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02/19/2004 11:04:57 PM |
From the Critique Club
After looking longer at this shot, I find that this is a very interesting shot from a compositional point of view. You have done a nice job creating a balanced composition.
From a technical standpoint, it is a bit difficult to tell what is in focus in this shot. Because of the silhouette type of composition, you would need (IMHO) to have a very crisp focus on the tree branches to really make this pop. As it is here, you can not really tell if you have any part of the shot truly in focus and you can not tell where the DOF really is. Being a DOF challenge, I believe that this is where some of your low score came from.
What might improve a shot like this? There are a couple of things I would try. First of all this shot screams natural framing. I would try cropping this shot on the right directly down the middle of the tree. This would give you a nice silhoette frame on three sides. The next thing that comes to my mind is using just a touch of fill lighting to bring out a bit of details in the trees. I do not think that this would detract from the effect of the moon at all. I do think that it would help to bring out the focus on the trees.
Overall, I like this shot a lot and would love to see any reshoots that you may attempt as it is such an easy location for you to get to!
TC
Message edited by author 2004-02-19 23:06:21. |
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02/11/2004 10:15:07 PM |
I can not tell where the focus is in this example making it not meet the challenge criteria. It also is not terribly interesting in composition.
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02/10/2004 10:15:49 PM |
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02/10/2004 03:40:12 AM |
| dont feel the shallow DOF in this picture |
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