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Challenge: Photojournalism II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Nikon D200
Location: Los Angeles
Date: Apr 29, 2006
Aperture: f/6.3
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Portraiture, Photojournalism
Date Uploaded: Apr 30, 2006

Los Angeles- A dancer at the Renaisance Pleasure Fair dances in a ritualistic demonstration April 29, 2006.

Statistics
Place: 105 out of 183
Avg (all users): 5.5056
Avg (commenters): 5.8571
Avg (participants): 5.3239
Avg (non-participants): 5.6262
Views since voting: 667
Views during voting: 253
Votes: 178
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0


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05/11/2006 01:48:19 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club prentice.

Good colors and a beautiful subject. Centered nicely which is exactly what is called for here. I like her look and the emotion she is emitting. Only a few things that I feel would've helped your score.

First off, because of the exposure and shadowing in her eyes you'll need some dodging to bring them out - or at least some fill flash on shoot. Voters at DPC really like the eyes to pop. Because of the title I feel that I need the headdress to come at me more. It seems a bit soft and could use a stronger unsharp mask. Also, the open space in the top left is somewhat distracting and keeps pulling my eye towards it. The way you cropped the hands doesn't really bother me but I do see that as something that people might not like.

Overall a good shot that might've got you a higher score in a different challenge as it seems that some didn't think it fell into Photojournalism. Personally, I think that is in the eye of the beholder and what one might consider Photojournalism others may not. I think it fits nicely.

Thank you for the opportunity to critique your image prentice.

Cheers -Phil
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/07/2006 10:00:06 PM
A great capture that needs a better title to be effective. Picture seems a bit dark to me but the colors and subject aare interesting.
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05/07/2006 07:07:30 PM
Great shot...great color
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05/07/2006 06:33:36 PM
Nice portrait and I gave it a good score, but has little to do with Photo Journalism IMO.
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05/03/2006 08:42:20 PM
Colorful.....
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05/02/2006 04:32:05 AM
hi, i suppose this could be for some touristic magazine journal ? anyways ... nice colors
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05/01/2006 09:34:50 PM
What puts this on the front page?
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05/01/2006 04:44:54 PM
lovely colours and good composition..looks very good
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05/01/2006 04:13:23 PM
What's the significance of the photo? This type of portrait shot, I need a bit more info in the title to help me know what I'm looking at.
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