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11/05/2003 12:50:18 AM |
*critique club*
We meet again.
I like this shot, and I feel that if it were in a different challenge, it would have done much better. There is grace in the natural world, of course, but voters here tend to be much more literal than we suspect before entering a shot. To me, symetry is naturally graceful, and here you have 2 strong lines; the trees and their reflections.
I wonder about the composition, though. The main interest seems to be in the trees and in the water. The amount of sky seems to be too great. Either extend or contract the sky content to create more drama.
The colours are probably natural. 'Probably' because they don't appear washed out and look as they would in real life. It's very easy to increase saturation to give the impression of a better autumn colour, and indeed, many voters would have appreciated that more. Your maintainence of the natural order is understood.
The building is a contentious point, too. On the whole, I feel that it would have been better left out, but a part of me feels that it does add a sense of moderity to the shot. At the weekend, I took an almost exact version of this scene taking pains to include a building. My wife didn't like the building. Win some, lose some.
Of the shots I've critiqued, I think that this is the most effective one so far. Keep up the good work.
Best wishes,
Jim
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11/04/2003 08:49:38 PM |
| I think I've seen this photo before, but can't remember where right now. |
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11/03/2003 04:00:52 PM |
| yes, naturally beautiful, if without the building. The building draws so much attention in the picture that one does not see the beautiful foliage anymore. Maybe you could have taken only the part on the left, go closer or zoom or crop, leave out some sky and then have the viewer concentrate on that beauty. |
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10/30/2003 05:15:07 PM |
| The location has potential--but the distinctly ungraceful building detracts a lot from this image, and colors look washed out. |
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10/30/2003 02:35:39 PM |
| Nice landscape and reflection might have looked better to have cropped the sky and created "graceful" symmetry. |
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10/30/2003 09:58:08 AM |
| the same scene in the evenings could have achieved a better lighting quality to further show off a certain graciousness offered. |
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10/30/2003 06:19:44 AM |
| Nice reflection. In fact, colors are nicer reflelected in the water in reality (lack of sharpness mainly). You could have played with just the trees and their reflections, shooting closer. I would crop the unesthetic building, not adding anything to the scene. |
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10/29/2003 10:43:06 PM |
| It was a nice photo up until the building took the focus off the water and fall foliage tree's. I dont find anything graceful about this photo. |
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10/29/2003 08:34:15 AM |
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