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10/22/2006 10:04:59 AM |
Greeting from the Critique Club!
What a wonderful image! I think this has great bones and I think it fit perfectly with the challenge topic. The duotone works very well here - gives the image a sense of timelessness. I think the lighting works very well to enhance the image and the focus is dead on.
But (there's always a but, right?) I think there are a couple of things working against this image that could be easily fixed in post processing (I work with the image I have) and may have gotten you a slightly higher score (if that matters to you). The background, while interesting, detracts from the overall feel of the image. You could easily blur it into a mottled background which would work very well with the feel of the image. The crop is unbalanced. This often works but for this image I feel it distracts. There is no purpose in the lack of balance and it does nothing for the image. I tried a square crop as suggested by a commentor but that didn't work for me - it left her no elbow room. The midtones are just a tad muddy. A very, very slight curve only at the mid point might make a difference.
Anyway, I love this image - simple truth. This is the way it is. Wonderful that way. You've done an excellent job portraying a housewife in an artistic, thoughful manner. The focus is great and the lighting well done. |
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10/15/2006 10:21:29 PM |
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10/15/2006 05:21:41 PM |
| The composition is so very interesting! My 2nd 10 for the challenge... good luck! |
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10/15/2006 02:58:23 PM |
| ha ha ha. I wonder if this would be more effective if she were in a kitchen setting, or perhaps not so close to the wall, so that the texture of it were more blurred. Still a good idea and I love the curl of the peel falling into the basket. |
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10/15/2006 10:01:45 AM |
| I really like this idea and the black and white treatment. The only thing that is a little bit off in my mind is that the apron looks too new, at least it doesn't really look like it belongs to the person wearing it. I might be wrong, but that is the feeling I get when I look at the picture. Still a very good picture and a good idea. |
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10/14/2006 07:52:05 AM |
had another look, this one although not technically perfect probably fits
the challenge better than the other. it means something. bump |
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10/14/2006 02:29:33 AM |
| This is the sort of thing I hoped to see in this challenge. The missing face has purpose and not just to meet the challenge. When I look at this I see a thousand faces that make up this portrait of a housewife. Gets a 10 from me. |
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10/12/2006 08:08:32 PM |
| I like the textures and contrasts in this photo. |
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10/12/2006 07:18:01 PM |
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10/12/2006 09:50:40 AM |
| great texture and sense of depth, plus a good fulfillment of the challenge. Instead of her face, show us what she *does*. 9 |
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10/11/2006 12:58:03 PM |
| There is something playfully subversive about this image: the static pose, the way the subject is sort of gratuitously ediited out of the photo, the static, but not quite perfectly symmetrical composition - that I really like. |
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10/11/2006 11:27:28 AM |
| Perfect for the challenge! |
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10/11/2006 11:04:35 AM |
Quite frankly, the first thought that came to mind when I saw this image is "Cook" or "Maid". I think it's the apron and the upright (prim) sitting position. Peeling potatos in our household is much messier than this and usually done at the sink. :D
All that aside, the image is well done with a nice range of tones. I'd have been tempted to square crop this or move the subject to center as it's nearly centered now. |
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10/11/2006 07:50:29 AM |
| I really like this portrait, well done. |
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10/11/2006 02:37:04 AM |
| I like all the different patterns here. There's a lot of rhythm. |
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10/10/2006 07:33:00 PM |
| There's a lot to like in this image and it's nicely emotive. |
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10/09/2006 11:19:53 AM |
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10/09/2006 10:25:36 AM |
| good idea, but the photo would benefit very much if there is a 1/3 rule on it and the subject is more to the left, i like the duotone ! |
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