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11/14/2006 05:11:43 AM |
Hey there from the Critique Club
First of all, welcome to DPC. I see that this is your second challenge since October. I think you'll find that this is a great learning experience, as well as some really unnecessary headaches at times. Still, the good far outweighs the other in our large, dysfunctional family.
Camera Work/Technical: Three rules to keep in mind when entering challenges here...SIZE, SIZE, SIZE. I kindly point you to this tutorial to help remedy the sizing issue. This is better than the 4.95 that is scored, but voters here really hammer small images. Your focus is crisp and the colors are nicely vibrant. I would like to see the snow a bit more white. Perhaps shooting with the direct sun or flash WB would help.
Lighting: Great lighting! The chair really pops with the time of day and/or fill flash you chose here. You captured a very nice sky in the distant and managed to expose the chair very nicely as well. Very nice.
Composition/Content: I think your score would have also benefited from loosening the composition a bit (zooming out), as well as taking the main focus out of the center. While I am not a big stickler to the 'rules' of photography, I think this one would flow much better and draw more interest using the rule of thirds.
My Opinion: As-is, this is about the score I would expect this image to pull. Submitting this one at the max-allowed size, as well as composing it a bit different would have boosted the score a good deal. Welcome again, and keep shooting and tossing your captures into the mix. That is how we all keep growing.
Eric
Message edited by author 2006-12-30 00:56:41. |
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11/04/2006 10:05:40 PM |
| The red chair makes a great contrast. It would have been even better if you could get the snow to look as white in the foreground as it does behind the trees. Since it's advanced editing you could apply a photo filter (cooling filter works well. Creative idea! For our part, we're still hoping for winter here. |
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11/03/2006 10:45:20 PM |
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11/02/2006 04:47:09 PM |
| Lovely composition! I just wish the trees were more in focus... |
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11/02/2006 12:35:51 AM |
| Nice colors and....I know the feeling. (I live in snow about half a year!) |
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11/01/2006 10:16:53 PM |
| That's cute ;-) I might like it better from a less-centered perspective, but I love the idea. |
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11/01/2006 02:19:14 PM |
| This is an interesting composition, although I feel that the landscape is secondary to the chair. Also, there seems to be a color cast to the snow. |
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11/01/2006 04:55:28 AM |
| good idea, I feel could have been better framed |
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11/01/2006 03:34:07 AM |
| Size matters - go read the tutorial about resizing for DPC |
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