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05/19/2006 03:50:33 PM |
CRITIQUE CLUB CRITIQUE
by karmat
Greetings! This was a very interesting idea. I like the balance between the ballerina and the shadow, and those two with the music.
Compositionally, I think it feels pretty strong and "stable" by having the actualy "dancer" on the left third and the shadow stretching out further across the frame. I do think it would have been interesting, if possible, if the music filled the frame instead of stopping half way down.
Technically, the blacks look a little like muddied or dark browns to me and the background also has a yellowish cast to it. For this type of shot to really work, I think you need crisp, clean whites and dark blacks. Perhaps a white balance adjustment (minor) or convert to bw and bump up the contrast. You didn't leave any comments, so I am not sure what you tried or what you were going for, so just take my opinions as that, opinions. :)
The only thing that just really bugs me about the shot are the three light reflections on the face on the right. Since this was advanced editing, I would have cloned those puppies outta there. Again, not knowing what you were going for, I am assuming you left them in there for a reason. BUT, it makes it look like a really screwy face with two eyes and a tiny little mouth. Once I noticed them, they were very obvious and distracting to me, others may have felt differently (and upon reading your comments, I see that they did).
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Again, this is a marvelous idea that I really like.
Best wishes in future challenges.
karmat |
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05/14/2006 03:04:14 AM |
| Nice job! The entire image dances. Would have done well in the recent rythum challenge I bet. |
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05/14/2006 01:33:28 AM |
beautifl! wish you can get the price
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05/13/2006 05:41:49 PM |
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05/13/2006 03:10:32 AM |
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05/11/2006 09:14:04 PM |
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05/10/2006 01:01:04 AM |
| Nice shot. Like the dancers bright eyes. |
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05/09/2006 09:51:48 AM |
| What an interesting shot this is... the tone you used was a very good choice. I like the shadow being softly focussed and the title has a mysterious quality that is well suited to a movie and the face of the twirling dancer is eerie in a good way |
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05/09/2006 09:34:23 AM |
| Nice image but the title just seems to be an explanation, albeit poetical, of the image rather than the title of a movie. In fact, I would love to write a poem usinig this title and image. I suppose I could imagine the title to be some metaphor that gets explained in the movie, but then I'd be doing more work than you, I think. |
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05/09/2006 06:27:48 AM |
| I really love this idea. Unfortunately it's too much out of focus for me, sorry. |
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05/09/2006 04:56:16 AM |
| interesting ... i supppose the leg is not full visible coz of something there ? :-) nevermind ... very well executed |
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05/09/2006 03:16:42 AM |
| Oh...I like this...nice shadow |
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