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02/02/2003 01:34:07 PM |
CRITIQUE CLUB CRITIQUE
by karmat
COMPOSITION
Normally, a centered composition like this feels static and uninteresting. However, I think your inclusion of the tree on the left, countered with a more open sitiuation on the right, helped to add some interest. I think the foreground branches give it a neat effect (discussed later) and help to add interest to an otherwise potentially simple "sign" picture. You have chosen your subject well, and have met the challenge in an interesting way.
TECHNIQUE
It seems to be slightly fuzzy/grainy, but in one respect that adds to the overall effect of the picture. The colors, too, are odd, but again add to the overall feeling the picture conveys. I do seem to see some noise in the sky, and think that the overall picture could have been more effective without it. Someone below mentioned despeckle, I would suggest NEATIMAGE.
OVERALL EFFECT
I think the strongest part of your picture is that it almost tells a story. It has a spooky/creepy quality about it that is enhanced by the grainy focus adn the wild colors. The foreground branches make it feel like the viewer is a spy, or uninvited/unwelcomed guest to the scene. Good work.
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01/26/2003 11:32:20 PM |
| next time bring some clippers and lose the branches in front of the sign. Other than that great photo |
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01/26/2003 09:36:50 PM |
| Good job considering you had to include the sign.. 1st |
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01/24/2003 10:51:02 PM |
| you've captured some lovely scenery here. perhaps just a few too many branches in front of your lens, would like to have seen more of the house. Stormy looking sky gives off a really nice touch. |
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01/24/2003 07:50:25 PM |
Cool shot, love the old house and the tree background. Usually, I like foreground stuff, but this might be a little too much of it. The sepia tones are very effective.
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01/24/2003 11:37:58 AM |
| The tonal qualitites you've achieved are beautiful. Great mood to this photo. I wish that the branch coming out of the bottom left wasn't there, but overall I like this very much. |
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01/24/2003 09:49:36 AM |
| nice lighting. the roof looks metallic as if you are using a special lens. nice work |
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01/23/2003 09:17:28 PM |
| very beautiful....special filter or photoshop plug-in used to get this effect? i like it! |
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01/23/2003 01:58:58 PM |
This is a good shot. That cloud in the upper right seems like it is smoke from a fire near by.
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01/23/2003 08:56:48 AM |
| something blairwitchy here... |
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01/22/2003 11:06:07 PM |
| I'm seeing a wierd artifact between the tree and the house - creating a purple effect. Did you change the colours before resizing the image perhaps? Also, the sign is difficult to see, although I understand why you tried to include the trees and the house so much - they really make the picture. |
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01/22/2003 07:14:48 PM |
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01/21/2003 11:32:21 PM |
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01/21/2003 07:40:46 PM |
| Don't really go for the color of the photo, seems yellowish. would love to have seen what the other street was - no hel and what "only kidding". But it is a nicely cropped and focused photo. I like the composition, just can't buy the color. But photo wise it's still a 6. |
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01/21/2003 11:48:54 AM |
Wonderful sepia photo. Vignetting would normally annoy me, but I think it fits here. Makes me long fo colder climes (if my office weren't freezing, that is... brrrr).
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01/21/2003 10:48:03 AM |
| A very evokative photo. I like the style alot. I'd love to see more of this type of thing. |
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01/21/2003 05:07:19 AM |
| Nice shot. Shame about the branches in the way of the sign though. |
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01/20/2003 01:21:07 PM |
| I would have liked to see the sign to the left or right of the house. It may work better if you had taken the picture of the house at an angle and not centered it in the picture. |
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01/20/2003 10:51:07 AM |
| creepy photo. i don't want to get lost around there. |
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01/20/2003 10:14:39 AM |
| I really like the color on this shot. Great content |
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01/20/2003 03:20:20 AM |
| I guess an in depth comment would not be appropriate here.... |
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01/20/2003 02:42:34 AM |
| Nice shot. Could have used a little despeckling.. Cub |
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