resist a face that looks like this :3
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Always resize your images before uploading. dA resizes all photos and does it in a very poor manner. You lose sharpness and slight amounts of colour.
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I do.
But I will look out for this in the future- cheers, bud.
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This is great, but I really think the grain makes it less good, rather than better.
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Thanks, grain to me is noise to someone else.
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Yeah, I thought you'd be stubborn about this!
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I think it's a pity to add grain on this one. In my opinion the grain does not suit the fur of the seel. It becomes too clumpsy for a picture where the details are important. I think I would go for a blurry background instead.
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My grain is anothers noise.
I see what you mean though, but I think it fits well, but maybe that is because of a personal experience. Can you see the cuts on his skin?
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Hmm. No I do not see any cuts?
You know, what destroys the experience in my case? The whiskers! If you hadn't added the grain the whiskers would be sharper and add a sense of depth. Right now this is a flat landscape to me.
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aw, what a lovely pic
contrast & composition are great - good job!
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have you taken more shots from the seal?
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Yes I have many seal photos, but I am too lazy to look at them now, maybe I will edit some later.
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I would love to see another one or two^^
let me know about it then!
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Thanks I like their whiskers, and the way they reproduce.
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oh very well done- i think the grain fits perfectly to the shot!
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i love the sharpness! but it's expression is even better
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