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05/30/2004 05:42:13 PM |
Hi Chris and * Greetings from the Critique Club
Your "Mother Goose" is a very striking image with an excellent nature story. I suspect it did not score higher because of the challenge you entered it in. It's a rather difficult image to say it's exactly dead centered - and may voters ger really picky about "meeting the challenge" exactly.
Here's some suggestions on how you could take the same inage and make it even stronger:
a) You shot it fairly wide open (f5.6) and at 1/1500. Even with a zoom lens you could stop down 2 stops to f11 and hand hold at 1/125th. That may be marginal - but would definitely work on a tripod. By stopping down you would gain more DoF and may be able to hold the goslings in the forground in focus.
b) If you wait a bit, it's usually possible to get a catchlight in the Mom's eye - which adds a lot.
c) Remove the 3 circles in the water, top left.
d) I'm not fond of the "half birds" on the left and right edges, try to avoid cutting body parts off.
These are just my observations, a "one man's opinion" - others may not agree, so just consider them.
Even with the 4 minor suggestions noted, it's a good stong image - but maybe not the right one for "centered."
Keep shooting and striving to meet the rest of your 2004 DPC goals!
-Tom- |
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05/23/2004 10:36:57 PM |
| Fantastic. A perfect saturation of color. Bright but not over done. |
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05/20/2004 10:08:50 PM |
| Very nice composition, great dof to keep us in the center. I would have left just a bit more on top to match the bottom of the picture to move the (entire) mother goose nearer the center of the shot. Still high marks. |
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05/19/2004 07:56:43 AM |
| Nice capture... I'd have used PS to bring out shadow detail in the Goose's features. Possibly a little over-saturated. Not really centered, as the point of focus is the Goose's eyes. |
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