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Horsepower
Aaron


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Challenge: Fill the Frame (Classic Editing)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S602Z
Location: Our Barn
Date: Jul 27, 2003
Aperture: 11
ISO: 160
Shutter: 1/3
Galleries: Black and White, Rural
Date Uploaded: Jul 27, 2003

Rotated, Cropped to get rid of the angle, Grayscaled, upped contrast, sharpened, and added border.

Statistics
Place: 80 out of 142
Avg (all users): 5.2462
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 5.1446
Avg (non-participants): 5.4255
Views since voting: 1008
Votes: 130
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0


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08/10/2003 10:57:53 PM
*Critique Club*
Well, The first thing I notice is that there is a bit of background here. The black area looks to be background to me. While it is not distracting, I do think that a challenge titled 'fill the frame' should not really have any background. This is only the way I personally interpreted the challenge, and since I didn't vote, that doesn't matter too much anyawy.
I think that your focus and clarity are really good. I can see a lot of detail here, from the tread on the tire right down to the screw thread on the vertical bars near the middle of the photo. Very nice detail, and great focus to accomplish such detail.
The lighting to me seems good as well. I wonder though how it would look with a bit of shadow on the tire to help the tread stand out just a little bit more? Otherwise, I see no bright spots or distracting shadows.
The framing and cropping are a major part of this challenge, and as I said before, while it doesn't really fit the 'fill the frame' in my opinion, I do like the framing/cropping very much. The closeness is nice and also helps to make the details stand out. I really like the tire to the left, but maybe it leaves the photo just a little unballanced? Kind of like the left side is a little heavy and the right side doesn't really contain a lot of info.
Overall a nice shot with lovely detail.
~Heather~
  Photographer found comment helpful.
08/04/2003 10:02:12 PM
Aaron, that's a wonderful photo. I never looked that close to a tractor before. Great shot!
 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/03/2003 05:47:37 PM
I'm unsure if the straw is the horsepower intended for this image or not. Either way, I like it.
08/01/2003 06:06:45 PM
Very nice focus and DOF. Excellent composition. I would like to see the color version of this
07/30/2003 04:07:36 PM
Neat perspective. Since the background was already dark, I would have liked to see the exposure darkened to bring out the texture of the tire. Appear slightly underexposed.
07/29/2003 07:34:18 PM
tractor detail........ interesting composition
07/28/2003 08:14:18 AM
nice view. Great composition
07/28/2003 07:26:31 AM
Composition: Wheel is nicely parallel to the frame, although looking at the pic I want to step the right a little to be more face-on to the edge of the tire. I keep thinking you've hidden something behind the right-hand edge of the wheel!
Technical: Nice focus and contrast. Good choice of b&w I think.
Meets challenge: A little iffy, sorry..
Overall impression: Nice photo, but I don't think it really 'fills the frame'.

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07/28/2003 12:28:50 AM
I like your composition....you have shown me a different way of looking at a tractor. Nice detail and lighting.


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