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01/27/2008 12:51:51 PM |
Greetings from the Critique Club!
First Impression: Great location, and the long exposure really helps to show the flow of the water over all the levels of the falls. A bit too blurry though, and the bright spot in the upper left is a bit harsh.
After reading your photographer comments, the blurriness is obviously due to lack of tripod. I kept having this problem of leaving my tripod in the car, only to find a great spot when I'm out in the middle of a hike... so, I got myself a Gorillapod for Christmas! Maybe something like that in your camera bag would help you too, so you don't have to rely on trees!
I do like the framing here... my eye follows the soft flow of the water down to the bottom of the shot. It's almost even in the shape of an S curve, which is nice. The b/w is a nice touch... the more I look at the shot, the more I like the high contrast of black to white. I think with the blurriness of the shot, leaving it in color wouldn't have worked.
I didn't vote in this challenge, but it seems as though many voters dismissed this as dark and out of focus, and then voted you a 4 or 5. However, you got some nice comments during the challenge from those who took a bit more time to explore the shot. And, to get a comment from posthumous naming this "the most underrated of the challenge" is quite a compliment! :)
Hope these comments were helpful! Please feel free to PM me if you have any questions about my critique.
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01/21/2008 11:52:45 AM |
| this is gorgeous! it's got to be the most underrated of the challenge. |
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01/20/2008 04:10:44 PM |
| nice title....but it's so dark |
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01/19/2008 02:44:54 PM |
| I really like the high contrast and the bw in this. However, focus seems way off (but not enough to be "soft focus"). |
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01/17/2008 06:00:03 PM |
| A very contrasty scene and one in which you have portrayed the movement of the water in a nice way. I do feel it could be improved by some increased detail in the shadow areas. The picture feels pretty soft in spots, not sure if that is a product of cropping or your processing. Your composition is good. |
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01/17/2008 03:33:41 PM |
| Would have loved to see a little more detail. I am not sure if this dark look is intentionally done, or is a result of the shooting conditions. The comp is great and I really like the way this looks overall. |
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01/16/2008 02:38:03 PM |
| Absolutely fantastic B&W. This should get a Posthumous ribbon as far as I'm concerned. |
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01/15/2008 02:27:33 PM |
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01/14/2008 01:35:58 PM |
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01/14/2008 09:26:31 AM |
| Nice, but overall the photo looks blurry. It's a bit too contrasty for my liking as well... Very high whites, and very low blacks, but not much in between. |
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01/14/2008 08:23:32 AM |
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01/14/2008 02:44:01 AM |
| Too dark, too much noise and almost looks oof. |
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