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Gaudi's People
Gaudi's People
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Challenge: Abstract With People (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Barcelona
Date: May 3, 2012
Aperture: F10
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250
Date Uploaded: May 3, 2012

Taken on the roof of Casa Mila (La Pedrera) in Barcelona. One of many beautiful Gaudi sculptures in that building alone.

Statistics
Place: 73 out of 74
Avg (all users): 4.2174
Avg (commenters): 0.0000
Avg (participants): 4.0000
Avg (non-participants): 4.3378
Views since voting: 331
Views during voting: 217
Votes: 115
Comments: 2
Favorites: 0


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05/24/2012 02:54:43 PM
Originally posted by snaffles:

Greetings from the Critique Club!

This image has nice lighting on it, but says snapshot to me, and it seems many others felt the same way. It's always a loaded situation, entering photos of existing artwork; it's generally discouraged, as first of all the artwork is not yours, and you can't rely on voters to know who Gaudi is or be familiar with his style. I suspect many see only sculptures and not the human forms; they are looking for humans with a pulse.

On a technical basis there appear to be sharpening halos around the sculpture. The POV and composition are uninspired; a tighter crop and some people in the shot would have helped a lot.

I've seen your portfolio and know you can produce much stronger images, so I do hope you take this critique as useful and continue to enter challenges.

Feel free to PM me

Susan


Thanks Susan

I was surprised at the low scores for this one... and I have had lots of low scores before!!! I can see what you are saying and can't really argue with you. It probably is a snapshot but I liked it but maybe that's because I had been totally immersed in Gaudi and Barcelona that week.

Not sure what you meant by the sharpening halos around the heads though.
Andy


Message edited by author 2012-05-24 19:00:41.
05/16/2012 08:36:53 AM
Greetings from the Critique Club!

This image has nice lighting on it, but says snapshot to me, and it seems many others felt the same way. It's always a loaded situation, entering photos of existing artwork; it's generally discouraged, as first of all the artwork is not yours, and you can't rely on voters to know who Gaudi is or be familiar with his style. I suspect many see only sculptures and not the human forms; they are looking for humans with a pulse.

On a technical basis there appear to be sharpening halos around the sculpture. The POV and composition are uninspired; a tighter crop and some people in the shot would have helped a lot.

I've seen your portfolio and know you can produce much stronger images, so I do hope you take this critique as useful and continue to enter challenges.

Feel free to PM me

Susan
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