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05/01/2007 03:42:55 PM |
| Wow. This is truly a very good shot - love the minimalism and the stark, dreary sort of atmosphere conveyed. Yet it has a quiet loveliness to it as well. Score is way off the mark in my opinion. That of your commenters is much closer to what it should be. |
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05/01/2007 03:06:20 PM |
Positives:
Very, nicely done minimalist composition. It has a black and white feel, not surprising for a snow image, but conveys the sense of winter, and specifically Wisconsin winter, exceptionally well.
Technicals:
The choice of framing is excellent. Looks like the leftmost tree matches the rule of thirds, but having both trees with the rightmost one to the right of the rule of thirds adds even more to the starkeness of winter concept you were after. The stark white background and minimalist concept works well with this composition adding greatly to your main subject. Sharpeness is good for this scene.
You chose to highlight aspects of the scene that support your theme. Whether by accident or design everything comes together to make this a fine composition. I particularly like the snow plastered to the trees brought on by previous blizzard conditions.
The Challenge:
Obviously meets the challenge. I'm never surprised by that nor do I think this or very many other images ever fail to meet that goal.
Technical photographic quality, especially the use of minimalism, is a strength in this composition. It got a 5.1 which is well below DPC average scoring. That might be because it did not have a lot of color and detail expected by most DPC landscape voters.
This is an image I'm pleased to have disagreed with voters on.
Suggestions:
Other than maybe going full B&W I do not have a single suggestion to improve this image, which is the final question I ask before giving an image a 10, and I'm debating that thought. |
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04/26/2007 12:49:07 PM |
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04/26/2007 12:46:34 PM |
| You should not have recieved the vote you did...should be a full point higher. You did a great job here, very simple. |
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04/25/2007 12:25:37 AM |
| Familiar Wisconsin view, good edit, accurate. |
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04/24/2007 11:48:36 PM |
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04/24/2007 08:57:21 PM |
| Way too much sky and not much of interest on the ground.... |
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04/24/2007 04:47:26 PM |
| Well I do like the composition and that negative space. However, having no texture whatsoever in the sky hurts the image a bit IMHO and why not make it completely black and white since there are so little colors in it to begin with? Gave it a 6. |
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04/24/2007 09:48:17 AM |
| I really like the two trees and low horizon. Very spare. |
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04/23/2007 07:39:21 PM |
| Cool shot. I really like this. 8 |
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04/23/2007 01:58:40 PM |
| nice and simple. maybe too simple. don't think that the tiny trees are enough of interest point. |
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04/23/2007 09:57:56 AM |
| not appealing to the eye, my immediate reaction is to look away, not look at it. |
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04/22/2007 03:19:47 PM |
| Grew up in the midwest...you convey that lonely, biting winter cold very well. |
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04/21/2007 12:36:39 AM |
| mimimalism ok but the horizon is not level and is odd looking. |
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04/20/2007 07:20:52 PM |
| Very nice photograph. I love the simple tonal scheme backed by the simple scene overwhelmed with white. Great image. |
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04/20/2007 05:16:45 PM |
| This reminds me why I moved from Minnesota to California. Brrrrr! Interesting perspective of 90% blank sky. |
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04/19/2007 02:45:06 PM |
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04/19/2007 11:58:59 AM |
| Nice minimalist, low-key composition. Great way to go when you got a lousy sky and not much snow. LOL!!! |
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04/18/2007 11:03:18 PM |
| The scene lends itself to great blandness, but you made real art out of it.... Nice job |
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04/18/2007 06:23:47 PM |
| Wow, Wisconsin looks bleak... Interesting image, I like the composition, with the excess of sky and the trees. |
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04/18/2007 11:28:57 AM |
Stark minimalism, very effective
I wonder if you tired pushing it further to grayscale with more contrast. |
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04/18/2007 08:59:19 AM |
| Interesting photo. I like it. |
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04/18/2007 02:45:20 AM |
| Like a cow grazing in a blizzard. Everything in the lower 1/5th. Not sure what you're trying to say here. |
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04/18/2007 12:11:26 AM |
| Simple, but nice contrast and clarity (at least in the closer trees). |
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