DPChallenge: A Digital Photography Contest You are not logged in. (log in or register) 
 
Challenge Entries
Portfolio Images
This image is not part of a public portfolio.
School Teams Push Cart Races
School Teams Push Cart Races
Heavy


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Team Sport Action (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S7000
Location: Maryborough, Queensland, Australia
Date: Sep 11, 2004
Aperture: F7.0
ISO: 160
Shutter: 1/450
Galleries: Sports, Action
Date Uploaded: Sep 11, 2004

 Cropped, desaturated reds within picture, sharpened, adjusted luminance.

Statistics
Place: 96 out of 138
Avg (all users): 4.7092
Avg (commenters): 4.8750
Avg (participants): 4.4250
Avg (non-participants): 4.8097
Views since voting: 1390
Views during voting: 398
Votes: 306
Comments: 26
Favorites: 0

Please log in or register to add your comments!

AuthorThread
 09/27/2004 12:29:06 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club :)

Hi Heavy...

This is a nice journalistic photo. It has a nice 'story' to it and it captures an interesting moment in time. I personally believe the desaturation of the reds in this photo 'cheapens' it a bit. It makes this photo appear to be a 'gimmick' shot rather than something that tells a story. My first impression of it is 'why?' above anything else. I don't understand your reason for desaturating the reds. In your mind, how did that 'improve' this photo? Decisions to make changes like this should be accompanied by a strong reason for doing so :)

John Setzler
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/21/2004 11:25:46 PM
I like the idea of this shot, but I don't like the colors
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/21/2004 06:27:18 PM
Just because you can selectively desaturate doesn't mean you always should. =] I think I would have liked this picture much better in "full color".
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/21/2004 08:05:01 AM
Playing with WB? Superb result! 9
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/21/2004 07:24:25 AM
Unique team sport! I felt that the photo was too busy with non-similar subjects to catch my eye.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/20/2004 11:54:38 PM
looks like fun, bright colored clothing seeems overly contrasted with drab background
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/20/2004 04:22:01 AM
It's clever, but colours do not work for me
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/19/2004 11:47:32 PM
A great capture of the moment, but not sure the colorization/desaturation worked here.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/19/2004 10:10:34 PM
love the colors
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/19/2004 05:06:01 PM
dont like the desaturation.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/19/2004 04:34:34 PM
Nice playing with the colors!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/18/2004 09:00:33 PM
like the color work
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/17/2004 05:38:29 PM
Garish colours and way too busy in general for my liking. Would have preferred to see just a couple of kids cropped from the pic.
 09/17/2004 03:56:25 PM
It's interesting that you've had to have this photo validated, but can see why. Looking forward to reading the 'how it was done' when voting is over. The colour contrasts are great and really enhance this photo filled with activity!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/17/2004 05:32:10 AM
I really like this photo. I was going to vote it down because of certain areas desaturated, others aren't. Or so it appears to me. See it had been validated, so that means I am confused. Will up your score. How did you do it?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/17/2004 12:47:13 AM
There are teams but the action seems a bit boring. Colors also seem to distract IMO.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/16/2004 06:51:04 PM
not really a fan of the hue changes
 09/16/2004 12:36:50 PM
what's with the colors?
 09/16/2004 01:44:52 AM
basic editing not followed
 09/16/2004 01:14:24 AM
i wouldn't really take push cart race as a team sport...but pts given for the effort of doing selective desaturation
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/15/2004 12:19:30 PM
Thats a unique team sport...like the color
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/15/2004 11:28:57 AM
You really should NOT have messed with the selective desaturation. The picture would have been at least a <7> had you not messed with it. Now IMHO it just looks tacky and out of place. Never mess with it when you already have a good thing.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/15/2004 08:00:15 AM
This is a nice shot for this challenge, but I think it would be better either fully desaturated or all in color. Regardless, it's a good action photo.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/15/2004 04:30:16 AM
I don't like the partial desaturation in this photo. I think ity takes away from your photo
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/15/2004 02:03:25 AM
This photo is very busy
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/15/2004 12:39:15 AM
Colors are very cool
  Photographer found comment helpful.


Home - Challenges - Community - League - Photos - Cameras - Lenses - Learn - Help - Terms of Use - Privacy - Top ^
DPChallenge, and website content and design, Copyright © 2001-2025 Challenging Technologies, LLC.
All digital photo copyrights belong to the photographers and may not be used without permission.
Current Server Time: 03/14/2025 06:13:35 AM EDT.