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08/28/2007 02:43:48 PM |
Greetings from the Critique Club!
A simple action shot of two casual basketball players in an urban setting. For a landscape challenge this is an out of the box entry. I think I can see where you were going with the idea--including activity against a backdrop of buildings. But I have to agree with the voters that the landscape isn't strong enough for the challenge. The subject here is really the players.
This is a fair stop-action image that a little more air-time would have helped. The technical quality of the image is lacking, as many of your commentors noted. The focus is a bit soft, the sharpness, contrast and saturation are a bit ho-hum. I can appreciate that this is your first attempt at RAW and so, perhaps, you are still finding your way with the post processing.
My main criticism is the composition. The background is very busy...there are two nets, signs to read, stray shadows and a bush intruding on the composition. There are also mergers that distract the eye--the pole behind the players and again the pole and the net. The fact that these mergers are similar and echo one another multiplies the effect. Someone at DPC once suggested that a good way to make an image was to find an interesting background and wait for something to happen in front of it. I think that sort of planning would have helped you pull off this subject a bit better.
Overall this is a subject worth revisiting with a new perspective on what you're trying to shoot. |
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08/21/2007 12:30:31 PM |
| The focus is a little off and the colors are a bit dull. Everything sort of runs together if you know what I mean. |
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08/20/2007 08:50:29 AM |
It way to busy, if i look at the basketball basket my eye is drawn to a lot of other things.
Faster shutterspeed too freeze the players.
i think some more constrast would have helped as well
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08/19/2007 07:03:02 PM |
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08/16/2007 11:11:14 PM |
| Nice idea and capture. could be a bit sharper and a boost in contrast would help your score (IMO) |
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08/16/2007 05:50:05 PM |
| Not really a landscape I am afraid. I don't really feel this is a picture of the city but rather its a picture of two guys playing basketball. That aside this is a really tough shot to expose for. I would get to the other side of the court so they are being lit by the sun. From this angle they are very dark and its nearly impossible to rescue the detail in their faces etc under basic editing rules. (Advanced you could do dodging though). |
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08/15/2007 12:10:20 AM |
| The colors are a bit dull and it looks a little out of focus, but it's a neat perspective. I think some more post processing could have made this much nicer looking. |
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