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10/10/2006 07:45:25 AM |
Greeting from the Critique Club
Congratulations on the top 10 place, well deserved.
This is a great picture, well observed and obviously deliberated over and timed carefully.
You have shown great skill in composition and eye for a photo. The use of the oncoming car for sidelighting is inspired and shows the patience for the 'right' moment that makes the difference between a good shot and a great one...
The only issue for me is the blur. It is fine to show movement in the characters as this helps imply racing to get out of the wet, but at 1/25 second this looks handhelf and the movement in the sceen elements (for example the fire hydrant) let the overall shot down.
Next time try using a tripod to avoid shake... apart from that... very, very nice and a really good fit to the challenge..
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10/09/2006 12:07:03 PM |
| Another very well done real life image. Congratulations on your top ten finish. |
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10/06/2006 01:49:48 PM |
| Excellent, the whole rain series you took! |
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10/05/2006 05:23:09 PM |
| Congratulations on your top 10 finish. Very good shot! |
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10/04/2006 10:31:14 AM |
Originally posted by posthumous:
I gave you a 6, which is one of the lowest scores I've given you. ... It just didn't grab me while I was voting. uh-oh... maybe I'm becoming a focus nazi! :O |
:) Well, this picture has very little symbolism, which is, I guess, why you liked it less than my other pictures. This is, also, why it scored so high. Look at the top winners of any challenge: most of them lack any kind of semantics.
Personally, I think that the only thing that "makes" this shot is its cinema-like appearance: it has this "drive", which is, probably, a combination of high contrast, lighting, and dynamics. I definitely don't think that this is my best picture. But I needed a score above 5.6; in fact I need to score above 5.6 three more times to get that man with the bottle off my personal page. :) And I am back to my usual sub-5 score with my Free Study XIII entry. |
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10/04/2006 10:21:20 AM |
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
So what was the answer with the blurred central bike? |
The shot was shot at f/1.4, so DOF should have been pretty slim, which explains the unsharp bike in the middle. I think that the biker *appears* to be sharper than he is because the backlighting creates a contrasty halo around him, sort of a natural oversharpen effect. So, I think that the effect of uneven sharpness distribution is just a visual mistake. |
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10/04/2006 09:07:40 AM |
| sheesh, your highest scoring photo and I gave you a 6, which is one of the lowest scores I've given you. 6 isn't a bad score, mind you, it's the same I gave the ribbon winners. Looking at it again, I can see that it fulfills the challenge splendidly: it's soooo wet and rainy. It just didn't grab me while I was voting. uh-oh... maybe I'm becoming a focus nazi! :O |
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10/04/2006 07:03:00 AM |
| Great job and congrats on the new PB and top ten finish!! I really like your conversion to black and white on this. well done. |
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10/04/2006 12:37:32 AM |
| Top 10 :) Congratulations! |
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10/04/2006 12:34:51 AM |
| Congrats on a new personal best and a top 10. So what was the answer with the blurred central bike? |
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10/03/2006 12:21:19 PM |
| What do I focus on? With the blurring my eyes can't concentrate. |
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10/02/2006 05:46:18 PM |
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10/02/2006 05:30:14 PM |
| I like the contrast you have here and the use of black and white. It is a little blurry however. Great capture of the rain though. |
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10/01/2006 11:00:43 AM |
| Nice job! This definitely says "rain" to me. |
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10/01/2006 03:38:59 AM |
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10/01/2006 02:39:28 AM |
| You have captured an excellent scene here - I feel the rain in this image. On my very short list at the top. Best of luck to you! |
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09/30/2006 10:58:31 PM |
| Love the candid nature and lovely b/w. |
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09/30/2006 10:18:59 PM |
| the best shot of the lot..... awesome picture. |
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09/30/2006 09:29:16 PM |
| a difficult shot well done. bravo |
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09/30/2006 10:10:39 AM |
| Wonderful shot. Great composition, and I love that you can see the sheet of rain on the left side. 9. |
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09/29/2006 03:49:18 PM |
| Very nice shot. The B/W is perfect for this image. 8 |
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09/28/2006 10:20:27 PM |
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09/28/2006 11:02:50 AM |
| Nice phototypical rain. 7. |
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09/28/2006 07:45:09 AM |
| wonderful! the picture really tells a story...great as a b and w |
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09/28/2006 02:02:12 AM |
| that's the best embodiment of the challenge topic! |
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09/27/2006 07:28:24 PM |
| You did well to capture the actual rain. It's odd how certain parts are much clearer than others. The blurry bike right in the center is unfortunate, but why is it blurred? were you panning? Anyway, captures a feeling well. Technicals aren't awesome, but a picture like this doesn't necessarily need awesome technicals. 6 |
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09/27/2006 06:42:25 PM |
| Not bad, real rain... Looks a bit blurry, did you shoot this handheld with IS, perhaps? |
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09/27/2006 04:50:47 PM |
| There is something simply riviting about this image! It evokes a lot of thought and I think there is a playful yet serious mood conveyed. Good exposure for a night shot too! The sign on the far left could even be excluded to make this stronger. Monotone was a great idea here! Love the image! 8o) |
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09/27/2006 03:55:02 PM |
| exactly the topic, but i think the image is lacking a main subject.5 |
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09/27/2006 02:08:24 PM |
| A wonderful capture that instantly reminds me of a 50's/60's film |
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09/27/2006 11:09:11 AM |
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09/27/2006 10:46:34 AM |
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09/27/2006 05:09:14 AM |
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09/27/2006 03:50:07 AM |
| I've come back to take a second look, I think this is likely to be my favourite of the challenge. I love that it's a candid street shot, the motion, the light and the great b&w tones. Well done and good luck :) |
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09/27/2006 01:21:41 AM |
| Excellent shot. A photo that shows rain in a rain challenge. Amazing. Plus it's a nice composition to boot. Good luck. 8. |
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