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06/07/2006 08:43:13 PM |
Greetings from the Critique Club, and welcome to DPC! :)
I see that you are a new registered user, so this is an opportunity for me to let you know a little about voters around here as well as discuss your image in this challenge.
Voters at DPC are very fickle and finicky...they want to be wowed, they want to be awed, and they want (for the most part) slick, studio style shots with gloss and sheen. Not many of the real, gritty, urban kinds of images fare well in challenges, but are typically received well just for portfolio critique and/or specific uses. This is important to know so that you can kind of see where they were coming from in their comments and in your score/placement.
This shot doesn't meet the challenge description. The description asks you to take a shot with a single, solitary light source. A concert has more than one light, so you were dinged for it. Those finicky voters are also MAJOR sticklers for the challenge descriptions and will punish anyone who enters a "DNMC" shot... Does Not Meet Challenge. Even if it's good.
The focus is way off...a common hazard with low-light shooting and lack of a tripod. There's no detail, nothing but vague context in that we can see a guitarist on a stage. That doesn't wow many voters. Some appreciate it as an artistic statement, but 99% of the time, you'll be knocked for anything even slightly out of focus.
I hope you don't think I'm just trying to go on and on and hack at your image... I just thought I'd take the opportunity to tell you what is what around here. I sure wish someone had done that for me, because I languished in the 4's forever until I finally realized what the voters wanted (to an extent). Feel free to PM me with any questions if you have any.
On a related note, I'm in the Dallas area so I thought it was great to see a local shot!
Keep clicking and take care!
Laurie |
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06/06/2006 09:35:56 PM |
| A bit too blurry to really be effective, I'm afraid. |
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06/06/2006 06:20:22 AM |
| Things have gone so badly wrong here that this is either an attempt to finish last, the result of absolute lack of knowledge about digital imaging, or some kind of joke. |
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06/05/2006 03:46:02 PM |
Challenge related: The challenge was a single artificial light source and in the photo you can see several light sources. You probably shoul dhave found a way to darken that area to make it seem as if the spot light was the only source of light.
Technical: The photo is very blurry and I can't tell if you did this on purpose to hide the musicians face or if it was an accident while taken at a concert. The left side of the photo has a couple of random bright spots that could have been cropped out as well. |
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06/04/2006 07:12:44 PM |
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06/03/2006 01:55:58 PM |
| You went for a high-key approach, but it's a bit too blurry for my taste. Good angles though. |
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06/03/2006 12:30:30 PM |
| too blurry. Lacks any interesting detail. I see several lights in this shot - where as the challenge calls for you to use ONE artificial light source |
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06/02/2006 06:18:01 PM |
| Cellphone camera? Sorry, but this just won't do. |
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06/02/2006 03:08:00 PM |
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06/02/2006 02:44:44 PM |
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06/02/2006 01:47:48 PM |
I see 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 light sources and I bet there was more.
wroung challenge mate. |
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06/01/2006 03:06:01 PM |
| humm it could be a good shot, but it too blurry ! |
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06/01/2006 01:10:48 PM |
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06/01/2006 08:42:54 AM |
| Come on, do you really think this is a good image? |
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06/01/2006 07:54:24 AM |
| Too out of focus to make an interesting shot. Composition-wise very nice, and would be a good photo if there was at least something in focus. |
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06/01/2006 12:31:49 AM |
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06/01/2006 12:13:57 AM |
| This is a neat photo, but i'm afraid it doesn't meet the challenge. |
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05/31/2006 08:50:18 PM |
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05/31/2006 08:14:24 PM |
| Not a single light source. |
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05/31/2006 05:47:33 PM |
| cool photo, nice composition, but very blurry |
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05/31/2006 04:40:40 PM |
| I feel it needs more focus. |
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05/31/2006 04:27:33 PM |
| I'm not sure if you were going for an effect here or not with the bluriness, but I like the B&W. There are multiple lights on stage and DNMC. |
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05/31/2006 12:53:19 PM |
| Good photo, though needed more detail :) |
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05/31/2006 12:45:13 AM |
| Oi, this is gonna get tanked. I think you know why. Good luck. |
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