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01/19/2006 11:25:17 AM |
thanke you so much.. lovely to hear someone say what you where thinking!
Nice to hear this kind of comment once in a wile :) |
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01/19/2006 09:28:05 AM |
| I knew my photo was going to be one of the lowest scorers, but I was amazed to find one of my 10's scoring lower than mine! This is what I call a "painterly" photo. It's a beautiful picture that an art-lover would appreciate for its color, composition, mood, the way the eye moves along its shapes, etc. Art lovers never step up to a Kandinsky and say, "hey this is out of focus!" |
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01/14/2006 04:45:39 PM |
| this shot is Very out of focus and is top lit not back lit. this would have worked better if it was a tighter crop on the flowers, im not interested in the fabric of the background. |
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01/13/2006 04:13:25 PM |
Because this is going to get one of my lower scores, I'd like to take minute to comment.
Two BIG negatives jump out at me with this entry. First, is that the lighting does not appear to be backlighting. The front and tops of the flowers are lit and the backDROP is highlighted, but that is not the same as "backlighting." In backlighting, you want your subject somehow set off by the lighting which comes from behind it. That is not the case with your photo here.
The second big thing to me is the lack of focus and loss of detail in the subject. Some of the detail loss is from the blown out highlights of the lights, and some appear to be from motion blur or being out of focus.
Even if technically those things had appeared well done, I believe this shot would not have appealed to me on an artistic level. The backdrop is wrinkled, the subjects (flowers) don't look like they've had any type of specific placement, but are just bunched together. The upper part of the photo where the backdrop and the lighting stop and you just see black...is rather distracting and unappealing.
I'm sorry to be negative, but I'm hoping that this will be helpful.
To improve this subject for this challenge, lighting from behind the subject is important. Also, I would pull in much closer to the flowers and reduce the amount of backdrop you see. However, even when pulling in close, try different angles other than simply centering your subject. Sometimes centering works well, but other times composition can be made more dynamic by placing the subject off center.
Make sure you hold the camera steady or use a tripod and that you are using the camera's focus properly. Be sure you are focusing on the part of the photo you want to have clear. I would suggest some simple work on the basics, such as focus and composition.
I really hope this is helpful. Keep shooting :) |
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01/13/2006 02:39:35 PM |
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01/12/2006 08:38:04 PM |
| very impressionistic. I'm not fond of the blur and the blown out petals, but from an abstract point of view it works nicely. The colors work well together. |
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01/11/2006 10:04:00 PM |
| I'd like this better if more of the top were cropped off, and if the sunflowers were a bit more in focus. The contrast of the flowers on the purple background is nice, though. |
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01/11/2006 02:11:31 PM |
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01/11/2006 10:28:30 AM |
| good surrealism. I like the mood created by black encroaching from every edge. |
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01/11/2006 04:23:52 AM |
| to me this is out of focus |
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01/11/2006 03:41:14 AM |
| The flowers dont appear to be in focus |
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