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Leaving a trail of broken hearts
Leaving a trail of broken hearts
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Broken (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Location: Lake Zurich, IL
Date: Dec 12, 2004
Aperture: f/32.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 10 sec
Galleries: Emotive, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Dec 12, 2004

this is a reshoot of an image I had done a few years ago. I preiodically like to do that with new equipment and/or new techniques to practice. I'm still not sure if this if graphically very interesting, I still feel it needs some other element in the shot besides the hearts. oh well, we'll see...

Statistics
Place: 86 out of 177
Avg (all users): 5.3351
Avg (commenters): 5.3333
Avg (participants): 5.1649
Avg (non-participants): 5.5165
Views since voting: 978
Views during voting: 336
Votes: 188
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0


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01/12/2005 07:58:20 AM
well.. kool pic.. really good..congrats....
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/18/2004 10:21:40 PM
Excellent creativity, and well executed. I like the framing and layout. The red color is appropriate for the theme and the message. From a technical point of view, I wonder if a soft, diffused light source from directly overhead might have worked better in softening up or eliminating the shadows. The directional lighting from the right side is a bit harsh.
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12/18/2004 01:17:54 PM
Indoor lighting seems a bit harsh. I might have moved the candies closer together in the same arrangement and tried for more detail.
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12/18/2004 12:34:35 PM
Excellent color, The words could be a little sharper.
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12/14/2004 05:27:00 PM
Haha clever.
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12/14/2004 01:40:53 PM
This is a good idea, but I think you need to play with it a lttle bit more. I see three problems with this picture, but the good news is that they are all easy to fix.

The first one is the spec on the left side of the picture. The rules allow for cloning it awy so that is easy to fix.

The second problem is that the red colour looks dirty, at least on my monitor. My guess would be that it is the result of to much compression. The picture is only 68kb, so if that is the problem, saving at a higher quality setting should take care of it. There is a tutorial on this that you might want to look at.

The third thing is that the shadows look somehow unnatural to me. Perhaps it is some kind of symbolism that you were aming for, but to me they are distracting. I think you could probably get rid of them by redesigning the lighting, perhaps softening it and moving it higher.

In reading this, you should have in mind that I am no expert photographer, just a bloke who likes to take photos. I just read my commentes above, and they might sound like I'm tearing your photo to pieces, but that is not what I am trying to express. It's not a bad photo actually, I just think it could be better with minimal tweaking.
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12/14/2004 07:17:08 AM
Original and well composed, very good.
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12/14/2004 01:46:04 AM
Composition: 4, Technical: 4, Appeal: 2, Challenge: 4, Overall Calculated Average Score: 4
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12/14/2004 12:07:28 AM
Composition: 8, Technical: 7, Appeal: 6, Challenge: 6, Overall Calculated Average Score: 7
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12/13/2004 10:28:05 AM
From lucky 7 ? Cute idea.Good luck.
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12/13/2004 05:55:42 AM
Just wondering if you tried this in BW?
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