Sara Constanca
Views: 4140 Jobs: 69 Location: Lisbon, Portugal Specialty: Artistic Experience: 20+ Years Web site: Facebook: Linkedin: Get Critique on your photos by Pro Sara Constanca Get Post Processing by Pro Sara Constanca I've worked since 1993 as a pro photographer covering a wide range of subjects from commercial to art photography. Product, publicity, architecture, landscape, nature, animals, people, travel, sports, portrait, documentary, art reproduction and fine art. Developing photographic techniques such as those involved in studio lighting, natural lighting, digital high-end black and white post-processing, ancient black and white processes, hi quality film developing and black and white printing, and other lab techniques. Invented a new technique to print albumen POP papers with enlarged 35mm film, in a UV adapted enlarger. Hi quality work with panoramics, HDR, macro and night photography. Views: 2506 Photographer: Cristina Marques Category: Underwater Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca This is a pretty good shot! I must say I was impressed. Surely wasn't expecting this god of a photograph to comment on and rate. Congratulations!, at least in your ch... Views: 2008 Photographer: Aldo Littig Category: Nature Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca In general this is a good subject treated with less attention than it deserves and you can do much better in a second approach. Even though this is a nice river flow ... Views: 2167 Photographer: Loretta Klamik Category: Fine art Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca My general impression is not bad at all and I'm definitely sure you fit in this realm. Forgive me for being perhaps a bit hard in my critique but I feel that you are ... Views: 1732 Photographer: Sandy Kothmann Category: Nature Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca It's always hard to photograph birds. If it's in the wild they rarely get close enough for such a close-up shot (unless they live in urban areas and are used to peopl... Views: 2361 Photographer: Jeff Hansen Category: People Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca My general impression regarding the photograph is very good! Very good ambient light, very good moment and expressions, you can even make a fairy like narrative, and ... Views: 1514 Photographer: val brill Category: Nature Photography Camera: CannonSureShot 30sxis Critiqued by: Sara Constanca The general impression is good! But it stays on the fact that you probably did this on a rush, not being very careful with the composition, which is where a photograp... Views: 2068 Photographer: Sebastián Echavarría López Category: Documentry Photography Camera: Pentax k1000 Critiqued by: Sara Constanca You seem to have done exactly what you were aiming for, which is already by itself a very good thing, and this is a great bird eye view. Views: 474 Photographer: Natasha Dewing Category: Outdoor Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hi Natasha,
You've made a good general impression although and this is a good portrait of your nieces I'm not that much impressed. This stands to mean that in my vie... Views: 2049 Photographer: George Palmer Category: Black & White Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca My general impression is quite good! You have done a good job here, trying to stand out but approaching the subject matter in an unusual way, and this is always good.... Views: 1737 Photographer: Darlene Wuenschel Category: Nature Photography Camera: Pentax Critiqued by: Sara Constanca My general impression is that you a good thing going here but you need to explore more and try more. You're in the right track to some stunning flower and macro photo... Views: 1522 Photographer: Nicole M Category: Nature Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca My general impression is very good Nicole! You have taken your camera and used it correctly into making a very beautiful photograph. And the way you have exposed your... Views: 2125 Photographer: Robert Woodward Category: Nature Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca My general impression is mixed but very good. I really enjoyed writing this critique as it sways a bit more to the side of philosophy and interpretation. I don't know... Views: 1592 Photographer: Robert Woodward Category: Nature Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca My general impression is really very good! This is a beautiful and elegant photograph of a dragonfly very well selected from the background, but I still feel the need... Views: 1426 Photographer: stacy oconnor Category: Outdoor Photography Camera: Cannon EOS 1000 Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Please don't take this personally Stacy, but I'm not really very well impressed with this particular photograph, perhaps because it has a very obvious tilt and lacks ... Views: 1609 Photographer: regina gill Category: Travel Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca My general impression is that you found a great spot to make a good photograph but then you didn't know how to make it work great, and that's perfectly OK because non... Views: 2048 Photographer: Robert Hayes Category: Fine art Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca This is an intriguing shot that makes us think why should one do it and say it's fine art photography, but then, while observing it better, it grows on it's mysteriou... Views: 1027 Photographer: Mary Foley Category: Nature Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hi Maureen,
Welcome back! It's always nice to see your work. In this case I'm not as impressed as I was before but even though this is a very nice shot of the rocky ... Views: 1547 Photographer: Steve Parrott Category: Fine art Photography Camera: Zero Image 6x9 pinhole Critiqued by: Sara Constanca My general impression is very good. This is a very intriguing project, that makes one think about oneself, about the importance of human kind, and in know way you doi... Views: 1557 Photographer: Eran Hazout Category: Travel Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hi Eran,
This is a really well thought of image and I would not say it was Travel Photography, I would prefer to have it as Photojournalism with Soul or just an inte... Views: 1202 Photographer: Leonard Aschenbrand Category: Nature Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hi Leonard,
You have a very nice selection of bold colours and the always interesting activity of birds adapting to civilization. It's an nice angle and the carriage... Views: 1410 Photographer: Chez Tibbetts Category: Nature Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hi Chez,
You've done very well here! Every evaluation has to take into account the goal to achieve, in order to assess the success in achieving that goal and you did... Views: 1481 Photographer: Ana Isabel Martinez Category: Animal Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hi Ana,
If I take this shot as an illustration or a certain type of art work my general impression is very good. I would rather have a bit more texture in the shadow... Views: 1824 Photographer: Yochanah Best Category: Black & White Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hi Yochanah,
My impression is good but it has a 'but'... I liked it! But I was left with the feeling that you could have done better.
