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07/25/2005 01:58:37 PM |
G'day from the critiques club :)
I see a welcoming is in order - as this was your first entry on DPC, so welcome! This is my first comment as a CC, so we can learn together. DPC is a great learning tool for photographers, and there are a heapin' helpin' of wise and wonderful people in the forums always happy to help out - i hope you stick around for the ride.
The first thing i noticed about this photo was the cool blue sky and changing leaves. The change must come early in CT.
I can understand wanting to include this beautiful contrast in colours in the image, but i feel you needed to choose between colours or a soild silhouette.
As the picture was taken, with the sun behind the tree, it looks more like a silhouette of the tree (which is what i initially thought the photo was of, until i read the title) than of an archer.
Sometimes the best of both worlds compete too strongly with each other.
If you were to reshoot the image, please consider the following;
A backlit image - choose a location in which the trees are still a little more full with leaves - this way you would have the rich blues and brown-orange colours but not so much light is directly behind the archer that you lose all details, or that the outline blends into the outline of the trees.
A true silhouette - Have the model move to an area where there is no distracting background at all, with the sun directly behind the model for a true silhouette. Having a clear background is important in a silhouette, as the only details we have to understand the image are the outlines - so it is necessary for them to be strong and distinct.
The slight upwards angle of the photographer to camera, is interesting, but i feel you could have used it more to your advantage, particularly as a silhouette. The upper body is the "important" part of a archers body, so exagerating it with a worms eye view (getting low to the ground and angling the camera up at the model) could compliment your theme.
Right now, we see very little of the archer and a lot of extra "stuff" in the background - that does not add to the completed composition. I would have prefered to see more of the archers body, less of the scenery - a portrait orientation perhaps.
I hope you have found my comments helpful, please feel free to PM me if you have any questions - and WELCOME TO DPC :D
Elli
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07/19/2005 07:06:01 AM |
This is a nice tree and sky shot. It is difficult to make out the archer.
Try again... |
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07/19/2005 06:34:27 AM |
| Great concept, would have been much better if there were not so many branches competing in the background, maybe a slightly different angle and lower vantage point would have worked better |
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07/18/2005 03:22:26 AM |
| Subject is very hidden by the tree. I like the idea of deliberately camouflaging the subject, but somehow it doesn't come off for a good photo. |
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07/17/2005 05:18:29 AM |
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07/16/2005 07:26:17 AM |
| IMO the tree really takes away from the subject when the foreground lighting is so poor. |
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07/15/2005 05:58:51 PM |
| Interesting idea however separation between the tree and the figure would produce a stronger image. |
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07/14/2005 03:17:32 PM |
| subject too dark or not sillouetted enough. |
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07/14/2005 09:50:42 AM |
| I love archery, and I'm so glad someone included an archery shot in this challenge. I love the autumn colors in the background, which is where archers most naturally seem to fit. My only problem with this shot is that to me, IMHO, this is an image that is relying on the background to carry it. Although the near-silhouette of the archer is nice, it does not occupy enough of the image to be interesting. My eye is very quickly drawn away from the archer, no, let me correct that, my eye struggles to be pulled away from the background to see the archer. This would have been a wonderful shot, had the background not been so powerful. Good luck, I hope you do well with this image. <5> |
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07/14/2005 08:59:36 AM |
| This picture seems a little too dark. Without the title, I'd have a hard time determining it was an archer. |
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07/14/2005 04:06:31 AM |
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07/14/2005 04:05:58 AM |
| I think that silhouettes really benefit from a plain background, so that the subject stands out. In this image, I would have liked either a) no tree, or b) light on the subject so that I could distinguish better between them. I also would have preferred that the archer fill more of the frame. |
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07/13/2005 02:04:11 PM |
| Nice action, pity about the sunlight and lacks dof. |
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07/13/2005 01:17:14 PM |
| I need to see more, the tree appears to be more subject than the archer. |
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07/13/2005 12:31:13 PM |
| I wish this was taken from a lower angle so that more of the bow was in the shot |
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07/13/2005 08:24:49 AM |
| too much tree not enough sport |
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07/13/2005 08:10:55 AM |
| IMO too clutered for the shadow thing to work. |
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07/13/2005 05:27:50 AM |
| Neat idea, but it comes out too busy, IMO. It's hard to focus on the archer. |
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07/13/2005 04:30:14 AM |
| The subject isn't as clear to me because of the trees in the background. Maybe another angle? The bow seems to disappear into the trees and the arrow isn't visible (unless it has already been fired off?) |
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07/13/2005 03:45:23 AM |
| I don't think the POV works well here, could do with some fill flash to get the details of the person, too. A better POV might be directly behind the archer, showing the target in the distance, slightly blured by the DOF....? (And capture the arrow in mid-air and you have action too!) |
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07/12/2005 09:47:02 PM |
| A bit too dark .. Good luck |
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07/12/2005 09:24:37 PM |
| Too dark. I had a hard time figuring out what is going on. |
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