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06/08/2006 05:53:37 PM |
Hey there from the Critique Club
Camera Work/Technical: I agree with you on the focus. Self-portraits are often very difficult, especially in low light conditions. The focus you captured is very nice for a 10 second exposure, but just in the wrong spot. You captured great detail in the hair, as well as the door texture.
Lighting: Very nice and very moody. Great exposure control with the lighting that you chose.
Composition/Content: You did a very nice job with creating a composition that leads the viewer's eye into the frame. The door texture serve as great leading lines toward the brightness and then the face. I think cropping a bit more off the top would have helped this one out.
My Opinion: I think some selective desaturation or toying with the toning of the image would have helped you out with the voters. This one would have worked nicely with a grungy type of feel. I think that this one had more scoring potential with just some slight tweaks.
Eric
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06/07/2006 12:57:10 AM |
| Thanks for the votes everyone, i am a bit unsatisfied myself with the focus (it being on my hair) for those who didn't know, this is a self portrait shot in the dark which i used an object to guestimate the focus i needed on myself. all in all, i'm satisfied with it for a first entry shot, thanks for the comments and i'd love to hear more |
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06/06/2006 11:06:56 PM |
Great shot
nice detail in the door, great expression on the face and great overall exposure! A very tricky picture to take.Great example for single light source |
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06/06/2006 03:46:33 AM |
| Cool idea for the light source!! could be more interesting if more of the face is shown rather than the hand IMHO. Creative! |
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06/05/2006 05:03:40 AM |
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06/04/2006 12:38:13 AM |
| I like the use of darkness as well as light. I also like the way you captured the texture on the "door". Good expression as well. |
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06/03/2006 10:00:52 PM |
| Cool idea. One thing you may want to try is to show something on the other side via a shadow to raise the tension in this shot. Might not quite work in a still frame shot like this but I'm thinking like in a movie when a shadow suddenly appears. |
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06/03/2006 07:00:19 PM |
| Definetely mental. More sharpness on lips and fingers would improve it - feels like focal plane is a bit too far out. But what it lacks technically it certainly has in emotion. |
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06/03/2006 03:07:07 PM |
| My god mon...what are you looking at? |
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06/02/2006 04:28:58 PM |
| is he trapped or spying?? |
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06/02/2006 09:22:27 AM |
| Good response to the challenge, really cute idea. |
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06/02/2006 07:54:42 AM |
| I like the idea but you should have used a DOF that let his lips be in focus IMHO. |
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06/01/2006 09:43:40 PM |
| very creative and semi-emo, but i like it |
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06/01/2006 07:13:01 PM |
| This is captured exactly as a passing spider would see it...I love how natural you made this shot look. |
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05/31/2006 11:39:39 PM |
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05/31/2006 06:57:18 PM |
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05/31/2006 04:53:54 PM |
| Took me a minute to get it. |
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05/31/2006 12:38:02 PM |
| This was an extremely original idea. Way to go !! |
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05/31/2006 02:25:21 AM |
| The strongest focal point seems to be on the hair - I think if you had kept the eyes the strnogest focus point it would be better. Nice use of shallow DOF. Interesting idea - provokes emotion to a some degree |
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