The subject is very nice and ... Views: 1030 Photographer: Leonard Aschenbrand Category: Fine art Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hi Leonard,
In this particular case I'm not moved by the solarisation effect, solarisation is really hard to master. But I did like the fact that you're trying this... Views: 1277 Photographer: Leonard Aschenbrand Category: Fine art Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hi Leonard,
Taking into account that this is more of an illustration I really like the result. My only reservation is the lack of distinction of the top margin. The ... Views: 1224 Photographer: Leonard Aschenbrand Category: Fine art Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hi Leonard,
Thanks for coming back to me, it's the first time someone has uploaded three versions of the same photograph for me to critique. This is cool!
The origi... Views: 1220 Photographer: Leonard Aschenbrand Category: Fine art Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hi Leonard,
Welcome back! It's good to know that you found my last group critiques of some usefulness to you.
The overall look of this image is quite nice with stro... Views: 1112 Photographer: Leonard Aschenbrand Category: Nature Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hi Leonard,
Thanks again for trusting me and coming back with you work.
This is a very interesting subject, nature and animals always are, but you have some technic... Views: 1191 Photographer: michael stone Category: Outdoor Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hi there!
My general impression was very good Michael, very nice to see it when the image came to sight. Thanks for that. I love the dark ambiance with dust rising, ... Views: 1382 Photographer: Iqbal Jaswal Category: Nature Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hi Iqbal,
Welcome to Gurushots!
Your shot is quite interesting and you found a creative way to approach it. Well done! The real downside here is just the overexpose... Views: 1031 Photographer: Freda Paterson Category: Outdoor Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hi Freda,
You were just as minimal speaking about your shot just as you were making it and because of that I don't know very well what your objective was, which is a... Views: 1167 Photographer: J P Sahu Category: Still life Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hi J P Sahu,
My general impression is good, you caught a very nice moment of backyard nature, but it seems you relied a bit to much on your camera. This could have b... Views: 1215 Photographer: mark ward Category: Nature Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hi Mark,
Thanks for sharing your beautiful shot with us, it's a very nice photograph of an east facing beach. Love the way how both sky and sea blend. Well done!
Ca... Views: 1121 Photographer: Jerwin Category: Black & White Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hey Jerwin,
Great photograph you have here. Very poetic, beautiful and the technique is very well mastered. Well done! It's a fairytale photograph with a subject to... Views: 1116 Photographer: Mary Foley Category: Outdoor Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hey Maureen,
Very nicely done photography work here. Congratulations! And thank you for coming to me with this stunning shot because that is what this is, a beautifu... Views: 1162 Photographer: Lahiru Dharmasiri Category: Fine art Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hi Lahiru,
My general impression is quite good! You went for a classic approach that every art photographer will love. This is vintage! You have took me a hundred ye... Views: 961 Photographer: Mary Foley Category: Nature Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hey Maureen,
I'm happy to see you again and really hope that you won't be sad or offended with this critique. I know I'm not being easy this time but this photograph... Views: 937 Photographer: Mary Foley Category: Travel Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hi again Maureen,
And thank you so much for trusting my judgement!
