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04/02/2007 06:11:41 PM |
Greetings from the Critique Club.
Nice image - the angle of the swing works well, and the expression on the boy's face is perfect. As the commenters have picked up on already, it's really a shame that the image wasn't captured with a higher shutter speed, as it's not quite crisp enough, and as far as I can tell, the focus seems to be on the swing rather than the boy's face. This can be fixed to a certain extent in post-processing using unsharp mask, just don't overdo it, as it does show.
There are a lot of distracting elements in the photo, but unless the photo was taken from a completely different POV, I don't think there's a way to fix this - a tighter crop wouldn't really do much for the photo. It's fine to just go with it anyway - I suppose part of the point of the picture is to put the boy using the mobile phone in contract with a representation of traditional childhood (boy on phone in amongst cuddly toys would've been cute :) ). However, I would crop off the vertical wooden pillar on the left - I think the diagonals in the photo show up much more nicely without it.
In terms of post-processing: I would've increased the contract and saturation quite a lot. In order to represent childhood, you want the colours to be bright and jumping out towards the viewer. Also, running it through Neat Image would make the foreground smoother and the background more blurry (if that's something you'd desire to do).
Here's the edit:
Anyway, hope this helps.
PM me if you have any questions.
Jelena
Message edited by author 2007-04-02 21:31:00. |
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03/26/2007 02:44:13 AM |
| Cute picture, but focus could be much better |
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03/24/2007 07:05:28 PM |
| again, just another kid on a mobile. |
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03/24/2007 02:30:18 PM |
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03/23/2007 03:12:42 PM |
| IMO a tighter crop would have worked better...there are a bit too many distracting elements |
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03/22/2007 05:32:19 PM |
| I love this one, the look on his face is priceless, like "why are you disturbing me I'm on a call" |
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03/22/2007 03:43:54 PM |
| Oh the things we put our family thru to get an interesting photo, eh? :P As for the photo, this works "ok". I wish the action was frozen with a higher shutter speed and that the boy wasn't looking at the camera. Still a fun image nonetheless. Good luck in the challenge. |
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03/21/2007 10:22:29 PM |
| Cute picture but research shows that cell phone radiation causes damage to the DNA up to 80% more in chuldren under 10 than it does adults. |
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03/21/2007 05:49:13 PM |
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03/21/2007 11:26:09 AM |
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03/21/2007 11:05:37 AM |
| aww this is a good picture i like the way you incorpated everything |
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03/21/2007 04:17:56 AM |
| Great idea and great shot! I just wish the image was crisper. |
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