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handled delicately
handled delicately
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Challenge: Delicate (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
Location: Garage
Date: Oct 24, 2005
Aperture: 2,8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 0,6
Galleries: Snapshot, Science and Technology
Date Uploaded: Oct 24, 2005

 The hands of my bro. In fact it was a very delicate manipulation!

Post process:
-Contrast
-Sharpen

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 11/07/2005 11:42:21 PM
Hello from the Critique Club!

I have studied your image and have the following to offer:

Composition/perspective - this is a strong image with a good overall composition. The subject is pretty much the whole image. For the challenge this may be where it fell a bit short. Your perspective is good and captured the essence of the activity quite well without any added distractions. The detail and focus is well done as well as the placement of the subject within the frame.

Color - the colors in this image are fairly strong and well defined. The palette does not have a lot of gradients. Although it covers a broad spectrum from the deep reds and browns to the bright yellows and whites, it is contained so that the bleed between these colors is minimal - hard edges. This may add to the overall crispness of the image. But the exposure time works against that.

Lighting - appears to be nautural light with reliance on the sparks as the main source. This may have influenced your exposure time but hurt in the overall image. The sparks as well as portions of the hands appear blown out which is a contradiction to the overall dark appearance of the scene. Some of the deifnition of the fingers is lost as well as a blending of the streaks of the sparks. Kind of like taking a picture of moving water - a fine balance needs to be applied. The center of the streaks appears blown out/over bright.

Challenge requirements - without the title I would not associate this with Delicate at all. It is a very hard scene with an extremely hard selection of subject matter to view. The sparks are the only delicate aspect and they are bled together to appear as streaks which removes any delicate apsect. There is nothing to suggest delicate handling as your title suggests other than an individual viewpoint.

Overall/my opinion - this could have been a much stronger image with better control over shutter speed and lighting. The scene being so dark, except for the streaks, needed something to boost it up. The longer exposure time failed to do that although I think that is what you were going for. The hands are a bit of a distraction since some of the surfaces are blown out and lacking any definition.

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