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05/27/2006 08:47:43 PM |
::: Critique Club :::
Hi, my name is Kari and from the critique club.
First Impression - the most important one:
This picture is true to the challenge - an environment and the actual artist ... real stuff really.
Composition:
Ok I go with kiwipix on this .. (he knows more than me and I live with him so I listen) .. I don't mind that the background is dark .. when I used to work on stuff I only ever focused on my work .. so this is what he seems to do here in this picture. a slightly shallower DOF may have worked so that the background distracts less though. Although I recropped based on the front of the pic and the guy with slight alteration of lighting and it also worked.
Subject:
Meets the challenge well.
Technical (Colour and light):
I am not sure if you used flash or lighting .. either way it is a little harsh on the guy. its advanced editing so trying to eliminate this would have been a fun thing to do.
To grow its vote?:
more focus of the bloke and less of trying to darken the environment .. different croppings ... lots of ways .. but I was disappointed as you would have been at how this did .. I thought it was great for the challenge.
Summary:
Good work keep it up ... you have a agreat eye.
If you've got any questions about this critique, please feel free to contact me via the PM system.
Cheers
Kari
Message edited by author 2006-07-04 06:09:02. |
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05/21/2006 05:29:35 AM |
| Expression and lighting on him is good. I think the background has been left a bit dark due to flash though. May have been better if the BG was brighter but more out of focus. |
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05/20/2006 06:03:12 AM |
| What a nice entry for Environmental Portrait - this suits the challenge perfectly. It is an excellent portrait of this artist doing his thing. I really like the way you've used lighting to show his environment yet throw it into the background. One of the best in the challenge - a 10 from me. |
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05/16/2006 10:32:46 PM |
| Great eye contact but the flash was too strong for my taste. |
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05/16/2006 09:04:33 PM |
| more of his environment would help (plus more light on it). |
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05/15/2006 09:46:50 PM |
| Finally! A portrait of someone in their environment! Very nice. The sparkly curtain thing in the background is a little distracting. I like the way his drawing board is lit, though, and draws the eye. |
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05/15/2006 03:59:32 PM |
| Fascinating subject and environment but you've lost the best of it. The area to the left of his back is lost to the eye. Becasue he strats almost centred and is looking right, the composition is compromised. If you had panned right to put him on thrids left line we would have him facing into the frame and his work which we would be ablke to see more of |
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05/15/2006 01:13:10 PM |
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05/15/2006 07:50:17 AM |
| I like this - Giving me a good vibe ... the composition and the glasses are a bit distracting - other than that, very nice. |
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05/15/2006 05:39:45 AM |
| Good lighting, and fits challenge well.....7 |
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05/15/2006 03:04:21 AM |
| Great shot in every way. Sharp, not overdone in any way, great color tones and right to the point. The background is a bit dark but it still works. 9 from me! |
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05/15/2006 12:46:31 AM |
| ya need to show some of his work to make a ribbon. |
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