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Feel the earth
Feel the earth
Kita


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Challenge: Textures IV (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: Central Queensland, Australia
Date: Apr 6, 2006
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/5
Galleries: Family, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Apr 6, 2006

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Statistics
Place: 302 out of 311
Avg (all users): 4.3311
Avg (commenters): 4.2500
Avg (participants): 4.2755
Avg (non-participants): 4.4400
Views since voting: 931
Views during voting: 209
Votes: 148
Comments: 7
Favorites: 0


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04/19/2006 05:12:18 PM
Kita,
Greetings from the Critique Club!

First impression: The image is on a darker side. There is a slight blur and/or out of focus feel to it.

Composition: Too centered. The same image would have worked better if you have placed the boy in the top-left corner of your frame, and making the viewer follow in the direction of his eyes into the lower-right area where you would place the majority of your texture.

Technicals: Shutter speed was too low to capture a moving object. Also, for photographing something like a texture, you want to have as much of the object in focus as possible. So, using a tripod (if you have one, or bracing against something steady if you don't) would have helped a lot on this one. Feel free to bump the ISO, that would have given you an extra stop or two of light for faster shutter speeds.

To score higher than it did: Keep trying. One thing you could do is get out sometimes and try the things from the recommendation - mainly compositional suggestions. Of course, throw some flash or extra light in the photo to bring out the texture some more.

Summary: The idea to show the texture of the gravel is a good idea and including another object for contrast reasons is good, but it fell apart because of the slow shutter speed.

I am trying to do my best giving an honest critique - if you have any questions on this critique or if you disagree please feel free to PM or email me.

Best regards,

-Serge
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04/14/2006 09:46:49 AM
This should have scored better. The boy is a good foil for the texture of the ground. I gave it a 6, but really it was a 6 and a half... :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/13/2006 11:43:46 AM
It's a little too soft focus at his face and that detracts from the photo...
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04/07/2006 11:57:44 AM
I like the saturated colors of the boys clothes in contrast to the more neutral background. His skin has that overly smooth, plastic-looking processed quality that I find disturbing though. The composition is a bit weird to me.
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04/07/2006 11:03:50 AM
too soft of focus
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04/07/2006 10:20:18 AM
I think the kid is too centered - having him off center a bit, and getting more ground in, would make it better I think.
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04/07/2006 09:25:58 AM
Sorry, too out of focus or shaken. To get a good shot of kids you often need to use the fastest shutter speed your camera allows...
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