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03/09/2006 08:33:45 PM |
Greetings from the Critique Club
by strangeghost
The first three parts of this critique are written based purely on examination of your photo. "Final thoughts" is written after reviewing your score, photographer's comments, and voter comments.
TECHNIQUE
I confess that I've struggled with this picture for quite awhile tonight. Frankly, I can't decide exactly what it is that bothers me about it. The motion blur in the moving water is nice, but the glaring, blown out green light is pretty harsh, as is the blown out sign (?) directly above it. The bridge looks a little too dark compared with the rest of the scene. The bright sky behind combines to create a whole pic where the lighting just somehow seems off.
COMPOSITION
The composition seems to be fairly plain and uninspiring. This is odd because flowing water generally has a pleasing feel to it, but this somehow feels a little abrasive or prickly. There's some nice symmetry with the posts, the signs, etc., but I don't feel any particular message coming from the comp. In relation to the challenge, I don't see an obvious connection to the odd couple. Dam and bridge? Water and walkway? Seems like you're stretching and not connecting.
EMOTIONAL IMPACT
None that really strikes me. There's nothing unusual or evocative that captures the imagination. No dynamic elements or tension implied. No real subject that grabs the eye and holds it, or lines that gently lead me to devour the elements. I think I don't really "get it."
FINAL THOUGHTS
I appreciate your humorous response to your commenters. It seems that most, by far, were perplexed by the relationship to the challenge, but many liked the photo, or at least were not as bothered by the technical elements as I was. In your photographer's comment, you say that you used USM to increase the saturation. I'm familiar with the oversharpening technique where you crank the amount down and the radius way up to boost contrast, is that what you mean (USM 35/100/2, for example?)? If so, you may have not had enough contrast and hue to begin with. Your final score of 4.34 reflects the voters' overall blase' attitude toward your image. You just didn't tickle their - or my - fancy with this interesting shot. |
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03/06/2006 12:01:10 PM |
If anyone is curious what I saw as an odd couple here. Then you have those two bridge post on the damn for example, one is lit up, other is not. Maybe not obvious enough, but then you could have picked out the sign and the light which in this picture is a couple which are odd, if you dont like that either, then you have two streamlines in this photo and finally the two strong colors. If all fails you could just enjoy the photo.
What is really odd with this picture is that none of the commenters did find a couple in it. Now that is an odd couple. |
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03/05/2006 07:46:57 PM |
| I like the photo but I dont get how it is an odd couple. |
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03/05/2006 09:02:56 AM |
| I can't work out what this has to do with the Odd Couple??? |
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03/03/2006 06:51:48 AM |
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03/02/2006 07:05:44 AM |
| "Odd couple"?? Hvar þá?? |
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03/01/2006 12:38:44 PM |
| A really pretty picture of water over a dam, but I don't the odd couple part |
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03/01/2006 10:17:17 AM |
| im failing to see what is so odd about this, or where the couple is for that matter... on a technical note i do like the way the water was captured, but the green is not working for me nor is that blown out sopt on the top right |
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03/01/2006 07:54:23 AM |
| not sure how this fits the challenge, but nice shot |
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02/28/2006 10:39:24 AM |
| I looked at this for a long time trying to find the odd couple connection, but I couldn't find it. Great use of colour though, I really like the effect. Perhaps it should have been in the duotone challenge. |
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02/28/2006 01:40:09 AM |
| Not a bad shot at all, I love the colours and flow of water, but my mind can't get the Odd Couple connection? |
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02/27/2006 08:31:32 PM |
| I don't get it. but a pretty picture. |
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02/27/2006 07:53:19 PM |
| I do not understand why you entered this in a challenge called "odd couple" |
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02/27/2006 05:47:09 PM |
| I am at a loss making a connection to the challenge with this photo. Nice shot, but what is the 'odd couple' element? |
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02/27/2006 04:01:42 PM |
| Considering the angle, you must have got wet.... or used a huge lens. Nice photograph. |
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02/27/2006 03:43:47 PM |
| Im not sure how the picture fits the challenge... ? |
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02/27/2006 09:04:59 AM |
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02/27/2006 08:17:10 AM |
| Where is the odd couple in this lovely photo? Is the water flowing over the dam that is odd? Because dams do flow over. Not sure sorry. |
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02/27/2006 04:12:20 AM |
| interesting image, but not sure what the odd couple is - I dont see any "couple" at all. |
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02/27/2006 02:19:15 AM |
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02/27/2006 12:27:43 AM |
| ha ha ha ha ha Great title. Not sure about the image. I do like the purple/green combo. Awww. what the hell.... 7 |
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