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Challenge: Still Life III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Sigma 28-70mm f/2.8-4.0 Aspherical DG for Canon
Location: Mobile, Alabama
Date: Jul 24, 2007
Aperture: f/7.1
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/5
Galleries: Still Life, Macro
Date Uploaded: Jul 23, 2007

Single flash for lighting, mostly I'm back-lighting this with a slow shutter for ambient (window light) fill and a hand mirror from front to assist in illuminating the subject (painting the subject with ambient light during the longish exposure).

Completely edited in ACR 4 (CS3), other than resize and sharpen in Photoshop.

Statistics
Place: 164 out of 233
Avg (all users): 4.9068
Avg (commenters): 4.8000
Avg (participants): 4.6721
Avg (non-participants): 5.0500
Views since voting: 812
Views during voting: 216
Votes: 161
Comments: 7
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 08/07/2007 02:37:17 PM
Hello from the Critique Club,

First, let me congratulate you on entering your first challenge. Wait, this is the first of your challenge pictures I've been assigned as a member of the Critique Club. First let me start off stating the obvious, this is not what most people at DPC would consider to be a still life. Of course you knew that going in.

Now let me explain what I like about this image and what bothers me about this image. I've spent many hours of my life playing this game and I really love how the shallow depth of focus isolates the main subject yet allows for the complexity of the game to be shown. It is a long distance from one goal to the other with a lot of obstacles and I think your image shows that well. What bothers me the most is the chopping off of the players in the back of the image. It makes the image look more snapshotish then it really is. A slightly different shooting angle or a different arrangement of the men would have been a bit more artistically pleasing to me. This is only my opinion, your mileage may vary.

Thank you for including the lighting details in your comment section. I like the effect on the men and yet minimized the glare on the steel bars. Lighting is one thing I really want to start playing around with and I will add this set up to my list to try.

Feel free to send me a PM if you have any questions regarding this critique. Now that you have your feet wet, keep entering challenges. I look forward to seeing your next entry.

Tim
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/31/2007 11:08:32 AM
Nice concept, I like the diagonal line of the players. I find the lighting a bit harsh.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/30/2007 10:38:35 PM
Ordinary but elegant. 8.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/26/2007 07:17:32 PM
El piveeeeeee!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/26/2007 02:20:13 PM
Love the grid feel!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/26/2007 05:21:01 AM
Still, but not a Still Life. Goof DOF, though. Lighting could be enhanced. A slightly lower POV might have helped the image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/25/2007 12:00:18 PM
funny idea for this challenge! good focus.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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