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10/22/2009 07:23:05 PM |
| This shot is really lovely. The blue is beautiful. |
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08/07/2009 08:37:16 AM |
| I really like everything about this shot. The colors are amazing... can't believe that's SOTC. |
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07/23/2009 01:17:00 AM |
| ETA: okay maybe boats aren't 'zen' enough but still |
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07/23/2009 01:16:37 AM |
| This is an awesome shot man, looks very "hotpasta" - I gotta think the only reason you were docked points was for some fault in the technicals but STILL below 6.x for this is a travesty. Boats look a bit murky/grainy in the detail and yes maybe over is too 'blue' (and i love saturation), but the clouds and the sky I don't get it, if i voted i would have expected top 10 |
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07/02/2009 01:10:10 AM |
Greetings from the Critique Club
I think this image scored quite well for this challenge.
You said you hoped you had fooled the voters into thinking this was actually a night scene. Hmm. I don't think you did completely.
Things that could have improved your score.
Composition: Horizon is dead centre, always a good idea to offset it if you are looking for a higher score. I know I often choose to put the horizon dead centre, but I know I will always suffer with the score if I do.
Focus: Seems a bit off to me. Everything appears to be just a little bit on the soft side.
Exposure: The sun is over exposed which I suppose is what you were aiming for in trying to get it to mimic the moon. However, I think you could have achieved this better by reducing the brightness a little bit. It would have looked more realistic I think. You mentioned you didn't really do much editing to this apart from dodging the boats. I think if you had done some very minor tweaks with brightness and levels you would have achieved the look you were aiming for with better results.
I'm personally not a big fan of the blue stripe in your border. I think it detracts from the image. Certainly my eye is drawn to it, away from the image itself.
Overall I think you scored pretty well with this one, but could have scored higher with some very minor editing. |
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06/28/2009 11:26:01 PM |
| I love the rich blue in this scene. The water looks so peaceful. |
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06/28/2009 03:00:49 PM |
| This would definitely have worked for me better in a less vibrant rendition.....still very nice.....bump to 7 |
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06/23/2009 08:17:51 PM |
| Interesting, I haven't seen nuit américaine in a while. |
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06/23/2009 04:18:20 PM |
| Too blue for me, but a nice shot nonetheless. |
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06/23/2009 04:05:47 PM |
| Stunning! Very zen and very well presented! |
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06/23/2009 01:13:15 PM |
| Nice shot! The only thing I might play with would be a off center horizon to add more interest. |
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06/22/2009 10:06:28 PM |
| Lovely and stunning color. |
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06/22/2009 12:52:35 AM |
| Darn it I like all that blue!! |
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06/22/2009 12:13:41 AM |
| Beautiful photograph, but the blues almost feel too intense to be Zen. Still giving it a high score though. |
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