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05/18/2006 03:28:15 AM |
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this is not a good image, I had to check your profile to see if you were male or female, because this looks like a shot a male teenager would do, just to look at the womans behind ;)
the composition is ok, I like the way that baby is looking at spongebob squarepants but that's it, the rest is pretty bad.
but we all enter a bad picture from time to time ;) |
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05/09/2006 07:16:02 PM |
hello again,
he he he... my first thought was that some dude just took this to perv the lady. lol.
again, though i like this as a candid. it is not a front page story. maybe in a small town. but i think the front page is more of a large tent or a cool ride.
that is all i have for it. good shot but not photojournalism. imo. |
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05/08/2006 10:26:15 AM |
~trading post~
This does look a very newspaper-ey photo in its context (local news with candids..) but as a photo could be improved a number of ways.
The composition seems to me to be very cramped, theres no room to breathe. The light is flat where you need it on the faces, because of the shadow of the umbrella.
Baby's head seems a touch soft - if this were sharper the dof would work better, cause the two would stand out together.
Composition is pretty centred as well as the crampedness, making it pretty undynamic
Also, at the end of the day it is rather a snapshot - that doesnt mean it doesnt suit photojournalism (well, some areas of photojournalism), but DOES mean it doesn't suit DPC voting. Its not a front-page-really-cool-shot but would suit local news brilliantly.
I think the score was reasonably fair, given that I reckon even the best photo taken in this 'style' would be hard to break a 5.5
PS as i went thru your profile to get here, couldn't help but notice your comments given:received ratio. Well done, its an amazing contribution :)
felt like adding smiley
Message edited by author 2006-05-08 14:27:53. |
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05/08/2006 08:38:02 AM |
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I gave this one a 4 (sorry Deb). I think a slightly wider crop to show off mor eof the vendors stuff may have helped. Also maybe a different angle to see more of the mom and kids face as they are eyeballing the stuff. Depth of focus works well. Colors could have been brought out just a tad bit more for further separation. Overall interest/appeal was kind of low for me since I was not really able to connect to the principles in the pic. Just didnt tell me a story overall. |
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05/08/2006 06:18:27 AM |
Trading post...
I gave this a 6. There is a lot that could be improved on in this one, but that's true of most newspaper shots. Since the baby seems to be the focus it would have been nice to see more of his/her face. The focus also seems to be a bit soft. |
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05/07/2006 10:38:16 PM |
| Nice photo-journalistic capture, but it really lacks any one area of interest. The kid's expression and captivation with the stuffed toy is nice, but he gets lost in the shadow. The cute mom would make an interesting subject, but her face is partially hidden. I agree that this one would also work well in a tabloid-type magazine. Crisp focus and nice exposure with the difficult lighting conditions, but some room for improvement. |
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05/07/2006 10:15:14 PM |
I love the subject matter - the baby's reaction to Spongebob is priceless. On the other hand, I'm not sure it fits really well with the "photojournalism" topic, even with a fairly broad definition...unless we include the "neighborhood news" section of the local paper(in which case, almost anything goes).
I like the tight cropping for this picture because a wider picture would probably include a lot of distractions. The blurring of the background also helps focus on the moment and the baby. |
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05/07/2006 03:01:36 PM |
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05/07/2006 12:04:05 PM |
| this is a snapshot, not really something i would expect to see on the front page of a newspaper or magazine. |
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05/03/2006 08:25:34 AM |
| i hope you know her or got permission... otherwise it's just another dirty old man shot. |
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05/03/2006 03:04:53 AM |
| spongebob is making this kid confused :-), the photo is so-so ... a typical snapshot |
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05/02/2006 08:22:27 AM |
| Awwww. . this is so cute and really makes me smile. Look at the enraptured gaze of that baby! I love it!!!!! |
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05/01/2006 11:38:48 AM |
| lovely picture ....good composition ... |
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05/01/2006 08:16:58 AM |
| I think I saw that spongebob! |
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05/01/2006 06:06:33 AM |
| Whoa! Yummy mommy :-) Sorry... LOL ... This works for a Lifestyles section of a paper. Nice capture. |
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