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09/18/2005 05:34:19 PM |
Greetings from the Critique Club!
Not everyone understood this bit of sharp social commentary, but I'm sure you had expected that.
You are taking the position that availability of abundant power both serves and enslaves us, in much the same way as does the One Ring alluded to in your title. And you use the ubiquitious power pole as a visual symbol of the extent to which this technology inevitably intrudes into our lives; it even dominates your view from your own home!
I therefore join those few voters who did recognise and applaud your cerebral approach to the challenge ... it's creative and original. And I suppose one could say there's a 'Branch" theme in the image, even without the title.
Some commentators said the border sucks, or they weren't totally impressed with some other technical aspect of the image. They're probably right, too ... the border does seem pointless, and the image is harsh and unlovely (I know; it's deliberately so).
Finally there's the larger group of people who didn't bother to comment at all, including me; just gave you a 4 or 5 and moved on. Why? I guess because your image is easy to dismiss without thought .. sort of "Power pole? Yeah, yeah, so what?"
So, finally we get to the point of the critique: Are you justified in submitting an unlovely image because you're making a deeper point, an artistic point? Yep. Is it therefore good photography? Yep. Is it going to appeal to lots of voters here? Nope.
Alas, I haven't taught you anything you didn't already know. However, keep doing what you do, Jaime!
Cheers,
Paul Martin |
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09/11/2005 07:21:35 AM |
Odd border. Electric? not really.
Fits the challenge? loosely.
Aesthetically pleasing? Nubbad.
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09/10/2005 03:48:45 PM |
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09/09/2005 04:14:24 PM |
| I like how you took an urban eyesore and made it the focal point as something artistic. Very different. |
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09/08/2005 04:16:39 PM |
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09/07/2005 04:03:19 PM |
| i would have liked it better with out the boreder |
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09/07/2005 02:41:57 PM |
| Im not a huge fan of powerlines on a sunset, to tell you honestly it ticks me off most of the time. There is a ton of noise in the sky too, and the colors though pretty in spectrum really have no definition to them whatsoever. I hope this helps, and GL to you in the challenge. |
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09/07/2005 02:02:26 PM |
| Oh joy, an original thought (and title). Well shot, well composed, well scored - 6 |
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09/07/2005 11:41:58 AM |
| Not sure how this relates to branch, but you feel it meets the challenge so I will accept that. The sky is interesting and the silhouette works, but the image is rather stagnant as a whole. Crop and lighting are okay. |
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09/07/2005 06:39:21 AM |
| They are EVERYWHERE! This is great, and so true! |
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09/06/2005 09:20:07 PM |
| Really think the border is distracting, but that point aside, pretty good shot. Nice tonal range in the sky. |
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