This is obviously a good photograph but it lacks in innovation and special interest besides the i... Views: 879 Photographer: Mary Foley Category: Nature Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hi Maureen,
I'm so glad to have you back!
This is a very nice subject but also a very difficult one so I do value your effort and would love to see more of your flo... Views: 962 Photographer: Mary Foley Category: Outdoor Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hi again Maureen,
As you must know this series of yours in the golf course is very nice and I like it particularly because it has a nice light and colours, but in th... Views: 879 Photographer: Mary Foley Category: Travel Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hi Maureen,
I can see your improving your processing skills but you still have a way to go. This is a very nice reflexion and I love the detail in the water.
I'm en... Views: 942 Photographer: Mary Foley Category: Night Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Awesome shot Maureen!! I absolutely love this one. Well done!! Your getting better at processing and it seems that you have fixed your monitor issues. Good for you! Views: 903 Photographer: Mary Foley Category: Outdoor Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hi Maureen,
Always glad to see you back!
You have a very nice shot of colours here, this is almost a painting. But I feel that composition could be much better to c... Views: 969 Photographer: Lahiru Dharmasiri Category: Fine art Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hi Lahiru,
Welcome back! I really love and identify with what you do! My impression is exceptional!
This time you went for a Gursky type of approach with this sort ... Views: 955 Photographer: Mary Foley Category: Travel Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hi Maureen,
You always welcome!!
This shot of yours is very beautiful and you did a very good job with the sky, but you can still do much better. I'm sure of that, ... Views: 810 Photographer: Mary Foley Category: Travel Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Oh... I thought I was getting $100,000 for this critique... Hehehehehe!!! Hi again Maureen! Great photograph this one! Not just because of the $100,000, actually, not... Views: 783 Photographer: Mary Foley Category: Travel Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hi Maureen!
Love this street!!! Very nice building colours!! The back light on the street lamps on the right gives this shot a very nice atmosphere. The balconies ne... Views: 808 Photographer: joanna Category: Outdoor Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hi Joanna,
You've made a very good impression with your shot. Love it! There some things you still need to improve for it to be on tops with me, but it's very good ... Views: 734 Photographer: Mary Foley Category: Travel Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hi Maureen!
Once more you've pulled some magic out of your pocket. Well done! Impressed with what your doing here. This is a very nice photograph with some sleek col... Views: 774 Photographer: Mary Foley Category: Travel Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Very interesting point of view Maureen! I must say I wasn't expecting this shot and the surprise was very good. It's political, it's compassionate, historical, and so... Views: 734 Photographer: Mary Foley Category: Fine art Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hi Maureen,
Always good to have you back. In this particular shot I'm not all to well impressed, but photography is like that, and when we beguine to try out new way... Views: 681 Photographer: Mary Foley Category: Travel Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hi again Maureen,
Nice having you in the beginning of the year!
This is a very nice view of the fort, well done! You still need to work on your processing and be ve... Views: 750 Photographer: Sandy Maesse Category: Nature Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hi Sandy,
Great moment you have here! Well done!!! To bad the dear is out of focus, because if it was this would be an outstanding shot. Composition is not perfect b... Views: 689 Photographer: Mary Foley Category: Travel Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hi Maureen,
Excellent comeback dear. I'm so glad to see these new shots!
See you soon!
Cheers Views: 833 Photographer: Mary Foley Category: Travel Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Maureen... :) I really love this photograph. So much I can't call it a shot... it's much more than just a shot. This is a very well done photograph. So much I lack i... Views: 676 Photographer: Mary Foley Category: Travel Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Dear, you have really surprised me with these three photographs. This one is also very nice but I prefer the perfect composition of the second. This is also very good... Views: 732 Photographer: Mary Foley Category: Outdoor Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hi Maureen,
You're making a great impression here! And I'm glad to see that you're starting to go for an adventure with your processing skills. I love black and whit... Views: 695 Photographer: Mary Foley Category: Fine art Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hi Maureen,
You have a great shot here, seriously, I love it! But the double toning is not working so well. It's very hard to make a double toning work.
