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Challenge: Pattern (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon PowerShot A70
Location: Niagara Falls, NY
Date: Dec 27, 2005
Aperture: f5.6
ISO: auto (50)
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Landscape, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Dec 27, 2005

Railing of observation deck in Niagara Falls on the American side. It was cold up there! Levels, slight rotation to level, crop, auto color, desaturate, resize, USM, save for Web.

Statistics
Place: 189 out of 240
Avg (all users): 4.7810
Avg (commenters): 4.8889
Avg (participants): 4.4375
Avg (non-participants): 4.9704
Views since voting: 640
Views during voting: 399
Votes: 315
Comments: 10
Favorites: 0


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01/07/2006 07:12:58 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club...

I think I may be able to help you out on why this photo didn't score well by asking you a simple question...

What's the subject of this photo?

If the subject is the waterfall, we need to see more of it. I believe your intent was to show the texture of the railing for the purpose of this challenge though. That being the case, it should be in focus. You didn't manage to achieve that in this photo. Your focus went to the waterfall instead and the textured rail fell inside the depth of field for your camera's settings on this shot.

John Setzler
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/02/2006 08:57:02 AM
I might have gone for the rail being in focus making the pattern the main subject.
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01/01/2006 01:07:09 AM
I think this looks good in black and white. I find the primary subject and the focus to be at odds here. The primary subject, referenced by the title, is not in sharp focus, but the background is. The background certainly helps provide reasoning for the railing, though I wish the railing was in sharper focus than the backround.
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12/30/2005 02:55:21 PM
This would be a lot better if the railing was in focus and not washed out. It also needs to be more prominent in the picture, it took a second to notice there was a railing in the picture.
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12/30/2005 12:30:26 AM
I get the idea but why did you focus on the waterfalls and not on the rail? The rail is suppose to be the subject right? As for the crop, I maybe a tighter crop from the top, to put more focus on the rail once again.
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12/29/2005 08:39:24 AM
I know the foreground is your subject but the falls in the background makes this picture look like it's a ruined shot (like the rail got in the way). If you're focused on the rail maybe don't have such a magnificant scene in the background because it pulls the eye away from your subject.
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12/28/2005 08:41:01 PM
I think it would have been extremely cool if you could have gotten that rail fully in focus (while still leaving the rest in focus, too)...
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12/28/2005 12:58:45 PM
Unfortunately, it's not the pattern that catches my eye here; the focus is on the waterfall. The macro setting might have helped to focus on the railing.
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12/28/2005 10:16:22 AM
Original concept, and I like the view. :)
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12/28/2005 08:56:14 AM
I would of made the foreground in focus with the waterfall blurred to capture the pattern on the pole...
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