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03/18/2010 09:00:37 AM |
So you assisted me in helping me pick out my entry so I will help you by giving you a few pointers I have learned and a in-depth critique:-)
First off focus is a bit soft all around - I am going to guess that it was in sharp focus with the original photo and the resizing from a 10 mp down to the 800 X 800 file size caused it to go a bit soft. One thing I learned is to always use sharpen after resizing to keep the sharp focus. Another PP trick I learned from a DPCer is that never go down in resizing in one step - it is akin the old VCR tapes recording a low quality to a low quality just makes the quality degrade over time. Sharpening after one step resizing will keep some sharp focus but you still lose some. To retain the most detail, do it in one or two steps (say 70% then 60%) and sharpen after each step. Sometimes with a high aperature and slow shutter speed you might not get tack sharp focus because of camera movement - some detail can be recovered with USM (unsharp mask - my Spirit of a Country entry was a tad soft and use of that brought back the sharp details). Now on my monitor there is a lack of good contrasts and the tones look a bit washed out. Applying a contrast adjust or playing with the Brightness Contrast Levels will get more contrasts and deepen the tones. Composition could use a bit more work. I like the idea/concept presented here having climbed quite a few trees in my early tomboy days:-) Generally (not always) straight on at the level compositions don't offer an interesting perspective to hold a viewers attention for long - other elements within the photo/art piece have to step up to the plate to grab & hold the viewers attention. I think you have some nice key elements that would help your composition; you just need to play them up. First off when I think of trees and climbing them I think of height. To show and give the feeling of height to a viewer shoot at a lower angle looking up. Not only will I get a sense of height but it provides an interesting angle to look at. There are some nice lines in the composition that could help draw and capture the eyes interest if you play it up in your composition. If you could position the frame as you are lining up the shot, the tree branch on the far left could stretch out and lead off into the top left hand corner while a tree branch on the far right would lead off into the top right corner. This would create a strong "Y" pattern in the composition, subtly increasing the visual interest. You have one smiling, playful expression on the boy's face on the right, but a neutral expression on the one on the left. I don't know how many shots you fired off, but had you shot several or three dozen you could perhaps end up with a nice little gem where *BOTH* have a playful, smiling expressions, thus showing a strong interaction that projects the concept of 'playing with your best friend'. I hope these pointers help. |
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03/10/2010 07:31:35 PM |
| Like the composure ... The focus is a little softer than I prefer. |
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