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01/15/2006 05:31:08 PM |
::: Greetings from Critique Club :::
Hi, as requested, here is an indepth critique of your submission.
First Impression - the most important one:
I really light your take on City Life here - an insider's view. Very creative.
Composition:
Composition is quite interesting. It is very obvious we are seeing through the eyes of a messenger.
Subject:
Subject is clearly defined.
Technical (Colour, focus, and light):
Colour: Color is a bit grey. This can be good, if intentional, but I feel it may have more to do with exposure.
Focus: A little soft, but this could be from vibrations of shooting from a moving bicycle.
Exposure: Quite a bit underexposed, which is affecting color.
Lighting: This was a good concept, but it seems you may have shot at the wrong time. Lighting is really flat. Appears there was heavy cloud cover, which flattens the light quite a bit.
To grow its vote?:
I can see this as a wonderful late afternoon shot with headlights wizzing by the messenger. A burst of flash to light the bicycle and hands.
Summary:
It was a great concept and shows a lot of creativity. However, some technicals kept it from reaching its full potential. It was however a very challenging shot.
Hope to see more from you soon,
Leroy |
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01/10/2006 11:29:31 PM |
| Don't get me started! On the wrong side of the road, against the traffic! I am a commuter cyclist (30kms each way) and messengers give us all a bad rep. Oh... and the photo? ...lol. No contrast, just to greyed out and fuzzy |
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01/10/2006 11:10:08 PM |
| Nice idea, too bad it's so gray.. nothing that really stands out. |
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01/10/2006 09:14:05 PM |
| Thought the image was too dark. Also it was not all that strong in composition. The foreground object doesn't seem to fit with the rest of the image. Also, the car to the right and the one directly left of the object are distracting. All in all, I think a bit more scrutiny when setting up your shot and noticing every detail from one corner to the next will help considerably. If you have the ability to look through an eyepiece on your camera, sometimes that conventional technique allows you to see more than using an lcd screen, which I hardly use anymore. |
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01/10/2006 04:48:10 PM |
| Cool concept, a little dark. |
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01/10/2006 12:55:36 AM |
| Dude, you're going the wrong direction! I like the point of view of this photo. I think it is a bit dark and could have benefited from a bit more color. |
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01/09/2006 08:33:10 PM |
| interesting concept, it's original, the photo could be a little brighter. |
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01/09/2006 02:51:48 PM |
| Nice. I wish it was just a touch brighter. |
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01/09/2006 01:53:01 AM |
| Uh - isn't he going the wrong way? Nice capture, but there is a color cast that is not allowing the real colors to pop. |
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01/07/2006 03:04:00 PM |
| good idea 8 is itas grey there as your image shows ? |
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01/07/2006 01:30:39 PM |
| The darkness (probably a result of the necessarily high shutter-speed) doesn't really do it for me, but it's a creative photograph, nevertheless. |
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01/07/2006 08:57:59 AM |
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01/07/2006 03:04:07 AM |
| The choice of subject matter is ok. The image quality is ok. The composition needs a little work. Has potential of being really creative. |
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01/06/2006 07:47:00 PM |
| yikes! Is the biker still alive!!! Interesting shot |
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01/06/2006 03:14:04 PM |
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01/06/2006 03:04:25 PM |
| Good composition and interesting subject and view. However I would have made the image a little brighter. |
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01/06/2006 01:35:32 PM |
| Kind of odd handlebar-eye perspective on a scene of not all that interesting cars, plus a little dark |
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01/06/2006 07:06:09 AM |
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01/05/2006 10:46:56 PM |
| An excellent angle. Photo seems a little underexposed however. |
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01/05/2006 09:22:10 AM |
| fulfills the challenge well, but I think the low light/ low contrast works against you. |
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01/05/2006 08:44:11 AM |
| This is a neat approach to the challenge. |
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01/05/2006 05:39:52 AM |
| Nice angle, but the light is a bit "dull" which I feel detracts from the picture a bit. |
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01/05/2006 02:36:22 AM |
| great view, but the contrast is really poor on what would have been a great photo |
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01/05/2006 02:31:16 AM |
| Very cool idea, and I like the composition a lot. Photo could be exposed a little more, but I guess you could be conveying the sense of the city being dark and dreary looking. I still like it very much though - 8 |
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01/04/2006 10:55:36 PM |
| Great idea, but the image looks like the white-point has been dragged waaaay to far down, everything is somewhere between black and gray |
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01/04/2006 09:00:17 PM |
| if better colors and more dynamic.... |
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01/04/2006 08:29:21 PM |
| Nice concept, has the feeling of a dark, grey day -- I would have tried to lighten it. |
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01/04/2006 03:28:35 PM |
| Would have like a little brighter...nice concept |
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01/04/2006 01:10:17 PM |
| that shot looks tricky! 7 |
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01/04/2006 09:32:40 AM |
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01/04/2006 03:34:15 AM |
| Great concept. Are they really cycling into the traffic, or stationary beside parked cars? Composition is good. The colours are quite flat (ie: lacking in contrast) but it kind of adds to the shot - kind of says "NYC isn't that nice/happy/exciting right now for me". Great work. |
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01/04/2006 01:57:41 AM |
| interesting angle. good capture of city life. when i went downtown to take my city shots i saw tons of people on bikes so this really stikes me as the essence of city life. however the shot is very grey and not too visually appealing. 5 |
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