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Challenge: Rope II (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon EOS-6D
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Location: Home entrance
Date: Jan 24, 2016
Aperture: 8.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 2.5
Date Uploaded: Jan 25, 2016

 I draw several sketch to meet the challenge and I came with that composition that I propose you. My first thought was to regroup the objects related to cowboy fournitures. My second thought was to place the object to create something around the rope.

Your comments are welcome

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Place: 26 out of 50
Avg (all users): 5.3836
Avg (commenters): 5.3333
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Views since voting: 447
Views during voting: 128
Votes: 73
Comments: 4
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 02/03/2016 09:00:28 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Hi Marcel! I gave this a 6 during voting. Lighting is very nice, not harsh but shows detail, also the dof does that well too. My own personal nitpicking aside - this equipment isn't worn enough to belong to a working cowboy, they are very tough on their gear and it has to stand up - I just feel that the rope isn't a dominant enough element. The lightness of the rope does draw attention to it, but otherwise it's just a bit player, not the star of the shot.

I find that the boots grab my attention first. Then the hat. Then the gloves. Then the rope. I've been to many rodeos now, and you will see that cowboys keep their ropes in a big round box like a hatbox, so as to not scrunch it out of shape. Also too remember what I've said about simplifying - the boots and rope alone would probably have been enough, even better if you had an older floor or made dof more shallow to blur out the relatively new-looking floor.

Hope this helps!

Susan
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/31/2016 07:58:08 PM
Interesting composition
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 01/28/2016 07:56:51 PM
nice macro but having seen a lot of real, working cowboys, I know that none of these accessories shows anywhere near the real wear n tear they put on their gear! And they use polyrope these days
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 01/28/2016 01:26:33 PM
I like the country theme, nice focus, there are some dust spots on the boots that could have been edited out to make it look even better. Nice composition.
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