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Sauna heater
Sauna heater
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Single Light Source II (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Olympus E-1
Lens: Olympus 11-22mm f/2.8-3.5 Zuiko Digital Zoom
Location: Helsinki
Date: May 28, 2006
Aperture: F14
ISO: 100
Shutter: 25s
Galleries: Still Life, Studio
Date Uploaded: May 29, 2006

Normal editing except highlights which were not "contrasted"
I wanted to show the darkness of the sauna in a dramatic way...
Note: no burning applied at all

Statistics
Place: 170 out of 238
Avg (all users): 5.0447
Avg (commenters): 5.6000
Avg (participants): 5.0000
Avg (non-participants): 5.0640
Views since voting: 630
Views during voting: 310
Votes: 246
Comments: 7
Favorites: 1 (view)


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06/07/2006 03:58:28 PM
Greets from the Critique Club

Composition
First thing that strikes me, and what i really like is the colour... awesome tint to the whole pic, and sets a real atomsphere. Unfortunately however, why i believe it didn't score too high is that the picture is too cluttered, there's too many distractions from the sauna heater. Also, its hard to tell that it is a sauna heater. perhaps focus on something more easily recognisable with less clutter around in the frame would have done nicely. Did i mention i really like the colour? :P

Technical
excellent technically, everything is in focus (though perhaps this is contributing to the distracting elements). picture is beautifully sharp, the grain on the wood shows really nicely. No real qualms with technical side of the picture

Post processing
The colour is really nice, and i'm not sure if a little curves/selective colour could have tweaked it just a little more to make it more appealing, but i do really like the colour here anyway. Not sure if you sharpened, butsome of it looks a little jagged edged. Also, maybe a different crop to hide more of the distracting elements would be nice.

Overall
Great idea, and i like the colour. Could have even labeled it first light from the sun (but then voters might DNMC), as the colour really does seem like first light or so... Declutter, find a target for the eye to be drawn to, and prefferably something more recognisable, and it would have done aweseome

Feel free to pm me if you would like to discuss
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/05/2006 09:38:52 PM
This doesn't give me much but, um, good luck. Yeah.
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06/03/2006 11:46:31 AM
I like the lighting I just don't think the subject is very interesting...
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06/03/2006 09:08:06 AM
Well this meets the challege. I'm afraid there isn't much interesting about a photo of a sauna heater though. 5
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06/01/2006 09:22:40 AM
love the color tone
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05/31/2006 04:10:28 PM
Great color and sharpness. Composition is lacking. Too many items. Would have been better with a person in the sauna.
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05/31/2006 12:31:32 AM
I like the colors here a they generate the warmth of a sauna. The composition just seems a bit busy to me.
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