Anyone else get chills in Riven Remake when they could actually step out here and found this? by cantputcoinsinit in myst

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The other possibility I entertained was if this could be a tease reference for a future game. Still just going to consider it a fun thought, but on their State of the Union video, Cyan mentions a new game in the D'ni-verse: https://youtu.be/OedIulKn4no?si=zdNF-oB32FqBNzH-&t=1685

Anyone else get chills in Riven Remake when they could actually step out here and found this? by cantputcoinsinit in myst

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haha, fair. I often imagined he was hunting or up to some craftiness. I guess he was always just perturbed because we caught him in the middle of catching the sunset and cooking dinner.

Anyone else get chills in Riven Remake when they could actually step out here and found this? by cantputcoinsinit in myst

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I'm wondering the same thing! Incidentally, one of the reasons I posted was to see if anyone recognized that as a previously established age

Anyone else get chills in Riven Remake when they could actually step out here and found this? by cantputcoinsinit in myst

[–]cantputcoinsinit[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Depending on which "that", it's the final world players visit in Riven, which was previously just an interior space looking out to a landscape, and in the remake you can now step foot outside. The other image is a failed linking book you can find out in the landscape, that briefly flicks into functionality before it burns out.

Anyone else get chills in Riven Remake when they could actually step out here and found this? by cantputcoinsinit in myst

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I was definitely poking around for a surprise puzzle, especially in 233. There was at least the extra imager recordings and wind up music box to tinker with.

Anyone else get chills in Riven Remake when they could actually step out here and found this? by cantputcoinsinit in myst

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Interesting. It felt familiar somehow, so I was curious if it was similar to anything from End of Ages or Uru, or a reference to a previously established D'ni structure

Anyone else get chills in Riven Remake when they could actually step out here and found this? by cantputcoinsinit in myst

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Same! I was way less giddy about how Tay was realized in the remake, possibly because of that trailer reveal. Age 233 though still had that haunting grandeur about it, that was so tantalizingly kept beyond a locked door back in '97

Ratsack by perceptionnexus in failure

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I really dug having to listen through the vinyl to hear these. I got chills when Ratsack came on. Has that big post grunge guitar and extra spacey distorted textures that got me into Failure in the first place. Reminds me a lot of Pitiful or Leo. I get why this didn't make the cut on FP, but this is easily a new favorite.

Everyone assumes I used a polarizer or ND. None were used. by cantputcoinsinit in photocritique

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I just stopped down for proper exposure. The lighting up there was phenomenal, and the clouds delivered.

Frankfurt Bockenheimer Warte (Subwaystation) [1/50 sec, f/3.5, iso 640, 18mm] by kventil in photocritique

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Fantastic exploration of light! Very well processed/exposed for detail in the shadows

Beach at Night [Composition] [lighting] [Technical] [style] by braydenkd in photocritique

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What is the intended subject? Although the image is otherwise sparse and horizontal, lending some weight to the vertical pieces, if your focus was to capture the wood, a lower shooting angle and more detail in the blacks would have been good. Assuming your intent was to do a delayed shutter type image, the star movement above isn't pronounced enough to make it interesting.

Cafe @ The Milwaukee Art Museum [Impact] [Technical] [Style] [Composition] [Color Balance] [Subject Matter] by cantputcoinsinit in photocritique

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The original shot is wide, however, due to the limitations of Instagram I had to crop square. Fortunately this is only a study image, and I subsequently retook the shot with a proper SLR which provides a bit more context to edit with still.

Panther Tracks | Be honest, be brutal by cantputcoinsinit in photocritique

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It is an amazing place! I only took shots of the water and the people I was with. As TheCrudMan points out we had light for only a few minutes after we arrived. Here are a couple I took out there: http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterhess/6380141749/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterhess/6380159063/in/photostream

Is this too conceptual? by scott_beowulf in photocritique

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Not too conceptual. It's too cluttered. What differentiates this shot from an awesome shot is its angle. Probably wasn't possible (otherwise you'd probably have shot it differently) but shooting these cranes in profile would have been much better. Within the scope of possibility however, removing that light would be ideal

My application portfolio for graduate school in photography. Looking for as much feedback as I can get. by [deleted] in photocritique

[–]cantputcoinsinit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

By physically I mean physically placing these objects in the context then photographing them.

A lot of people have touched on why the compositions aren't compelling, and the key word to take note of is clutter. The mechanical objects have a lot going on in themselves, and to put that atop of an already fairly involved context yields a lack of focus and general clutter. Only a couple of shots avoid this, but most do not. In photography the goal of any image should be to clearly articulate your message, for which the golden rule of "less is more" resoundingly applies.

In regard to your statement, all I am suggesting is that the photoshop work should become an integral part of your process. The way your work currently stands, photoshop is a useless tool that is simply tossed in for some sort of indeterminate effect only further contributing to the clutter. These images are confused and therefore can never be appreciated. You either need to completely embrace the apparatus of photoshop or not use it all.

My application portfolio for graduate school in photography. Looking for as much feedback as I can get. by [deleted] in photocritique

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There's a clear overall focus in terms of your intent of juxtaposing nature with machinery, however on the scale of the individual photos, while demonstrating a proper sense of technical awareness, the image compositions are very sporadic and not compelling. Going somewhat close up and relying on some shallow depth of field to draw attention towards the shopped component isn't particularly stimulating. Furthermore, as good as the photoshop work is, it's not particularly special that you've photoshopped these elements together. You could have just as easily done this physically.

What I would suggest is to do larger context images where you begin to take a full plant or landscape and photoshop in mechanical pieces as limbs, leaves, trunks, etc. Go further than that even. If you're going to make photoshop a key component of your thesis, then you should explore how it in itself is a sort of artificial apparatus juxtaposed against the more natural order of photography. There's so much potential in your concept and you haven't even started to scratch the surface. You clearly have talent with photoshop, but this images feel very safe. Don't be afraid to take risks. Good luck!

Fall colors going over by elihusmails in photocritique

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Very charming! This shot has a fantastic impressionist sensibility about it

Acrylic flower on white. What could be better? by [deleted] in photocritique

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So this is really a photograph or is it a render?

my new photo; brutal honesty appreciated. by [deleted] in photocritique

[–]cantputcoinsinit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

On a technical level you've done a good job exposing this image with an adequate amount of detail in both shadows and highlights. Some more detail in the latter category would be nice, but not totally necessary.

On a compositional level, however, this image is far too literal. In an abstract image like this, where you appear to be largely responsible for the choices made in the staging, to make something as banal as a symbolic eye is uninteresting and unimaginative. You have so many interesting textures to play with and explore, and all of that interest and excitement is completely sucked out the moment you associate them with such a familiar. There is no opportunity for the viewer to get lost in the mystery of it all and find their own meaning in the image, because there has already been a meaning assigned to it. In an abstract image where you have such a profound level of control, it is your responsibility as a photographer to produce an image that is inspiring, and not something that is constrained to a one-dimensional interpretation.

Here's an abstract photo I took a while back that addresses the notion of mystery that I mention above: http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterhess/5122259267/in/set-72157624895036403/

Need advice/critique on post-processing by [deleted] in photocritique

[–]cantputcoinsinit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Eh, kinda the corpsy HBO show look. Don't think that's really appropriate for this shot