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10/24/2006 09:33:08 PM |
Critique Club Review:
Technical: Focus and depth of field are excellent. color saturation and hue are excellent as well. Slide seems slightly tilted tot he left, but that could be an optical illusion.
Reaction: I like the use of the gradient filter. It helps provide some interest to an otherwise bland background. I really like the use of the blue tones in contrast to the duck.
I assume the duck is facing forward. The orange is taken for the bill, but could be a little hat. Which means the duck is a bit small. (S)He is overwhelmed by the slide. Together it is an interesting statment. Small duck big leap, or slide, of faith etc. A duck about twice the size of this, would have been great. I wouldn't want the camera any closer, as the view of the slide is great.
Overall this is a very good photo and well deserving of the top 30 finish you received. |
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10/17/2006 07:54:57 PM |
| interesting shot. the duck becaome a bit too inconsewuential though. 5 |
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10/17/2006 10:53:48 AM |
| Wouldn't it be a "Duck Chute"? I don't get it if it isn't. |
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10/17/2006 10:30:19 AM |
| really like this one.. beautiful color and nice lines |
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10/14/2006 06:03:13 PM |
| Not EZ to tell it's a duck...I'd use the setting again though. |
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10/12/2006 06:41:03 PM |
| Beautiful composition and tells a great story as well. |
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10/12/2006 09:12:16 AM |
| Great title. I like the abstract feel of this. I like it. |
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10/11/2006 11:16:48 PM |
| great tones and shades of blue. I really think you should have gotten rid of the side reflections though. 8 |
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10/11/2006 10:45:57 PM |
| Great idea - wish it was a little more clear. |
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10/11/2006 04:57:18 PM |
| Just a bit closer (more of a closeup) on the duck would have made this better. Nice concept |
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10/11/2006 03:32:59 PM |
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10/11/2006 03:03:50 PM |
| Love the sky gradient! Reflection of the slide is great too! |
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10/11/2006 08:56:33 AM |
| I really like the idea behind this but because the duckie composes so little of the shot is not the main subject. It comprises maybe 3% of the image and so it gets lost in its environment. The main focus becomes the slide for it dominates about 70% of the composition - and it is excellently focused and lighting is good on the slide. Because the slide has become the main focus it makes me think of many of those well done, interesting, but overdone escalator shots I have seen at other art sites. I do like the angle that you composed with this shot. It adds visual appeal. This composition has such high potential but it lacks the main subject which should be more visible in the scene. One suggestion would be to have used duct tape on the bottom of the duckie and stuck it further down the slide such that it would make up 40% of the composition. In this way it would make the image visually appealing because it would appear, to the viewer, that the duckie is shooting straight for us! Everything else would remain the same but to keep a good Depth of Field such that the foreground AND background remain in sharp detail you would have to play with a higher aperature setting of anywhere from 8 to 16. I have to sadly say that this composition is just average BUT if the duckie was more of the central focus it had/has the potential to move into the above average category. |
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10/11/2006 07:42:38 AM |
| The clear sky works well - so does the reflection. |
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10/11/2006 06:36:56 AM |
| Very cool idea! I love the colors and the clarity here. |
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10/11/2006 02:52:36 AM |
| Nice depth of field but I lose all detail of the duck, hard to tell if that's what it is |
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10/11/2006 12:56:02 AM |
| ...small duck.. cool idea |
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10/11/2006 12:52:46 AM |
| Wow...really interesting angle... |
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