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07/16/2003 04:06:28 AM |
Greetings from the Critique Club
By Inspzil
Composition - I've seen these things before. My mom has shown me pictures of them (she is from Tokyo originally) but for the life of me I can't remember what they are or what they are for. With that being said, challenge met. I don't find the composition of this pic terribly intriguing or compelling. There doesn't seem to be any unique perspectives or angles used to show us this in a different light. You are showing us things like we would normally see them (considering we ever saw them) and I don't think that's conducive to what we, as a group, are trying to accomplish. The lighting is pretty flat, the horizon seems off in every way I think. The bottom leans one way, the top another. This is not an easy picture to figure out exactly what, if anything, is the proper reference to level to.
Technical - technically there's nothing wrong with it, but it really needs some drastic change in perspective or something to give it a little more interest. A little fill flash might have worked out for you, but that might've made the lighting even flatter. I'm not sure what to say here, so I'm moving on.
Overall - Not a terribly exciting picture. It doesn't have the sharp visual impact nor the good emotive grasp on me that is an ingredient in the superior photos. Sorry I don't have much more to say. A change in the composition would be a good place to start rethinking this. People might not be a bad option. If little kids put these on, it might've been in your best interest to capture that moment, with the right kid of course. Best of luck, sorry I couldn't be more helpful - Bob |
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07/13/2003 08:40:27 PM |
| Hey, what's this doing here? It's supposed to be in the top 10! |
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07/13/2003 06:41:18 AM |
| Asks the question but the photo is a bit dark. |
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07/12/2003 03:30:12 PM |
I believe they're prayers...
Not a 'great' photograph, but an interesting and worthwhile capture, which, IMO, would gain interest with a much shallower dof (redundant info = background blurred, darkened or otherwise rendered unobtrusive) to emphasize the subject.
PS: no plural for 'stuff'. |
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07/12/2003 09:40:21 AM |
| The superb lighitng and composition here realy do make me wonder what these are. You capture such wonderfully intriguing patterns in this photo! 10 |
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07/08/2003 07:43:15 PM |
| Prayers, requests at a temple in Japan? Nicely exposed and composed. |
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07/07/2003 04:56:00 PM |
| Please tell me! I´m going mad! - This stuff is very cool But mabey you could have tried to take the picture from another angle or further away and boost up the contrast a little (or is it mabey my screen seems like almost all the pictures needs more contrast) Anyway Good luck - 7 |
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07/07/2003 03:46:05 AM |
| I can't really see them well to tell if they are tubes or paper, or cloth. I wonder if we got a closer up shot if it might draw us in a bit more. Maybe make it a little more interesting. Your focus and clarity seem ok, I can get a lot of detail in the bark of the tree to the right, just not ont the subject. I haven't a clue what it is, which does create the mystery here, but would like to still see it a bit closer up. ~Heather~ |
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07/06/2003 11:08:22 PM |
| Sorry, lost without the title |
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07/06/2003 10:56:32 PM |
| The local dating service? You fill out your form and hang it for others to see. |
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07/06/2003 09:08:16 PM |
| I think they're seals (for lack of a better word) though I haven't seen them rolled up like this (and I haven't been to japan) I can only guess what these are for exactly |
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