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Can You Hear Me Now?
Can You Hear Me Now?
Joey Lawrence


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Single Light Source II (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Minolta DiMAGE 7Hi
Location: School drama stage
Date: May 30, 2006
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/20
Galleries: Emotive, Performance
Date Uploaded: May 30, 2006

 I helped my friend Broghan set up the lights on the school stage for her drama monologue and snapped this during a scene for the challenge.

It was very dark and I can't really get away with any ISO higher than 100 on my camera so I had to use a 2.8 aperture and a 1/20th shutter speed.

I wasn't shooing in RAW and I didn't have time to change my white balance in between changing the lights and snapping pictures so I had to just finish it in black and white, which worked better anyway.

After I got to present my monologue. I played a man obsessed with duck tape. :-D

Statistics
Place: 42 out of 238
Avg (all users): 6.2008
Avg (commenters): 7.2667
Avg (participants): 6.0759
Avg (non-participants): 6.2556
Views since voting: 1988
Views during voting: 397
Votes: 259
Comments: 24
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 06/11/2006 02:21:54 PM
'man obsessed with duct tape' - I love it!! Great compostion.
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 06/09/2006 02:28:15 PM
Originally posted by crayon:
The title is part of the backward masked lyrics, isnt it? "can you hear me now?" as said by John Lennon? Have you read the conspiracy about it? hehe

It's nice in monotone - gives it a dark appearance. I like the floor with those scratch marks (or dust?).

yes...or that cellphone commerical :-)
 06/08/2006 11:01:02 PM
The title is part of the backward masked lyrics, isnt it? "can you hear me now?" as said by John Lennon? Have you read the conspiracy about it? hehe

It's nice in monotone - gives it a dark appearance. I like the floor with those scratch marks (or dust?).
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/07/2006 12:03:02 PM
::: Greetings from Critique Club :::

Hi, as requested, here is an indepth critique of your submission.

First Impression - the most important one:
Not bad for a snap shot from a man obsessed with duct tape LMAO!

Composition:
I like the use of negative space here. It really helps make the photo meet the challenge description. It works well for you here.

Subject:
Subject is clear and well defined. No distracting background to worry about.

Technical (Color, focus, and light):
Color: I like the B&W treatment. You are right, it works well here.
Focus: pretty darn sharp for handheld at 1/20 second and wide open aperture. Good work on your part handholding the camera for a snapshot.
Light: Overall, I like it and I know you didn't have much control over it. I have issues with the shadows on her face and that overall her face is dark. Usually I'd suggest a reflector, but that's probably a bit much to ask for here.

To grow its vote?:
Hell, you know more about that than I do right? ;-)

Summary:
Once again good work from you. Keep it up man!

Hope to see more from you soon,
Leroy
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/07/2006 03:55:45 AM
Nice Title ;)

I like the effect here. Dramatic.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/07/2006 03:19:39 AM
I love a crazy man who likes duct tape... I do I do I do...

Oh and very nice lighting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/06/2006 12:00:50 PM
nice...a bit too far for me to focus on the girl
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/05/2006 05:28:28 PM
CANDY! I heart it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/05/2006 06:22:40 AM
Great setup and overall look to the picture. But it comes off a bit dull. I think you may have found something more interesting to take a picture of. A person on a couch talking on a phone is not very emotive.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/05/2006 01:40:53 AM
nice work
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 06/04/2006 06:22:26 PM
Hate the title, but great photo.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/04/2006 02:16:12 PM
Interesting use of a spot. I like the use of darkness to surround but it makes the girl awfully small. Nice sharp focus. I think that BW adds.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/03/2006 11:55:10 AM
well thought out....8
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 06/03/2006 09:57:17 AM
The cropping is interesting...it works well for this picture!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/03/2006 08:46:55 AM
Love the composition. B/W was a great choice for this. Nice sharp focus.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/02/2006 12:28:02 PM
Curious
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/02/2006 07:06:12 AM
this is great!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/01/2006 05:49:31 PM
Love the composition and lighting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/31/2006 03:21:21 PM
Nice composition and setup.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/31/2006 08:44:13 AM
looks like a play on a stage. cute
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/31/2006 12:11:34 AM
A simple setup has been captured and processed to make it look so appealing. This is really nice. Hope this does well for you.8.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/30/2006 09:34:10 PM
Nope i cannot hear you but i can see that your lighting is really great,8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/30/2006 09:24:39 PM
nice, i like the crop
the placement of the photo
however, the shoulder / head looks blurry, idont think you could controll that though
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/30/2006 08:29:02 PM
Perfect Lighting and editing..

this one will score high!! 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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