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04/11/2005 08:58:43 AM |
Greetings From The Critique Club!!
Initial impact: Very unusual.. Definately outside the box!!
Meeting the challenge: Yes this fits the challenge very well. The typewritter was definately the beginning of an era. I love the one that you used for this particular challenge very old and rustic great find and idea.
Color: Well I bet you figured we couldn't hassle you any for color on this one... but alas here I am. I think that black and white worked bery well for this shot. it adds to the asthetic age of the photo. I'm not sure on this one but I think that sepia would have looked a little better. This also would have kept the old feeling you were trying to emulate.
Focus: The image is very grainy most noticably in the high detail areas. This is not a bad thing in this photograph. I just don't think it was done quite right. I think a more uniform grainlook would have given it more of an authintic grain. As is it looks like it was just a poor shot or bad file compression. (wich may be the case). I can't say for sure the grain was even necessary. While it adds a feeling to the photo DPC voter tend to hammer any one who shows any sign of it.
Lighting: The lighting is good but I think you probably could have gone a little further with it. I think some dramatic lighting would have helped your score a bit. Perhaps a spotlight from above in a dark room or somthing of the type.
Overall: I feel that two things hurt your score in the end. 1: the grain and 2: Lack of flash. While technicaly sound the photo does not posses much of a wow factor. No fancy mood lighting, no insane details, no dramitc shadows. It is textbook work. Simple straight to the point but devoid of emotional empact. I gave it a 7 while voting. I felt that it fit the challenge, was technicaly sound (I assumed the grain as intentional). It was one of my higher votes, but not quite 9 or 10 quality forme. Overall a pretty good image. Keep up the good work. I look forward to seeing what you come up with next. |
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04/05/2005 07:24:37 PM |
| Good idea, and good exectution. I would clean up some of the noise, I understand that the noise is probobly done on purpose, but I think cleaner would be better. |
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04/05/2005 04:29:55 PM |
| Yep, this is going way back. Very nice! |
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04/04/2005 09:19:59 AM |
| An interesting take on the challenge. I think this photo could have looked better with more contrast and less grain. It just looks faded to me. |
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04/01/2005 07:38:24 PM |
| Cute concept for the theme, nice presentation. |
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03/31/2005 07:09:39 AM |
| nice idea - iamge has a lot of artefacting (over compressed? try saving it as better quality jpeg, using up more of the 150kb limit. |
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03/31/2005 03:57:11 AM |
| Good idea, but over compressed. |
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03/30/2005 09:11:06 PM |
| This really seems grainy, which I find distracting. |
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03/30/2005 11:59:05 AM |
| very grainy....nice concept, though. |
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03/30/2005 11:03:40 AM |
| Looks out of focus or grainy from being sharpened? |
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03/30/2005 07:47:35 AM |
| I like the idea but the execution lacks. was the attempt to make the photo look old? |
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