Would love ... Views: 678 Photographer: john forrant Category: Outdoor Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hi John,
I found your image to be quite interesting but would never show it as Outdoor Photography, since this is Abstract Photography and in doubt it would fit on t... Views: 705 Photographer: Mary Foley Category: Outdoor Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hi Maureen,
It seems we're back on track for some great images again. Very nice track this one, it's really making me wish I was there. But we s till have some proce... Views: 768 Photographer: Mary Foley Category: Outdoor Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Very good photograph Maureen!!! It speaks by itself. I just thing it's a bit too contrasty and loosing texture on the highlights, other than that this is a good shot.... Views: 663 Photographer: Mary Foley Category: Travel Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Maureen, this shot is not so impressive as the last too and I'm sure that you can see that. There is some less than careful work in post processing and this is not a ... Views: 705 Photographer: Mary Foley Category: Outdoor Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hi Maureen,
Nice shot of the sky, to bad you cropped it out... I'm sure it would give you a great photograph. Views: 686 Photographer: Mary Foley Category: Fine art Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hi Again Maureen,
Today I had a good surprise, you showing up with so many photographs. Did I tell I enjoy seeing you evolve? It's so nice to see you doing better an... Views: 648 Photographer: john forrant Category: Travel Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hi John,
Very nice shot you have here. I just love lighthouses! Very inspiring. And the sky is beautiful and soft enough. It's just right! Well done!
See you soon,
... Views: 668 Photographer: Julia Young Category: Animal Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hi Julia,
Great having you! You have a very nice photograph here, it shows attention and careful approach but you can do much more with the skills you already have.... Views: 734 Photographer: Mary Foley Category: Fine art Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hi Mary,
Sorry for the delay, but sometimes I have just little time and have to fit it all together. But rest assured because I intend to stay here in Gurushots for ... Views: 696 Photographer: Mary Foley Category: Fine art Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Very beautiful photograph Mary! You do have a good sense for outdoors, landscapes and open shots. That is the harder to do because with an open shot we have less chan... Views: 708 Photographer: Reg Valliere Category: Black & White Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hi Reg,
Great sepia tone you have here. Love it! It has just the right amount of green. Also the textures of the rotting house ant the trees. All good!
Don't know i... Views: 692 Photographer: Mary Foley Category: Select category Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hi Mary,
Excellent job! It's much better like this. We still have a lot of space for improvement, we alwaus do, but this one is pretty close to done.
Well done!
Se... Views: 627 Photographer: thanh nguyen Category: Nature Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hi Thanh,
Great catch there! Got Cha indeed! This is an excellent start. Pollinating bee on the works.
You say you just got this camera so I'm not going to say you ... Views: 677 Photographer: Mary Foley Category: Select category Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hey Mary,
Impressive work here! Really impressive! You've outdone your self. Well done! The only thing I would like to really see different is the footsteps, and the... Views: 684 Photographer: Mary Foley Category: Select category Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hi again Mary,
I like this shot but in one side it's very common and not particularly well done to make a big impression. It's good though, it a good shot. The thing... Views: 633 Photographer: Mary Foley Category: Select category Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Mary, this is actually a good shot and I think you should keep on working on it till it gets perfect, you can make it very appealing.
Thanks for these three shots, m... Views: 654 Photographer: Daniel Sealey Category: Nature Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hi Daniel,
Great adventure to shoot! I love bird photography and you have a very nice looking shot here, to bad it's not in perfect focus. Next time you'll nail it! ... Views: 639 Photographer: Nathan Hill Category: Animal Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hi Nathan,
This is quite the impressive shot you have here... Well done! You went for it and you nailed it. Good for you! :) May I ask where this is? You did a good ... Views: 565 Photographer: TOMJONES Category: People Photography Camera: FinePix AV220 Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hey TOMJONES, I'm sorry if you where serious when submitting this shot, which I suspect you where not, this is not Gurushots material, this is the most common shot ev... Views: 710 Photographer: Crystal Rosenthal Category: People Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hi Crystal!
I'm quite impressed with Mercedes portrait, you've done a very good job here and got my attention.
This is an incredible expression of your daughter! S... Views: 493 Photographer: jeffrey sutain Category: Outdoor Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca I have to say this Jeffrey, it's not the camera that does the job, it's the photographer behind that knows what to do with it, only him/her can take the most out of i... Views: 332 Photographer: william mathein Category: Fine art Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hi William,
Congrats for the beautiful bird house. I love it! It's tasteful and very well done, and this is a good enough photograph to show it well and get some buy... Views: 212 Photographer: Jose Patrick Category: Black & White Photography Critiqued by: Sara Constanca Hi Jose,
Interesting portrait you have here! She is mysterious and alluring which serves to say that either you have a special connection or you did manage to create... | |||||||||||