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01/15/2003 01:43:19 PM |
CRITIQUE CLUB COMMENT
by karmat
COMPOSITION
The composition of this is very strong, I believe. The patch of trees, or whatever it is, gives the eye a strong place on which to rest. Also, there is "movement" in the picture created by the blue streaks. Also, the mountains fading into the upper part of the frame is very nice. The only suggestion I might make is a more narrow crop so that there is less foreground.
TECHNIQUE
I'm curious as to why you took a lot of pictures to get white and then added a blue cast. Did it help make the blue/white contrast more distinct? Under any circumstance, it is well done, as I understand snow shots are among the most difficult to take. My biggest concern is that there seems to be a lot of noise/graininess especially in the background. A blurry background is especially effective, if there is an object of interest in the foreground that is pin-sharp focused. That object of interest is not in this picture. The closes thing would be the "island" on the left, and it seems to be kinda soft focused too. I almost suspect, the graininess may have come about with the boost in contrast.
OVERALL EFFECT
This shot is COLD and QUIET. It looks frigid, partly due to the snow and partly due to the blue cast. It also looks very lonely as there is nothing but nature there (isn't that wonderful?) and again I think the blue adds a "solitary" feeling to it. Very interesting shot! |
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01/12/2003 05:00:54 PM |
| so many awesome landscape pics, hopefully you redid this one for the new challenge. i really like the coloration also |
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01/10/2003 02:25:29 PM |
| Wild looking landscape, I am assuming you altered the coloration some, right? You picked a very difficult song to portray, but you did it pretty well. Score upgrade from 6 to 7. Swash |
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01/09/2003 01:27:33 AM |
| Very moody (blues), I can only hear the low refrains of a bitter breaze, awesome photo! |
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01/08/2003 12:33:46 AM |
| Picture looks like a painted portrait. Well done! A little too much of the same colour tone. |
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01/08/2003 12:05:43 AM |
| Don't like the blue. Can't tell if this is sand, snow, water, etc. Looks like it might be a really beautiful photo in natural color. All I can give is a 1. PTL |
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01/07/2003 09:56:47 PM |
| Absolutely.......I like it better when I crop a little of the foreground. 10 |
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01/07/2003 07:43:51 PM |
This is a great shot if it wasn't for too much of the blue tint. I think it distracts from the overall beauty of the scenery. 5.
Take my comments for what they are worth for I am just a novice with a new camera. Dodo |
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01/07/2003 03:27:46 PM |
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01/07/2003 02:03:52 PM |
| I think this is very well composed and well balanced and would work equally well in many other colours. Does the oversaturation of blue bring the dark woodland forward? I just wonder whether it would have been possible to emphasise the space in this scene a bit more by adjusting the colour. Just a thought, but I really like it. |
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01/07/2003 09:18:45 AM |
| Interesting shot, a bit too much foreground for my eye. I'd have liked to see more of the hills. |
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01/06/2003 10:57:30 PM |
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01/06/2003 09:14:25 PM |
| Love this picture. We usually have feet of snow where I am from and we don't right now. I'm jealous. |
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01/06/2003 12:55:02 PM |
| Good use of colour to evoke an emotion. |
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01/06/2003 10:00:27 AM |
| You can really feel the vast silence with this picture. I can almost hear the wind blowing... |
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01/06/2003 07:35:11 AM |
| Very bluesy, with not a lot of noise, the eye just wanders through the trees... |
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01/06/2003 07:20:29 AM |
| Clever title (despite the spelling). If a tree falls in the forest and all that... |
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01/06/2003 02:10:49 AM |
| Nice job. I love the color here. This is the best correlation between song and image I've seen so far. |
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01/06/2003 01:09:56 AM |
| Striking shot. Love the duo tones. |
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01/06/2003 12:46:52 AM |
| I love the ice just starting to form on the lake, but I am not so crazy about the overall blue tint to the picture. Seems unnatural. |
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01/06/2003 12:37:20 AM |
| Totally abstract and original. Love it. |
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