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Sunburst Shadow
Sunburst Shadow
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Shadows III (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
Location: St. Andrews State Park - FL
Date: Jun 7, 2006
Aperture: 5
ISO: 1000
Shutter: 1/400
Galleries: Nature
Date Uploaded: Jun 11, 2006

 Palm shadow on dead palm. Curious to see how this one does. Crop, levels, slight saturation, sharpen, SFW.

Statistics
Place: 137 out of 154
Avg (all users): 4.7443
Avg (commenters): 5.0000
Avg (participants): 4.6119
Avg (non-participants): 4.8257
Views since voting: 874
Views during voting: 247
Votes: 176
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0

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 06/23/2006 03:44:02 PM
---Greetings from the Critique Club!---

My first impression is that I like the backlit palm leaf.

Meeting the challenge - This is most likely where your score suffered the most. While shadows are an element here, I don't think they are a strong enough element. IMO the challenge requires that the shadow be a major element of the photo or at least makes the photo better because of its presence. I don't think that happens here.

The busy background isn't helping the aesthetics of your photo either.

The composition is good. I like that the subject is of center. The eye is drawn in then out from the palm. The exposure and the angle are good too.

I think if the shadow element was more prominent this photo would have scored much better.

I hope this helps. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

David
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/15/2006 10:06:26 AM
Challenge: SHADOWS III
Description: Creatively capture a shadow
Advanced Edit
Sunburst Shadow
Fit: Clearly meets the challenge 1

Aesthetics: Well composed, aesthetically pleasing 2

Technical: Technically OK 1
Feels over sharpened
Wow: Not special/ordinary 0
Just not a great shot for me -sorry
Total Score = 4
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/15/2006 07:17:09 AM
Clever. This is very well seen.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/13/2006 03:29:46 PM
The shadow doesn't add a lot to this pic.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/13/2006 11:18:36 AM
There isn't much focus on a shadow here. From a technical aspect, I think it would have been better if you had the plant up front. in the top left corner there is a green plant blocking part of it and at the bottom center there is dead area in font of it. Those are sort of distracting from the photo.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/12/2006 10:51:32 AM
The sundburst stands out, the shadow is harder to make out and doesn't seem to be the subject of the picture.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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