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05/28/2003 09:36:33 AM |
Hi neighbour - you get to be my critique club victim {manic laugh}
There is no way that I'm saying anything 'technical' about this shot - as much as anyone else here I'm sure you shoot exactly what you want to shoot, and pretty sure it comes out exactly as you envisage it.
Complementary colours was a tricky challenge - especially right on the heels of those other colour challenges - I think a lot of people struggled for real inspiration: I thought the sane of this at first. Sure there's great accomplishment in the shot (the colour detail, the contrast, the shapes - more contrast there too - the light) but it was just a scarf in a tree, no?
Except with that title it brings an element of story into things: as somene else has commented below. 'Her'? But who is she, where is she? Why is her scarf in the tree? It's a little like wandering around the venue of a party the morning after, examining the wreckage whilst presumably nursing your hangover and a large bowl of coffee, wondering what the stories are behind the things that are forgotten, and how come there is so much you can't remember yourself.
Of course, I might just be getting sentimental. It might just be a scarf in a tree. But you could have titled it simply 'red silk scarf'.
For me it's just slightly too big a stretch of the imagination: I'd have to say that as much of my reaction is myown work, and not enough directed by your photograph. If you were telling a story, I think you'd need at least some extra element, perhaps a knocked over glass, or an empty botttle ... whatever, something. I've had fun thinking about it though.
Cheers
Ed |
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05/25/2003 10:54:35 PM |
| This works for me! Great colors! Cool shot! |
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05/25/2003 11:09:56 AM |
| I liked how this one left me wondering about "the rest of the story"! |
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05/24/2003 11:34:12 PM |
| I would have cropped off the shadowed part on the bottom, but very nicely done here in light, composition and arrangement. |
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05/24/2003 10:30:49 PM |
| Nice composition and border, but I feel a bit more contrast would make this "pop" a even more. Good idea:) |
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05/23/2003 01:04:05 AM |
| Ahh, excellent. A presumably-staged shot that has the air of spontaneity. Good colour choices, and nice interweaving between them. |
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05/22/2003 02:30:31 PM |
Very nice! I love the contrast of the two elements. Composition is well balanced, you gave both elements enough weight. The red border spoils this wonderful image a bit imho. Very intelligent shot!
Technique: 3/4
Composition : 3/3
Originality/meeting the challenge: 2/3
Total = 8
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05/20/2003 02:01:13 AM |
| Very nice color combination and even though a scarf isn't normally draped around a tree, it doesn't have a contrived feel. Could be a nice cover for a mystery novel. I do like the green leaves because they have this aura of surrealness because of their low saturation. Wonder whether you did that in photoshop? Nitpick: the only thing i would have eliminated somehow is the tips of a number of leaves on the left edge just above the scarf. 8 |
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05/19/2003 07:33:38 PM |
| good composition, the scarf makes a good sweep down through the shot and the leaves give a lot of texture/ pattern to set it off. Nice work (7) |
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05/19/2003 07:28:24 PM |
| the red is beautiful, but the green just isn't saturated enough to make it pop! It appears a bit washed out. |
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05/19/2003 03:32:24 PM |
| I love the composition. I wish the lighting were brighter, but I know you can't control the sunshine. |
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05/19/2003 09:28:43 AM |
| good use of complementary colors... the composition here is also nice... it leaves me asking what message is being sent by having a scarf in a tree :) = 6 |
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