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09/23/2005 08:11:38 PM |
Hello, and greetings from the Critique Club. The critique you are about to recieve is tailored for DPC challenges alone, and is not intended to be seen as an artistic critique per se.
Initial Thoughts
Woo.. dizzy.. nice choice of title.
Composition / Content
Definitely not a classic composition, but it's effective. Perhaps too effective. Although you achieve what your title suggests you wanted to achieve, it's not always a good plan to enter images that will have a negative impact on the voting public, and giving voters a touch of vertigo isn't exactly positive. heh. The coloring is probably where a lot more lower scores came from. It's a little dull in this respect, and the window reflections *are* a little distracting, although in a basic challenge, there's not much you can do about it. Only things I could suggest are to wait for more dynamic sunlight (sunset, sunrise, weird cloud or smog effects), or find a more colorful building. Anything that increases the richness of color will help to increase a score on DPC.
Background
No traditional background, per se, but I do like the difference of shadow on the building faces.
Camera Work / Technical
Pretty good work here.. exposure is nice, focus is good, but it looks like the DOF starts dropping off on the bright side of the building, and is thus softer than the rest. If people really noticed this, it probably led to a few lower scores.
Digital Processing
Good work with the contrast/brightness adjustments, it doesn't look over done, and the sharpening is good as well.
Fits the Challenge
As I said, it does fit the challenge, but perhaps a little too well, giving a dizzying first look. Once used to the photo, however, that intial vertigo passes.. but I suspect you caught a lot of people with it and contributed to a few lower votes.. however, it probably also led to a few higher votes from those of us that tend to like weird effects.
My Opinion of the Photo
Nice perspective shot, but just lacking in that dynamic "wow" factor that is so important in a DPC entry if you're looking for a higher score. Keep shooting, and good luck in future challenges. |
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09/20/2005 07:46:14 PM |
| neat shot, reflections are distracting though. |
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09/20/2005 05:47:37 PM |
| Fantastic! I love the angled downward perspective on this! |
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09/20/2005 01:20:17 PM |
| The yellow arrows reflected on the left detract from the picture. The balance feels off to me, too heavy in the darker zones. |
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09/19/2005 09:10:27 PM |
| Wonderful angles and yes the vertigo really works |
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09/19/2005 08:39:48 PM |
| I like the perspective and the reapeating pattern of the windows on the buildings. |
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09/18/2005 10:46:01 PM |
| this is intresting but i don't really care for the angle. |
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09/16/2005 07:04:53 AM |
| woah! makes me feel dizzy, appropiate title! |
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09/15/2005 01:28:37 PM |
| Nice work, taking it at the point where the two building colors merge was a smart move. |
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09/14/2005 01:29:11 PM |
| makes me dizzy! Awesome capture! |
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09/14/2005 08:45:56 AM |
| Great title. Nice use of lighting. I like the reflection of the yellow arrow. The landscape presentation gives the horizontal sense of it an interesting twist. |
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