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02/01/2004 11:25:01 PM |
**critique club**
Overall, I think that you're more aware of the problems in the shot that I am. The earlier commentors explained most of the problems.
Compositionally, I like the use of the natural frame, the tree on the right. Otherwise, you're right, the elements are a bit haphazardly arranged. The snow, also, didn't help as it covered up your point - the mementos after decades.
Which brings me to my point. From just the title and the photo, I had no idea what was going on. If DPC were just a north American site, maybe more people would know about this guy. The name and the memory mean a lot to those who know, and the photo's power and meaning increase accordingly. For those who don't know, we only have the visuals to go on.
The border worries me. Partly because I'm not so keen on two-sided borders anyway, but more importantly because of the snow at the bottom confusing my eye about a bottom border and the tree giving a natural border anyway. The left side border is actually not that bad - I'll have to rethink my position on 2-sided borders.
The colours are fine, although the snow is overexposed. A tone curve adjustment would have avoided this if the exposure were correct initially. That is expose to get the snow showing detail (reducing the overall brightness) and increase the brightness in the darker areas using the tone curve.
If you have any comments on my critique, please feel free to contact me.
Best wishes,
Jim
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01/24/2004 05:22:58 PM |
This is a very hard shot to get the exposure just right. Your snow is a touch overexposed losing the detail. The evergreens however are exposed almost perfectly! Your composition is a touch busy. A slightly lower angle might help with that. I personally don't like the Polaroid (tm) feeling of the border...
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01/22/2004 01:05:54 AM |
| I think a shallower DOF, just focusing on the Lombardi stone would have been more effective. Not sure what's up with the border on just the sides. |
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01/19/2004 11:55:23 AM |
| Creative idea here. Title gets me expecting more (I don't see the three decades, the tribute - items in from of stone - are too small to recognize.) Tree in foreground and backgound on the left don't add to the shot. |
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01/19/2004 10:44:39 AM |
| You must be a cheese head!! :) Farve is awesome and will be back next year with a good thumb. Lombardi was something else. |
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01/19/2004 09:51:00 AM |
| I find the tree on the right hand side to be a bit destracting, also I dont care for the border only on two sides, makes the photo feel uneven to me. |
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01/19/2004 06:37:36 AM |
| interesting photojournalistic shot |
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01/19/2004 04:26:19 AM |
| not sure whats going on with your border? Think the big tree on the right distracts from your main subject. |
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01/19/2004 12:23:02 AM |
| A rather odd choice of borders...? |
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