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Street Lamp
Street Lamp
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Challenge: Architecture V (Basic Editing)
Camera: Olympus E-520
Lens: Olympus 14-42mm f.3.5-5.6 ED Zuiko Digital Zoom
Location: Asbury Park, NJ
Date: Jun 3, 2009
Aperture: 9.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Architecture
Date Uploaded: Jun 5, 2009

Was walking around Asbury Park, NJ. Major reconstruction has been under way for some time now there. This building caught my eye. I am new to photography but thought this shot was pretty decent.

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06/21/2009 09:19:00 AM
Greetings from the Critique Club :)

Composition:

I think Citadels comment is pretty much on the money really although I think I can see what you were going for, the lamp feels like it should sit there nicely as it's on the 3rds line and so should be asthetically pleasing, but unfortunately something doesn't work with it, the pole doesn't bother me that much but I think it's the lamp heads that spoil the shot - they definitely demand a lot of attention.

Maybe a higher position with this same idea would work better, so the top of the building was dominent in the scene this would give more weight to the building and take a lot of it away from the lamp.

Camera Work:

Seems ok, I guess one could argue that the lamp looks totally sharp and the windows of the building are maybe a little soft, I wonder if your intention was actually on the lamp as architecture? If this is the case I think a tiny DOF would have worked better and you know what, I think that may have worked.

Post-Processing:

Nice saturation levels, I would possibly have applied a shadow / highlight on the image to improve some of the detail in the flowers and deepen the sky just a touch.

My Opinion:

Quite a nice idea and congratulations on your first entry I hope to see more of your work as you progress on the site.

Hope this was of some use, should you wish to discuss any part of the critique further please feel free to PM me.

Good luck in future challenges!

Mark
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/12/2009 01:12:04 AM
Is this the Jetson's home?
06/10/2009 03:39:41 AM
I would have moved to either move the lamp out of the scene entirely or at least position it so it wasn't right in front and center of the scene. And um...tried to get more of the actual building in the shot too.
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