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01/14/2003 07:47:12 PM |
Critique Club Comment :o)
Composition:
The most obvious thing about this shot, on first glance, is that there is no main focal point, and since there is nothing in the near background to reflect in the raindrops, this image becomes more of an abstract. Since you'd have had little control over where the raindrops actually were on the glass, I'd have tried to get a shot where a group of droplets lead the eye across the frame.
Background:
The background on this shot is an usual light greeny-turquoise. Considering that you're trying to sell the 'raindrops' aspect of this image, perhaps a more "stormy" colour would have helped here, such as a darker blue.
Camera Work:
The most obvious "fault" about this shot is the focus, since the corners (especially the lower left) are out of focus. This is probably due to your choice of F stop, since F2.2 leads to a very shallow DoF. Also, since you state that this was a car window, the probably angled or curved glass would exaggerate this. While shallow DoF is good in many instances, as it can draw the eye into one area of the image, the lack of a focal point to this shot means that it just feels confused. There's also a dark patch in the very bottom left corner that could easily have been cropped out.
Post-processing:
Since you've not provided any details, I can only guess as to the post processing you've done, if any. One important thing to mention is that this shot is only 48Kb, out of a maximum 150Kb, therefore you may have lost quite a bit of detail by compressing the image down to that size - I always recommend that you try to get as close to the 150Kb line as possible, so that as little detail as possible is lost.
My Opinion:
The idea behind the shot was reasonable, but the odd focus and lack of any real focal point really drags this shot down, which I think is reflected in the final score. Since all photos in this particular challenge had to use the title to sell the shot, I can't complain about that. This shot just about meets the challenge, but it lacks any interest.
If you have any questions about this critique, please feel free to contact me via the PM system. |
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01/11/2003 12:38:00 PM |
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01/10/2003 01:39:04 PM |
| i think a deeper DOF would have helped |
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01/10/2003 09:58:59 AM |
I kept scrolling down to find the head!
visually very pleasing though |
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01/10/2003 08:23:35 AM |
| This type of shot has been done so many times on this site and alot better than this. Very Poor 1- Martin |
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01/09/2003 09:13:08 PM |
i love simple images but this one isn't saying anything to me.
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01/09/2003 04:11:33 PM |
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01/08/2003 02:39:42 PM |
| LOL, great song but there's no "head" in the picture. :) |
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01/07/2003 08:01:26 PM |
| Neat idea, but the lower part of the shot is a bit too much out of focus for my taste. 4. |
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01/06/2003 07:22:23 PM |
| This looks like a smooth wall surface with holes in it.. Wish all of it was in focus. The more I look at it the more it looks like holes. Took me a minute to figure out why they look like holes instead of rain drops - the shadows on them. Getting rid of the shadows would help a lot. Good idea. Just need better execution. 5 PTL |
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01/06/2003 06:29:24 PM |
| picked the right point of focus, and nice color range. but i swear this rectangle looks upside-down. |
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01/06/2003 04:43:29 PM |
| not very interesting. A bit of colour would have helped. |
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01/06/2003 12:50:50 AM |
| Sorry, but these rain drops have been totally overdone in these challenges. At least you don't have something reflecting underneath...Nice job on focus, although the DOF looks funny at the bottom of the picture. |
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