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05/10/2006 06:11:42 PM |
Hello from the DPC Critique Club!
I have studied your image and have the following to offer:
Composition/perspective: this was a hard one for me. I like the composition as it is. There is a lot of force in this image. I could definitely see this on the front page of a paper or a cover of a news pub along with the title you have applied. This is one of the stronger elements of this image. But as a commentor said previously, eye contact would have added a real strong emotive force that would have been hard to argue with. Your idea is strong and very well portrayed, but it could have been stronger with other elements attended to (see below).
Color: you didn't list processing details so this is a bit hard to critique. I don't know if you were going for the muted look to emphasize your point or if it is a shortcoming in processing. My opinion is that the colors could use a boost in saturation and contrast. They all seem flat where it appears that the only really flat color is her jacket and the building in the background. Overall it appears that the colors are muted and somewhat hovering around the same curve in the middle of the grayscale.
Lighting: well controlled natural lighting. Between the material of the bags and the items attached to her shoulder strap there was a lot of potential for flares, bright spots, abberations. None of these exist. The small white spot on her jacket still holds a lot of detail. This is a stronger element of this image and carries it, but color is a downfall (see above).
Challenge requirements: one of the stronger elements of the scene. Your message is clearly conveyed and there is no room for ambiguity/misinterpretation. The composition lends itself well to a front page image in that the subject and the message are both well contained within the frame. Very well done and good eye!!!
Overall/my opinion: you have met the challenge requirements very well.
It could use some work on the colors and processing end. But that should be easy to overcome. The hard part you seem to have down fairly well - subject, environment, composition. It would be stronger with eye contact, but as is is still a strong image. |
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05/07/2006 03:22:24 PM |
| Great shot for the challenge |
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05/07/2006 03:32:59 AM |
| good title, makes the shot |
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05/07/2006 12:54:08 AM |
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05/06/2006 07:17:29 AM |
This one to me is an "almost". It's a poignant subject and looks like something we'd see in an article in the paper or a magazine.
However, it seems to lack a little focus and the washed out colors don't do it for me. Don't know if the colors were done that way on purpose, but they aren't my fave.
(at first I thought the cup and taped up bottle over her shoulder were lenses and I was going to ding you for setting up the shot and not using very good props!! ;-) ) |
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05/06/2006 03:52:59 AM |
| good photo but I wonder if the color depth could have been a little deeper - everything looks bland to me. would it be possible to bump them up a little bit to give it a bit more punch? on the other hand, the neutral colors don't give any level of exictement and create a feeling of despair - not sure if that's what you were going for. |
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05/03/2006 07:57:55 PM |
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05/02/2006 05:03:41 AM |
| oh, my first tought when looking at thumbs was : "cool , she has lots of lenses !" :-) ... message is clear, the photo is so-so |
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05/01/2006 12:47:58 PM |
| Eye contact would have made this photo more interesting. |
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05/01/2006 12:06:19 PM |
| The image and the title work well together. Good job. |
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05/01/2006 03:48:37 AM |
| desaturation doesn't work for me. |
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