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01/13/2004 09:29:07 AM |
Greetings from the Critique Club!
Hi! Ah, the inflatable icons of Christmas this year. They drove me nuts! :)
This is a decent shot overall but doesn't really jump out and stand out from the rest. The title tells me that this is a rare occasion that it's actually inflated and for the tacky side the deflated version might have worked much better. Having a flat snowman in your yard type thing.
You have a very wide crop on the sides yet very tight on the top and bottom. Maybe a more balanced crop would work with this, taking a bit more off the sides, especially the right side, cutting down on the distracting background.
The lighting is also a bit dark it seems seeing the bright patch of blue sky in the upper right corner.
The house is distracting in the background. I know you can't move it, LOL but maybe trying a different angle to shot from to still get your main subject but have a less distracting background? Or even at night, after the house lights are off and the snowman is still lit up?
I hope this helps.
Good Luck In Future Challenges!
Deannda
DNeufer@stny.rr.com if you have any questions or want to discuss this further! |
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01/06/2004 12:58:09 PM |
| Nice, but not terribly interesting. |
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01/02/2004 10:09:52 PM |
| yeah, but here he's pretty cute |
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01/02/2004 08:27:56 PM |
| Shame this wasn't done at night to cut down on the background. The shot as is, however is OK. |
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12/31/2003 08:35:58 PM |
| might have been more interesting if it were taken in the dark, would have stood out more. 7 |
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12/31/2003 04:32:50 PM |
| Crop is tight for my taste on the top and the bottom, but yes, this is what I call tacky. :-) A plastic snowman... actually I hate plastic stuffs. And without snow this makes me grin. :-) At last a good example that shows you don't have to make the photo itself tacky to represent tackiness. Good work. |
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12/31/2003 03:02:21 PM |
| lots of these all over my neighborhood too! |
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12/31/2003 01:52:34 PM |
| sorry but there is really nothing about this photo that makes it stand out from the rest, basically to me it is just a snapshot of an inflatable snowman. |
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12/31/2003 10:21:35 AM |
| you should have taken this picture when it was deflated. |
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