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Comment by dsa157:
Hey! I'm flattered! Thanks for picking my image to emulate - I'm glad you had fun doing it and I like the result.

I do agree with the critiques that suggest sharper water would be better - the face tattoos don't bother me as much, I think they look pretty cool.

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Comment by CNovack:
A fairly good emulation of the original. I bet it took a lot of tries just to get this fairly decent one. While this is a decent attempt, I do have a few suggestions on how to increase the visual appeal of your composition. First is while this is a good attempt in capturing the water spout it could be better if the water in flight was in much sharper detail. Dsa157 listed the stats of his ribbon winning photo as an aperture of f4, ISO of 400, and a slower shutter of 1/60 sec. The high ISO and slower shutter speed combined with the larger aperture of F4 was able to capture the details of that water spout with really nice clarity. Depending on your light source you may have to play with your settings. The high ISO will help you stop capture a fast action better than a low ISO setting with the drawback being it tends to increase the noise. The larger aperture setting of F4 or lower will let more light in so that the exposure is captured faster. The speed of the shutter I think may be the one area you will have to play with to find out which will give you the correct exposure of all the elements in your composition. I think the drawings on the side of the face add a bit of interest but they would be better if they were in sharp detail and not smeared. Lastly, I think it would greatly increase the visual impact if the main elements of the composition connected with the diagonal "lines" of the photo. By that I mean that that just the face occupies the bottom left corner while the water spray shooting out and spreads out to the top right of the photograph (as seen in the original)

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Comment by Judi:
I like your take on this...but I feel it would have been better with a more childlike model and without the adornments on the face as I am finding that my eyes are drawn there instead of the water.

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Comment by mpeters:
Good stopped motion. Not familiar with the original but yours is a nice shot. 6

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Comment by LN13:
To me, there's too much blur in the water. I'd prefer to see it much sharper. And the tattoo on the face is distracting.

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Comment by VitaminB:
I wish this had better focus on the water. Also, not sure about the face paint either, this wasnt in the original.

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Comment by Valdo:
Good stopped motion!

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Comment by ZeppKash:
I'm not sure whats up with the writing? on your face, but i think the model needs to be younger, and shutter speed needed to be faster to capture water better.

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Comment by h2:
good tribute in color, lighting and composition. your exposure was a little too long and I don't get the meaning of the signs on his face. And dsa157s model looked better :-P

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Comment by whiteroom:
great shot.