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01/19/2005 05:38:05 PM |
CRITIQUE CLUB CRITIQUE
by karmat
In general, challenge criteria notwithstanding, this is an awesome shot. you have captured the detail in an amazing way, and it is neat to just sit and look at the picture. Compositionally, it works well. It fills the frame and has a strong diagonal. Part of me wants to see it mirrored horizontally, though, so that the eye goes from the bottom left to the upper right, which seems a bit more natural (in Western culture anyway), than upper left going down. I also think, outside of this challenge (more on that later), a different color background that would compliment the green and really make it *pop* would be interesting.
For this challenge, my understanding was that bokeh was a technique/end result of a background (or foreground) that was more than just out of focus. For this challenge, you background says "shallow dof" to me more than "bokeh." Perhaps if the colors in the background were a touch more defined so that the light was visible. On my computer at home, I can see some greenery across the top, but on my monitor at work, it is almost completely invisible. Of course, that is my opinion, and your mileage may vary.
Good shot, and best to you in future challenges.
karmat |
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01/16/2005 10:44:45 PM |
| i love your subject it is intricate, delicate, lovely simple yet elegant. Nice sharpness and DOF |
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01/16/2005 05:27:40 AM |
| excellent entry, all the way around. lovely colors, detail, composition, and great bokeh. i just hope the voters don't kill you for not providing a more \"technical\" bokeh. good luck! |
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01/12/2005 01:25:15 AM |
| imo needs contrast adjustments right now it appears too dull and grey. |
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01/11/2005 06:09:19 PM |
| beautiful shot. The title in my mind implies dying, while here we witness birth. |
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01/10/2005 02:04:13 PM |
| nice close-up, but I dont see any bokeh at all! I think people are looking for shapes and colors int he out-of-focus background that enhance your subject. Nice shot and creative and fitting title. |
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01/10/2005 10:03:30 AM |
| The short definition of Bokeh from KenRockwell.com: "Bokeh describes the rendition of out-of-focus points of light." Is the subject enhanced by the bokeh of the background? Yes. The bokeh here is smooth and subtly varied, makes for a very calm and attractive image. Nicely done. |
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01/10/2005 02:25:32 AM |
| A delicious, muted, subtle image where the interplay between background and subject is palpable but underplayed. IN my book, a very nice piece of work. May not be artefactual enough to satisfy most voters. |
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