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12/12/2002 01:39:00 PM |
Critique Club for Ice Prancer by Karmat
Composition - Beautiful figurine surrounded by miscellaneous blue and silver holiday ribbons and bows. I like the figurine a lot. The curves of the neck and back are very soft and give the overall picture a sense of grace. The shadows on the figure are well captured also. There are a couple things that I think would help this picture though. 1) It would've been better if the reindeer's antlers were not cut off. 2) The blue ribbon at the bottom right were closer to the reindeer or eliminated altogether, especially the unidentified blue blob at the bottom in the center. Okay, done with the bad stuff. I really like the way the blue shows as veins in the clear areas of the figurine. The antlers are a little out of focus, which is more of a point of note than anything as I don't feel it is distracting to the picture at all. Your subject was well chosen and more importantly well captured.
Background - Stunning background. I don't know what you used but it is a brilliant blue. Good choice of backgrounds. I'm wondering at this point if the crop of the reindeer's antler was to make sure you didn't run out of backdrop as I see a little black spot just about the deer's nose. I would've cut it too to keep the background as continuous as possible.
Camera Work - This is no doubt a well taken photo. DOF is just a pinch shallow judging by the antlers being the slightest bit out of focus. Shutter speed was adjusted to give this a nice glow on the opaque parts of the deer. Great job here too.
Post-Processing - Nothing is standing out to me as a major processing flaw. The colors look extremely vibrant. Unless something is really wrong, I don't and won't put much into this section.
Overall - This is a very good picture. It has good composition and is well taken. The blue theme is well represented by this pic. I really like this subject and it is a nice fitting picture for the challenge as well as the festive time of year. Nice work Karma. - Inspzil |
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12/08/2002 12:38:00 AM |
| Very nice shot, but I think there is something to be said about the out of focused foreground. Is it acceptable? Maybe but I am not too sure of that. |
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12/07/2002 06:55:08 PM |
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12/01/2002 10:51:49 PM |
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12/01/2002 10:51:49 PM |
| I must confess I'm not a fan of the antlers, but I think they work well here. Neat Image helped a lot :-) Good job, and you deserve a great score. |
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12/05/2002 09:34:45 PM |
| Even though the challenge is blue the deer is your subject and you cropped parts of him out. Otherwise it is a good clear photo with a good subject and composition. Just needs better execution. PTL |
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12/05/2002 05:12:34 PM |
| I love the photo. I wanted to give it a 10 but the ribbon in front that is slightly blurred kept taking my eye away from rest of the picture when I looked toward the bottom. Still an excellent effort. Solid 9+. |
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12/05/2002 12:48:37 AM |
| I love this shot the colors are so nice, composition is pleasing. |
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12/04/2002 07:59:56 PM |
| this is a lovely composition..the play of smooth prancer aagainst the ribbons and bow and blue background makes this a perfect shot for me. |
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12/04/2002 01:18:00 AM |
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12/03/2002 06:51:00 PM |
| nice composition and color. too bad about the jagged edges on his legs. |
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12/03/2002 01:15:00 AM |
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12/02/2002 01:14:00 PM |
| great setup and croping... |
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12/02/2002 11:10:00 AM |
| The color contrasts are spectacular. The tiny blur in the front is only a little distracting. This is really a great photo. |
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12/02/2002 08:38:00 AM |
| Beautiful! Gave it a nine. |
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12/02/2002 08:19:00 AM |
| nice curves this one grabbed me |
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12/02/2002 05:38:00 AM |
| Focus could be a little sharper but a nice pic - 8 |
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12/02/2002 01:22:00 AM |
| very seasonal. It fits blue because of the color, though the color doesn't fit the picture so great. lighter blues would have felt better for me... and more silvers maybe. Maybe a slightly larger crop as well, so to include the top of the antlers and maybe the rest of the left section too. |
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12/02/2002 12:29:00 AM |
| YAY! I really like this. Great use of vibrant colors. Strong composition. Focus on the antlers seems a tad soft, but it may just be the material making it look that way. It's a very nice christmas shot. ~indi |
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