Last year's Love
by Briangeller

Comment by SDW:
Critique Club

Nice picture but has a flat feel to me even though it appears to be on a circular object (i.e. Tree or poll). There are a few factors IMO that caused this. Lack of detail, I looked at your image histogram and notice that you had a lot of gray area coverage but the picture fell of considerably on the white end of the spectrum and some on the black end. A +10 of contrast would of helped.

You also took the shot a f/10 which caused the DOF to not shallow as much as it would have if you had taken it at f/2.8 to f/4.0. It would give you a shallow DOF as the tree/pole gets further away from the lens on the sides and in turn would of given the photograph a more dimensional feel.

You subject is nice and I feel meet the challenge. Great shot opportunity. If possible I would suggest a re-shoot with a large aperture (2.8 -4.0) and don't let the trunk take up the complete picture. Choose your composition wisely with the tree off the right letting us see the DOF.

I hope this helps and wish you great success in future challenges. If you have any questions feel free to contact me via PM.

regards,
SDW

Message edited by author 2007-03-05 20:19:53.

Last year's Love
by Briangeller

Comment by JLC:
Fun shot. You did great capturing the detail in this carving.

Last year's Love
by Briangeller

Comment by urguytony:
Why would u hurt this Tree like this, i am appauled!

Last year's Love
by Briangeller

Comment by MackThePen:
The witty title lifts this.

Last year's Love
by Briangeller

Comment by kteach:
A nice take on the challenge.. a bit difficult to read the lettering though. It would have been really touching to find a carved heart from many years ago leaving the question of what happened to that love over the years.

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Comment by riversong:
Gosh, I love this image. It's so graphically striking. The border looks like it's part of the image itself. I like the various tones, your depth of field, and the American Flag just tops it off!

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Comment by Ecce_Signum:
Nice angles and a good study :)

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Comment by caba:
Ah, the library! Nice idea.

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Comment by love:
interesting but not - 5

Geometry
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Comment by smyk:
very good. the building on the back give the whole thing that much more Umpf!