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12/27/2004 01:09:33 PM |
***CRITIQUE CLUB RESPONSE***
Nico,
I can see in my mind's eye what you're after here, and it's quite a challenge you set yourself with this picture. It would be extremely difficult to pull off, and this particular image isn't even close to the "wow" point, unfortunately.
1. The overall sense of the image is muddy.
2. The depth-of-field is way too shallow.
3. even within the shallow DOF, the fingertips are not what we'd want to emphasize, certainly not at the expense of the paper fragments.
4. The vertical framing is working against what you'd want to accomplish; landscape mode would allow more horizontal "woosh".
5. For an image that's meant to convey "wind" this is curiously static. The horizontal framing proposed above would help free it up, as would placing the fingertips at a more dynamic, diagonal angle.
6. I suspect that using some degree of backlighting (only the fingertips would be lit, not the finger fronts, and the paper chips would glow a little) would help this image a lot.
7. I'd also like to see, within the horizontal framing, some of the paper chips blown beyond the fingers, I think...
Good luck with this one if you choose to keep trying to perfect the concept. I'd love to see any further results.
(robt)
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12/21/2004 09:05:04 PM |
| I dont count it as wind if someone is blowing. |
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12/21/2004 03:23:35 PM |
returning for comments:
Very nice. the presentaion is almost dream like. Bumping up another notch. |
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12/21/2004 11:17:16 AM |
| An interesting mix of shapes and tones. |
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12/20/2004 03:57:03 PM |
| I find this image interesting, but at the same time the small DOF is distracting. |
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12/19/2004 10:43:51 PM |
| focused on fingers...dhould be a little closer to my opinion with more lateral light effect. |
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12/17/2004 02:31:26 PM |
| The hand is clear, but the focus should be more on the blowing paper and that's a bit hard to see... |
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12/16/2004 01:35:20 PM |
| Dude! you should try a little hard :) |
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12/16/2004 07:38:02 AM |
| Great subject. Great title. All around good composition. A nine. |
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12/15/2004 01:30:32 PM |
| Nice focus and use of DOF |
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12/15/2004 03:03:53 AM |
| Composition: 6, Technical: 5, Appeal: 4, Challenge: 6, Overall Calculated Average Score: 5 |
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12/15/2004 12:39:15 AM |
| shot could have been a lot better if at least some of the bits of paper were in focus |
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