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12/03/2002 02:48:00 AM |
"Critique Club Comment"
This was a good shot for a photojournalism shot.
COMPOSITION- This is a good shot for the challenge. I didn't know bottled water created any conflicts with people. Shows what I knew. She doesn't look in protest with a smile. I would have liked to see it cropped a little less to get the rest of her feet into the shot. The angle where you took this is great, you've done good in not getting your shadow into the shot with where the sun is. I like how you've got the website on the sign too, that tells the story. Good work.
BACKGROUND- The background is kind of plain. I wonder if you could have used a bigger aperature to blur out the background and just have her in focus. If there were more people all lined up with signs that would have worked too.
Camera Work- Focus and detail on her are great. Colors are nice and not messed up. Have the sign and her in good detail is what this shot is about.
DIgital Processing- you've done a great job with it. The colors and everything are good. I don't know what causes the compression artifacts but it looks like you have a very small amount of them around the top part of her chair in the shadows. I wonder why its like that in shadows. I think if we could save it with a bigger file it would have totally got rid of those.
My Opinion- I thought this told a great story. I had rated it above average during the voting. Great shot and great story behind it. Thanks for sharing. |
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12/02/2002 09:16:00 AM |
| Thanks to all who commented on my picture. Yes, she is smiling and looking at the camera. In other pics I took she was busy talking, not as well lit (sun came over the trees at the end of our 7am-9am protest), and not in as sharp focus. C'est la vie. She's a hellraiser, and she happens to be a happy lady - I guess that's the story here. Her property borders the property where they want to build this bottling plant. Even though she uses a cane to walk, she is always at our protests and she's always writing letters to the editor and state officials. One of the big wigs in the Department of Environmental Services in our state called her "THE VIOLENT ONE". So... looks can be deceiving. |
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12/01/2002 07:53:00 PM |
| would be better if she wasn't posing... |
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11/30/2002 05:28:00 PM |
| Good for local newspaper type of shot. Even better that the subject is at a slight angle. |
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11/30/2002 04:11:00 AM |
| This lady deserves to have her feet back |
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11/27/2002 10:27:00 AM |
| Great shot, and great topic. I wish I had that shirt she's wearing. But her smiling at the camera sort of distracts from the "photojournalist" angle of the challenge. If she had been looking away, it would look more like a newspaper shot and less like a pose. Just MHO. muckpond |
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11/26/2002 08:17:00 PM |
| Is this sign and protest for real? Someone's gramma is out there freezing. How do I know, the picture tells me so. So I want to read the article to see if this is real. Good composition with great execution. Likee the contrast of the weeks with the snow. She looks like a sweet old lady. Good job. PTL9 |
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11/26/2002 08:11:00 PM |
Very good photo. Hope you brought this lady a thermos of hot chocolate.
At least a 7. JEM |
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11/26/2002 06:22:00 AM |
| I wish she expressed more seriously. |
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11/26/2002 03:52:00 AM |
| It would be kinda ironic had she had a bottle of Evian in the Thermos. LOL |
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11/25/2002 06:06:00 PM |
LOL in the snow? This woman must be a saint...or really believe in her cause. <g>
WOW what a find. Neat colors, good light.....fine job. Justine |
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11/25/2002 01:10:00 PM |
| She doesn't look that angry about it. I thought photojournalism captured images of events without interacting/interfering. |
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11/25/2002 09:40:00 AM |
| Good shot. Colors are good and interesting. |
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11/25/2002 09:02:00 AM |
| arrest that woman. At once! Supurb photo. Full of interest, understated, but really "tells" the viewer alot about the situation. |
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11/25/2002 05:19:00 AM |
Nice and friendly! There 's snow - my absolute sympathy for the woman sitting there!
Technically 'just' a snapshot, but with a message and therefore better than average!!! 7 - KAOS.
...It's a pity you cut her boots off! |
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11/25/2002 01:28:00 AM |
| Wish she wasn't smiling and looking right at the camera... good subject, but not a good photojournalistic picture. |
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11/25/2002 01:14:00 AM |
I'd rather see an angry protester expression on her face.. would be more powerful
~anachronite |
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