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07/05/2006 07:31:52 AM |
| This is darned funny as well. You seem to have this knack of being in the right place at the right time in NYC. |
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01/27/2006 04:15:15 PM |
::: Greetings from Critique Club :::
Hi, as requested, here is an indepth critique of your submission.
First Impression - the most important one:
He Singled Himself Out - LOL, he sure did. That was my first thought when I saw this. Definitely a fun shot and I love the wide angle lens use.
Composition:
Could be stronger. Dead-center isn't exactly a power spot for the subject. But, with a wide-angle lens, you risk distortion with the rule of thirds.
Subject:
Mostly clear, but he is a bit underexposed - well, lighting wise ;-). My first instinct is to fell you to use fill-flash, but I'm not sure how well that works with such a wide-angle lens.
Technical (Colour, focus, and light):
Colour - Good Saturation, nice colour.
Focus - pretty sharp.
Light - You need some sort of fill on the subject.
To grow its vote?:
First, voters were looking for bigger crowds with more candid shots. Not that I'm saying you did not meet the challenge, but that's my impression of what they voted higher on. The one lighting technical probably could have gotten you a few more points also.
Summary:
Very fun shot. I love it, but with a little work it could have been very dramatic. Just for fun, you might want to try a bit of dodging on the subject to brighten him up a bit and see what you get.
Hope to see more from you soon,
Leroy |
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01/23/2006 08:50:40 AM |
Thanks all for the comments ... I had no idea that I would get over a 5.0 for this one!
Update: Just returned from Times Square yet again and Spider man was there! |
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01/22/2006 11:28:59 PM |
| Oh, this one made me laugh. A shame about the blown out sky, but this has lots of visual interest. Nice perspective. |
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01/22/2006 10:51:32 PM |
| Oh, the horror! Nice capture. |
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01/22/2006 10:03:27 PM |
| The famous singing cowboy! |
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01/22/2006 08:24:42 PM |
| Great composition, would love to see the look on his face! |
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01/21/2006 06:44:22 PM |
| Interesting picture. Love the Individualness of this person, almost singling himself out of the entire city. Well done. |
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01/21/2006 05:21:06 PM |
| It was New York, I bet no one even noticed him. Funny. I wish I could see his face in less of a shadow. But maybe that is to protcet the innocent (or guilty) |
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01/21/2006 04:07:52 PM |
| I can't tell you how much I hate this guy... |
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01/21/2006 02:50:50 AM |
| I've seen a lot of pics of this guy. Who is he?? |
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01/20/2006 11:38:54 PM |
| Again good image, but wheres the crowd... |
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01/20/2006 12:24:46 PM |
This is a cute shot - lol.
Challenge-wise, kinda' doesn't meet the challenge in that he isn't selected out of a crowd by minimal depth of field. His face is also so dark/in the shadows and it hurts this image. (4) |
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01/19/2006 09:03:56 PM |
Naked Cowboy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love that guy, he turns up everywhere. Crazy guy even out in the rain.
I liked that you used a fisheye lens on this gives that full perspective of times square for him to stand out of. I just wish there was more light on his face, but only so much can be done with his hat ;) |
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01/19/2006 09:52:15 AM |
| DOF isolztion is not used in this picture (a requirement). |
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01/18/2006 07:58:00 PM |
| Are those Rhinestones in your pocket or are you just glad to see me? |
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01/18/2006 07:15:19 PM |
| OMG...is this guy for real??? If so, this is most definetely SINGLED-out! hahaha. Great picture! |
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01/17/2006 10:19:43 PM |
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01/17/2006 09:34:41 PM |
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01/17/2006 12:09:36 PM |
| Wow! That is so funny! I love it! 10 |
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01/16/2006 10:43:58 PM |
| I can't wait to see just who submitted this one! Bizzare, but got my attention. |
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01/16/2006 07:37:07 PM |
| Too bad the lighting there sucked (not your fault), could have used a flash fill. Nice idea. |
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01/16/2006 10:16:55 AM |
He sure did single himself out, so maybe he should be scored instead of the photographer. But then again, he also singled himself by not being in a crowd instead of following the details of the challenge either: "Use minimal depth-of-field to your advantage to help isolate your subject".
My comments are the culmination of seeing so many photos in which the photographer seemed to cave in to the difficulties of meeting the details associated with the challenge. I finally caved in and commented while viewing your entry, but the gist of my comments could be applied to the majority of entries.
One thing that you definitely achieved was creativity. Outside of the challenge details, I like this shot. I know it is difficult to achieve, but I would like to see less light in the background and more light on the cowboy's face. |
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01/16/2006 09:37:17 AM |
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01/16/2006 08:11:29 AM |
i love naked cowboy
and on the days he ain't there
it's usually spidey man! |
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01/16/2006 05:31:12 AM |
| WOW... Where's the flash? It'd have been great! |
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01/16/2006 04:32:12 AM |
| The challenge asked for a person to be singled out in a crowd using shallow depth of field. Ooops both the crowd and the shallow DOF ran away ... I'm not surprised - yuk! |
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01/16/2006 12:55:57 AM |
| great perspective, the face looks a little dark...love your choice of lens |
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01/16/2006 12:53:02 AM |
| Wow, just scary is all i can say!!! lol. 6 |
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