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04/26/2003 07:00:32 PM |
Greetings from the Critique Club :)
Hi Bruster....
Challenge Theme:
I think this photo may be slightly weak on the challenge theme overall... This sunset is a bit abstract with the red tinting, but I think it does meet the challenge.
Emotional/Artistic Impact:
This photo seems to be quite strong in this area. The red tint gives it an 'out of this world' feel. It could be a Martian landscape. This photo could be interpreted many ways. It has an apocalyptic feel to it... It could be the end of the world rather than the end of an average day :) I like the mood of this photo in the 'apocalyptic' sense and that seems to create a little conflict for me with your title :)
Composition:
Compositionally, I think the photo is ok but I think it could be stronger with less of the foreground. The empty blackness in the foreground doesnt' seem to be adding any impact for me. There is no detail visible and, in my opinion, it could be left out to strengthen the image. Possibly, it would have been a stronger composition to frame it that way with the camera and add more sky to the image at the same time...
Technical Work:
Photos like this one can be argued either way for technical aspects. Some people will tell you that they want sharpness and others will believe that the softness of the image adds to the overall theme. In this particular shot, with my own apocalyptic interpretation, I believe the softness works well. It seems to add to the surrealism and mood of the image. Reading your comment, I believe that using sunglasses for a lens filter, you woulnd't have been able to make this one sharp if you tried :) The curvature of the lens surface of your glasses is probably going to add distortion to your image.
Keep up the good work :)
John Setzler
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04/20/2003 10:45:06 PM |
| Thanks for the feedback! I guess you could say that my experiment to shoot this through my prescription sunglasses worked to a point! |
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04/20/2003 03:56:14 PM |
| The red certainly has an impact. |
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04/20/2003 03:20:22 PM |
| Great photo. Love the lighting. The worse thing about it is the demarcation of the colors of red at the top, but that is a JPG and decreasing the size of the photo. Excellent |
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04/16/2003 04:20:00 PM |
| Maybe a touch dark, but I like the warmth of it |
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04/16/2003 03:18:30 PM |
| picture quality is suffering, but beautiful composition. Maybe a little less foreground to really punch it up. :) |
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04/16/2003 02:50:18 AM |
| Shame about the repro quality. |
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04/15/2003 04:52:47 PM |
| nice image of a sunset, i like the color that you captured |
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04/15/2003 01:58:31 PM |
| Wow. But was the sky really that red? It seems a bit over saturated. |
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04/15/2003 09:59:28 AM |
| Interesting colour. I see some artifacting. Too much of some kind of alteration (sharpening/compression/brightness/contrast), but I can't tell which. Also if you moved the horizon lower... |
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04/15/2003 05:12:07 AM |
| Now that is a deep beautiful red there, good capture. I would have prefered the horizon to be lower in the image though, there is a little too much blackness at the bottom. Horizons exactly in the middle seldon work well unless there is an exact mirrored reflection. Well done anyway. |
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04/15/2003 02:49:27 AM |
| Pretty colours, but a bit dark. |
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04/14/2003 07:18:47 PM |
| A bit too much red perhaps? I lose the 'real' feeling. Very good sunset interpretation otherwise. |
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04/14/2003 03:39:29 PM |
| th8is looks to red to me, imo, and therefore artificial |
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04/14/2003 03:30:55 PM |
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04/14/2003 10:32:17 AM |
| lol-- it hurts my eyes... |
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04/14/2003 08:16:13 AM |
| Nice color and good composition |
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04/14/2003 04:03:31 AM |
| Are these colours untouched? Spectacular if so... |
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