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snowleopard10101


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Silhouettes III (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Kodak LS743
Location: Somewhere in Northern California
Date: Aug 26, 2006
Aperture: F/4.8
ISO: auto
Shutter: 1/1024 sec
Galleries: Landscape, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Aug 28, 2006

 Went camping this weekend. Some time in afternoon clouds started comming in. Took this shot so that the tree and the hills act as a frame rather than a subject. I wanted the clouds to be the main focus of this shot.

Post Processing:
Curves so that tree is completely dark,
Changed it to duotone,
Used Blur surface,
Sharpen edges,
Resized,
and Added Border.

Statistics
Place: 157 out of 352
Avg (all users): 5.3827
Avg (commenters): 6.7500
Avg (participants): 5.1333
Avg (non-participants): 5.5294
Views since voting: 677
Views during voting: 300
Votes: 243
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 09/12/2006 07:13:04 AM
Hello from the Critique Club.

Technically, your image has been captured and processed extremely well. The silhouette is sharp and solid black and the sky is very dramatic. However as stated in your own comments, the clouds are the main focus of this image and although they are technically in silhouette, most voters will not recognize that fact. Compounding the issue, the tree silhouette used for framing is very strong and in this challenge, competes with the clouds for attention. With the challenge description presented, most voters were looking for the silhouette to be the main subject. Without this predisposition, your score could have easily been a six or greater.

Feel free to PM me if you have any questions regarding this critique.

Tim
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/31/2006 09:26:56 AM
5
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 08/30/2006 11:54:26 PM
very interesting clouds, i woner how this was done? nice location of the tree and the horizon to frame the shot
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 08/30/2006 11:17:11 AM
Very Nice. Love the B&W. It really puts emphasis on the tree. Nice placement as well.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/30/2006 07:46:03 AM
great sky captured here and an excellent study 8
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 08/30/2006 12:53:21 AM
This seems a bit over-post-processed. But it definitely gets the idea across, I like the placement of the objects and the range of colors; although it looks more like a painting than a photograph
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