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05/08/2003 08:42:52 AM |
Hello from the Critique Club, wsargen!
I looked up your profile and see your name listed as "Winthrop" but after looking at your multi-image composition, I think I should just call you "officer, sir". ;)
Onto the meaty stuff:
Challenge: multi-image composition
At first blush, I thought this was one strange image, but after looking for a few more seconds, its obviously 3, though I was too naive to know what the gun was without reading the comments below! You met the challenge requirements for sure!
Composition, contrast, colour:The 3 C's.
I looked quite carefully at the first picture, and it looks like its the back of the gun, just at the top of the handle. Lots of people knew what it was, but since I had a bit of trouble, i wonder if the image might have been more powerful if you pulled back a bit and got more of the gun in the shot? perhaps some of the handle, or barrel or even the trigger? Just a thought on that one. I LOVE the angle you have on the handcuffs, I think its just perfect, with great focus. The only think I'd change is maybe a more contrasting background, perhaps a starker white behind the cuffs? An idea to ponder anyway.
Now the pens.. I'm divided about them. As someone suggested, a badge or nightstick might have been more dramatic, if not a little more cliche. The pens are certainly the tool you use most often I'm sure, and since you chose them, I'm going to assume that you wanted the message they convey about the more "routine" things cops do. Maybe a ticketbook would have been a better choice for the 3rd shot? I hate messing with artistic choices, but if you post why you chose the pens, that might settle all of our minds. :) Nitpick: the lint and dust specs on the pens shot and the gun shot.
I love this blending effect, but the problem is that we have to concentrate pretty hard to see that its three different images, and that really mutes the impact of your triptych. I don't like the idea of clear borders between them, but maybe a bit more whitespace, like each photo fading a bit more to white and then blending them together so there is that gap between shots. I also think the addition of the white will help bring out the cold metal grey tones you have here, since each picture is very similarly coloured.
focus and lighting: You have captured wonderful detail and focus on all the pictures. Besides a brighter background behind the cuffs, I think you've lit these well, allowing us to see the detail without any harsh reflections or bright spots off the metal.
Overall: This is a great picture and a very unique blending effect. With a little bit of whitespace between, you'd really punch this up and have a dramatic effect! I quite like it in any event, well done! |
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05/04/2003 07:41:24 PM |
| I like ho the stiching makes it almost look like one photo |
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05/04/2003 02:22:08 PM |
| Gun, Cuffs, and......pens? The pens don't seem to fit, though I'm sure you use them a lot. Nightstick maybe, or siren lights? |
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05/03/2003 11:28:14 AM |
| Beautiful greys...I love the blend, too. |
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05/02/2003 09:55:07 AM |
beautiful composition,
I love the feeling of flow you created. |
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05/01/2003 09:35:25 PM |
| these images are amazing. the detail is great, the 'work' is at the same time obvious but subtle. i have to say though, that the merging of the three images rather than framing each one reduces the effectiveness of the final photo a bit (or maybe if they hadn't been merged so well and some seperation between each photo was more obvious). regardless, it's a powerful shot. 9 |
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05/01/2003 08:30:09 PM |
| Nice subtle transitions between the pictures. This effect is unique among all the submissions. |
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04/30/2003 03:48:38 PM |
I like the collage aspect of this image...
Most people framed three separate images, so this is unique in that respect.
THe weapon and handcuffs evoke a dynamic response in me, and the writing instruments fall kind of flat in comparison. I would have preferred weapon-handcuffs-badge maybe...
JD Anderson
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04/29/2003 06:16:00 AM |
| Interesting fade effect...hope you only have to use the pens most of the time! |
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04/28/2003 08:58:01 PM |
| Should have put the pens in the middle since the cuffs and gun are similar in appearance... althought the order is good when you consider police work (from left to right). Nice job blending the 3 shots like that! |
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04/28/2003 12:34:39 PM |
Very cool, interesting shot. I both like and dislike your transitions. I like them for their subtlety, but that subtleness had me confused for several minutes, esp. between the gun and hand cuffs. (I also think I'd like to see more of both the gun and handcuffs - for additional subject clarity) Perhaps if the pens were in the center?
All three photos are very clear, well shot. 8 Rob the Swash |
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04/28/2003 08:35:25 AM |
| Not sure exactly what to think of this. It's an interesting effect. |
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04/28/2003 07:47:50 AM |
| Are you dirty harry? Good shot |
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04/28/2003 06:12:28 AM |
| Very interesting. I like the fade effect between the images. At first glance it looked like a single image. |
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