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03/03/2003 07:03:53 PM |
Critique Club:
Meeting the Challenge: Very well done. Any mom (or parent) should appreciate this look of desparation, even though some of the voter's didn't.
Composition and technical: I think that this may be a little problematic.
The angle of the shot and the cropping makes her arm and body look really small in comparison to her head, and maybe her forehead a little proportionally large.
There is a little light spot in the upper left that is a bit distracting. A little rotation and tighter crop could have eliminated some of your problems. and intensified the subject.
I also like to see the eyes more at 2/3rds up the photo rather than in the middle, although I know this was definitely not a posed shot for this difficult challenge.
The B/W works well to add to the mood of this photo.
The angle of the shot and lighting makes the eyes look quite a bit different even though the lighting on either side of the face doesn't look that extremely different. I have this same problem with eyes when I take pictures of our cats (our kids are grown, so the cats are our 'babies'!).
Also, as noted below, the skin almost looks too flat, but it also looks like you used a flash for this shot. You might try softening the flash by putting something over it to soften it down a little. Sometimes I have used a nylon hose or a makeshift bounce from a card over mine to help spread it out. It would have helped with that shadow on her shoulder, which adds to the "smallness" of her body.
Overall: Excellent idea for the challenge, and good candid photo of this ill child. Needed a little technical improvement. HOpe I haven't been too critical, but also wanted to try to be helpful. If you have any questions, please feel free to email me. Kandice |
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03/01/2003 12:20:35 PM |
| Poot baby! This really shows despair, just look at those eyes! I hope you rewarded him/her for posing so well! |
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02/28/2003 08:05:55 PM |
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02/28/2003 05:25:07 PM |
| Captures the challenge. I wish there was more texture - the face seems so flat. |
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02/27/2003 05:28:31 PM |
| A mother's worst point of the day! Good job in capturing this so common cry! |
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02/27/2003 09:39:26 AM |
| nice photo, i really like the idea |
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02/27/2003 05:03:25 AM |
| AWW thats so cute i give you a 7 |
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02/26/2003 10:16:34 AM |
| Very nice but not sure where the despair theme is carried. out |
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02/25/2003 09:42:16 AM |
| despair? Looks like more desire to live! Sad? Cry? May be despair? 7 from me |
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02/24/2003 08:57:00 PM |
One of the few photos in this category that accurately depicts the subject.
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02/24/2003 10:17:29 AM |
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