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Challenge: Environmental Portrait (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
Location: Reykjavík
Date: May 13, 2006
Aperture: 5,6
ISO: 125
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Portraiture
Date Uploaded: May 13, 2006

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Place: 113 out of 190
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05/26/2006 11:07:50 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club!

First off, great photo. I like the oddity of this shot a lot. What hurt you the most was this being a bit of a stretch on the challenge theme. Chaimelle said it perfectly in her comment so I won't go further there.

Technicals:
The color was captured well from the sky on down. The lighting on the main subject is also good. Although I wish the crowd was better exposed. That might have been difficult to accomplish in-camera but in post editing it could have been improved using masks and curves.

Subject/composition:
I like the choice in subject. You definitely captured him in his element but as mentioned before it feels more like a candid than portrait. In terms of the composition, I liked the choices made. I only wish the build on the left wasn't there. Maybe a different angle would have eliminated that or minimized it to the point it could easily be cloned without any worries of a DQ. Personally, I think you could have gotten away with just cloning out the building as is since it takes up so little of your shot. However, to be safe I'd ask an SC about that first before doing that in the future. Just something to consider.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/20/2006 10:42:31 AM
IMO a portrait controls the setting and the main focus is the subject. This seems more of a spur of the moment shot. He is depicted more as an entertainer than an artist.
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05/17/2006 06:46:41 PM
Hmm, Veltibjallan. Þú hefðir átt að taka mynd af henni velta
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05/15/2006 08:36:03 PM
I would have loved to see an even lower perspective to get teh building out of the shot.
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05/15/2006 08:13:27 AM
this guy is great!
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