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04/10/2004 12:12:03 PM |
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The message
This is a peaceful scene of a harbor at sunset, and it conveys a nice feeling of the day's end. Although it does contain many instances of motion blurred car lights, they are incidental to the main message, making this a poor entry to the Motion Blur challenge.
Creative choices
The time of day is perfect: there is sufficient light from the setting sun to illuminate the harbor, but it's dark enough that the lights of night stand out. (Too bad a few hadn't come one yet.) The starlite effect on the lights is nice. The foreground distracts from the rest of the image; I think it would be better if either the bottom fourth was cropped off (giving a somewhat panoramic format) or the camera was tilted up some to include more of the sunset.
Technical aspects
The exposure is fine considering the impossible dynamic range of the scene. (A split neutral density filter might have helped.) The midtones are just right. |
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04/02/2004 10:15:58 PM |
| Looks like a handheld shot of a seaport, street lights are distracting and nothing interesting is going on,2 |
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03/30/2004 09:12:47 PM |
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03/30/2004 05:01:09 PM |
| There's so much in this scene that isn't moving, that it took me a minute to find the motion. It's a nice long exposure in low light, but it doesn't really accentuate the motion all that much. |
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03/30/2004 12:20:57 PM |
| Nice urban landscape... = 6 |
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03/30/2004 08:00:00 AM |
| A bit too Where's Waldo for me - are you referring to the blur at the top right? It's just a bit too incidental to really impact on the picture. I also thought the foreground is a little too cluttery and detracts from the action and could have been cropped from this end of the pier... Actually the water, sky and motionless ship are very photogenic and look pretty good. Tough one to score... |
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03/30/2004 07:40:31 AM |
| OK, there's a blurry thing top right and a streak of light ( I think) on the road in the lower foreground. Searched for a ghost then gave up. Well at least it had me looking at your photo for quite a long time :-) |
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03/29/2004 06:47:55 PM |
| Very nice shot but I don't see much motion blur here. |
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03/29/2004 02:02:18 PM |
| A nice photo but evidence of motion is hard to see at first glance as is the subject that is in motion. |
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03/29/2004 02:28:19 AM |
| The motion-blur car in this shot doesn't immediately draw the eye... I'd have liked to see it have a more prominent place in your composition. The starburst lights are effective. The combination of natural light and artificial light is difficult to expose for, and I think your white balance is slightly off here... I'd have played around with different colour adjustments in Photoshop for the shadows and highlights. Perhaps more warmth in the shadows, and make the highlights cooler. Composition doesn't do much for me. |
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