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A Soldier Story
A Soldier Story
albc28


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Action Shot II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 IS
Location: Kansas
Date: Jul 31, 2006
Aperture: 3.5
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/640
Galleries: Military
Date Uploaded: Aug 1, 2006

Post Processing:
Over contrasting
Slight Darken
Tighter crop
Dust and Scratches

Statistics
Place: 247 out of 279
Avg (all users): 4.3025
Avg (commenters): 3.8571
Avg (participants): 4.1000
Avg (non-participants): 4.4257
Views since voting: 1039
Views during voting: 337
Votes: 238
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0


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08/14/2006 05:29:40 PM
From the Critique Club:

This is an interesting shot from a compositional standpoint, but it has some technical issues that bring it down. This looks like it was shot at the brightest time of day. You can tell this from the harsh shadows and blown out highlights. The colors are really funky. I don't know if you intended this or not. If you did intend it, I must confess that this is a treatment that I do not personally care for. Your sky does not look right (green tinge) and the ground is way overexposed. It also looks like the saturation was boosted a little too much. I think that it is just a touch oversharpened, but that may simply be a side effect of the high contrast. The last thing that bothers me about the shot is caused by the small size that we are allowed to post here in the challenges. I really wanna read the writing on the plack but can not because of the low resolution. Not your fault, but something to think about when picking shots for challenges. Small details sometimes become distractions because you can not see them as details...

Hope this is helpful!
Yours
TC
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/07/2006 01:40:04 PM
Sort of confusing...it took me a minute to try and figure out what it was...Intresting.
08/06/2006 02:36:23 PM
The colors here look a bit 'unnatural', but maybe you intended them to be. Regardless, nice action shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
08/06/2006 12:02:33 AM
Great shot! Nice high contrast effect!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
08/05/2006 11:43:56 PM
support our troops
08/04/2006 10:48:28 AM
Sorry, but I don't see any action. It also seems like this was taken in bright sunlight, and you might have gotten more detail on a cloudy day or at a different time.
08/03/2006 06:51:41 PM
Too much contrast, I hate voting this down I love the military but on a photographic view it is just too much contrast.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
08/03/2006 06:27:46 PM
The colors look funny to me...almost like it's been overexposed?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
08/03/2006 11:13:54 AM
very disturbing effect.. the ground is glowing.. and the sky is green.. ? on another planet maybe :) it would have been great with natural colors and a shot when the gun fired. but good consept. :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
08/02/2006 03:09:32 PM
May be slightly too contrasty to see some detail in the shadows
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08/02/2006 12:23:53 PM
The action comes from the context of the possibilities.


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