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02/05/2006 12:42:12 PM |
Greetings from the Critique Club!
I liked this photo a lot when going through the best of voting. I'd like to emphasize what IMO would have made this photo stand out more. (In addition to existing comments you've received).
- yellowish color cast is odd. You could have adjusted the color balance somewhat to make the girls' faces more natural looking.
- the farthest girl was apparently moving faster than your shutter speed. You haven't indicated your exif settings for the photo, but I assume that since it was taken in the low light it must have been on a slower side, 1/10-1/30 or so, which is then very subject to blurs due to subject motions. You could have re-taken this shot (when shooting Candids sometimes it pays off to shoot in a burst mode, and then pick the best out of a couple you make of one scene).
- someone suggested to use black & white for this photo, and that could have worked fine - it would have eliminated the bad color cast, and would have let you enhance contrast in places and dull the other uninteresting areas, e.g. highlighting the poster by enhancing its contrast with dodge&burn, and dulling the surrounding distractions.
Good things:
you have what is the basic premise for making a good photography: an eye for the scene. Great find - your everyday scenery from metro turned into the story about lives of these women waiting for the train.
Keep up the good work, pay attention to camera settings (balance the DOF more carefully to achieve desired effects) and I'm sure that we will see high placed images from you in the future.
PS. it is a good idea to specify the ISO, aperture, flash used/not used and shutter speed with your photo, as suggestions for improvement sometimes could benefit from that information.
Good luck in your future submissions.
-Serge |
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02/02/2006 05:13:08 AM |
Thanks to everybody for your votes and nice comments !!!
Sylvie |
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01/29/2006 02:20:13 PM |
| nice color, nice movement, b&w need work, nice dof, light ok, comp ok, overall ok |
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01/27/2006 12:44:01 AM |
| If only there were three girls but you can't ask for everything its a cool shot I gave you a 6 |
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01/26/2006 01:25:25 PM |
| Well spotted, shame about the extra person |
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01/26/2006 05:33:33 AM |
| The message is strong in this image, well done... |
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01/23/2006 04:40:41 PM |
| Very cool and aptly titled! Good eye! I would never have "caught" that! Good luck! |
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01/23/2006 06:53:11 AM |
| There is a nice contemporary feel to this. Pity it seems a little OOF. |
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01/21/2006 01:27:00 PM |
| Pretty cool. I think this would also make a strong black and white.... I don't think that the color actually ads to the photo much. It is a great photo. |
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01/20/2006 01:39:26 PM |
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01/19/2006 11:29:21 PM |
| Nice curve and clever title:) |
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01/19/2006 12:00:53 PM |
| How a title makes you see with different eyes...... |
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01/18/2006 11:49:21 PM |
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01/17/2006 06:36:04 PM |
| I like the way you make use of the poster, really nice idea :) |
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01/17/2006 05:35:29 PM |
| Interesting photo. Not sure I get the title but what I see here is a contrast between social classes that maybe the title could have played up? |
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01/16/2006 11:19:54 PM |
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01/16/2006 07:08:49 PM |
| Funny! Nice eye, to catch this shot! |
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01/16/2006 06:41:01 PM |
nice vision to grab this
the one on the end has no angel.. heh |
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01/16/2006 04:30:02 PM |
| Awesome shot, I like the approach. Nice coloring. |
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01/16/2006 07:21:50 AM |
| Really good work I think your picture will be in top 3 |
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01/16/2006 06:19:11 AM |
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