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03/19/2007 01:06:27 PM |
Positives:
Technicals generally are good. Appriopriate subject and very well framed. This is nice image. Lots to like about it. It is better than it's score.
Technicals:
Color, composition, overall exposure, brightness and framing are all excellent. Your unique application of the rule of thirds in this composition is superb. Really, really nice texture. You paid close attention to the framing and it shows up nicely.
You have some digital "jaggies" on the angle lines of the 'explosives' sign that holds this image back, otherwise the sharpness is great.
The challenge:
Meets the challenge in a very creative and direct way both in color and content. Unfortunately, it looks like the concept of danger as red was above the heads of voters and you suffered because there was less 'red' in it than they expected.
Suggestions:
This is an excellent image. It's sharpess is fine except for the digital 'jaggies' that hurt this image more technically than anything else. I would recommend this sharpening strategy...
At the end, duplicate your flattened unsharpened layer and apply exactly the same sharpening to that layer that you did before. Then add a layer mask to that layer and brush with a feathered black brush on the mask to reduce sharpening on the 'jaggie' edges to mitigate their digital effect. An alternative might be to use the blur tool to soften the edge slightly PRIOR to sharpening and/or a combination of both. |
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03/15/2007 07:16:22 AM |
Hello from the Critique Club,
The technical aspects of this image are very good. The placement of the sign and the angles of the two other pieces of wood make for a strong composition. The focus is sharp and the post processing brought out the detail in the wood very nicely. So why didn't this score in the sixes? Probably the biggest reason is that this image has the feel of "I could have shot that" instead of "How did they do that" or "I wish I had thought of that". This becomes even more of a factor when there are a large number of entries in the challenge like this one had.
Feel free to PM me if you have any questions regarding this critique.
Tim
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03/10/2007 05:22:48 AM |
| Simple, but very creative. Detail is amazing. I like the composition and the colour scheme. 10. |
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03/07/2007 10:20:33 AM |
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03/07/2007 09:59:43 AM |
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