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07/08/2003 02:03:24 PM |
Greetings from the Critique Club
Hey Jason! Fancy meeting you here!
Composition
I like parts of the composition here. The symmetry is wonderful (good job using what we learned from a previous challenge). However, I think the hay is the main interesting thing to look at and only takes up 25% of the surface of the picture. We have a great zoom, and I would have used it to isolate the hay and the land around it.
Color
Because you're using browns, greens and blues, nothing pops here. There is no 'wow' color in this shot, like a guy in a yellow rain coat walking through the fields. That would be interesting enough to take a picture of. As it is, the subject must carry a greater weight and here the colors don't contrast enough to set it off.
Focus
Your focus is good - glad you didn't get caught in the f2.8 to get enough light, focus on one bale of hay and there goes the focus issue. I like landscapes being landscapey. Our landscape mode works wonders - did you use that?
Lighting
See color - with the white sky and no dramatic lighting, it is kind of flat and dull. (no offense meant) If the sun peeked through the clouds here 3 minutes later, again, you'd have something well worth taking a shot of.
Subject matter
Hay = country. You definitely met the challenge here. I am as interested in hay as anything else I didn't shoot myself, so good job here.
Overall
I think the score was lower than you may have wanted because a) the light is dull and b) the colors are muted and almost appear washed out, plus the white sky phenomenon...
You know I follow your work and you know I like it. Good luck as always and keep shooting!
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07/03/2003 02:36:39 AM |
| I was surprised to see you were in the 100's beside me :P I thought you would have done better, I gave you an 8 for this shot too. Alot thought there was too much sky, but I like it. Good luck next time! :) |
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06/30/2003 11:11:37 AM |
| Nice use of negative space and repeating elements. |
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06/30/2003 10:00:50 AM |
| more hay- less sky please. |
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06/29/2003 12:29:01 PM |
| good shot just looks a little flat, could do with a little more contrast in the clouds. |
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06/27/2003 09:00:14 PM |
| i love the sky.. and the pattern of hay. nice idea |
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06/27/2003 04:32:40 PM |
| Because it has country in it does not mean it conveys country life |
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06/27/2003 09:10:41 AM |
| Nice patterns and wonderful tones and colors. Super horizon placement! |
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06/27/2003 02:08:53 AM |
| Too much sky for my liking, but its a nice photo. |
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06/26/2003 02:28:29 AM |
| Pacific coast of which country? Nice shot, it reminds my of one of those military cemeteries where all the grave stones are lined up like this! Maybe a tad on the dark side your image, but still good - 8. |
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06/25/2003 07:40:03 PM |
| Dramatic shot...great sense of depth, draws my eyes from the haystacks right along the field up to the sky...good job... |
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06/25/2003 07:35:56 PM |
| Too much sky. A colour from the photo would have been better for the border. |
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06/25/2003 04:29:52 PM |
| I really like the composition and colors of this. Nice feeling of expanse. |
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06/24/2003 10:39:32 PM |
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06/24/2003 10:05:36 PM |
| Great title!! Really nice pic. Good job all around! |
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06/24/2003 08:41:03 PM |
| IMO, this shot has too much indistinct sky. I would have liked to have seen this shot lower to the ground. Nice composition otherwise. |
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