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Slack-liner
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Challenge: Sports IV (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS
Location: Alaska
Date: May 4, 2010
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/800
Galleries: Vintage, Action
Date Uploaded: May 4, 2010

 Slack Lining is a balance sport. See Wikipedia

Closeup pic wide crop sepia, desaturation, contrast, definition.

Statistics
Place: 153 out of 171
Avg (all users): 4.6154
Avg (commenters): 5.5000
Avg (participants): 4.2419
Avg (non-participants): 4.8318
Views since voting: 710
Views during voting: 291
Votes: 169
Comments: 3
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AuthorThread
 05/12/2010 02:27:11 PM
** Critique Club **

Initial Reaction
The first thing that I thought when this photo came up was that the big toe looked weird in placement.

Subject
I really love it when I see something that makes me pull up another browser page and learn about something I have not seen before. I really like how you chose something that isn't mainstream. From your notes I get the feeling that this came out mostly how you had envisioned in your head. While it's not a bad photograph overall, I don't feel that it really tells us what this sport is all about. I think that if you had shown the whole body and given us a sense of depth from the ground it would have worked better.

Composition
The wide crop works well here, and the depth of field is perfect with the exception of the back portion of the line due to the angle that this was taken. These two things really do a good job at bringing the line in as the focal point of the photo.

Lighting and Color
For me the use of desaturation and sepia is a way to evoke emotion in art. When I looked up the sport I got the impression that this is a very personal sport. The people who do this are not just in it for bragging rights or adrenaline rushes. Their feats are personal landmarks they have made for themselves in their lives and souls. So your color works well here in my opinion. While I like the contrast in lighting on the foot and jeans, the dark shadows in the background pull my eye away from the subject a little.

In relation to the challenge
While I personally like out of the box thinking, Skip is right about it not being mainstream enough for DPC. I had mentioned before that I didn't feel that this gives us the overall picture of what the sport is about, and you would need that for the voters to believe that it is a sport.

If you have any questions about this critique or would like to comment on my first critique please send me a pm. :)

Thanks!!

Chris

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/11/2010 05:24:31 PM
Well, that's pretty cool.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/07/2010 06:27:57 AM
yeah, right...

nice image, wrong venue...

your image topic is far enough out of the mainstream to make it almost inaccessible to most viewers (meaning it's a stretch to ask dpc at large to consider balancing on a rope a sport rather than a physical activity).

but, if that's what you want to do, you have two options. one, go the xion/boysetfire/ubique route and explore it abstractly with absolutely no concern for the score, or two, explore it in such a way that you not only capture the imagination of the viewer, but you also educate them immediately as to the physical connection with sport (for instance, a slow-shutter silhouetted shot from a low perspective).

you took a risk with this, and your score will probably not be your reward. i admire that, as there were any number of things you could have shot that would have been more accessible to the voters.
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