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07/23/2006 07:47:15 PM |
From the Critique Club:
Wow, this is twice today that I've pulled pics from very eminent members of the DPC community. This is kinda cool! OK, here goes...
This shot is definately in the spirit of the challenge, but there's just too damn much going on in the shot. There's just too much detail. Too much texture. Too much to take in. Your eye is just totally overwhelmed by what is there and doesn't know where to land. I have found that the best photographs (generalizing here I know) are the simplest ones. They don't have anything going on that doesn't add to the shot. In this example everything adds to the shot but the end result is kind of a jumble.
This shot also appears to be quite soft. It may not really be soft. It's hard to tell with all the minute details that are at 640 by whatever resolution. At 8x10 this may look just fine sharpness-wise. This is one of the things that I had to learn the hard way myself.
The tonality of this shot kinda puts me off. It doesn't quite look natural. I'm assuming that you were trying to match the white balance of the foreground with the tonality of the sky on the screen, but to me it just doesn't look 'natural'...
I think if you put all this together, you'll see why you scored in the low fives. Personally, I would probably have given this a 4 or a 5 because of all the above reasons.
I know that this may seem a little harsh but it's the way I see the shot. Hope you take it in the spirit in which it was given!
Yours
TC |
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07/16/2006 08:42:26 PM |
My little Indians in the meantime had been drinking and didn't want to stand up...until I brought out the hot glue gun. That fixed them.
*snicker*
Message edited by author 2006-07-17 00:42:49. |
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07/16/2006 08:40:51 PM |
I didn't see this as a fun shot. Sorry. :P
I guess those 1s, 2s and 3s were votes from cowboys? |
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07/16/2006 01:46:35 PM |
| I had this idea too, but couldn't come up with a creative way to execute it. Well done. |
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07/14/2006 05:31:12 AM |
| Good idea, but I wish the figures were more distinct from the background. They are hard to see. |
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07/11/2006 03:29:05 PM |
| My wife thought they were real. Nice job with the background. |
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07/11/2006 11:36:50 AM |
| I'm not a fan of toy pictures, but this is quite good, actually. |
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07/11/2006 09:19:31 AM |
| I love it. one of the best toy shots |
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07/10/2006 03:38:03 PM |
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07/10/2006 11:51:43 AM |
| Very graphic...and a lot of processing.. |
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07/10/2006 10:52:48 AM |
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07/10/2006 04:43:37 AM |
| I thought of the exact same thing, but didn't have any. Wow, you even have the sunset!! Pretty clever. |
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07/10/2006 03:04:25 AM |
| This is one of few toy shots which I've seen that I like. I love the lighting. It matches the background well so it doesn't look like it's fake. |
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07/10/2006 02:29:21 AM |
| lots of work and a great result, good luck |
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07/09/2006 09:05:05 PM |
| A bit too busy, with the figures and all the bright colors, but overall an appealing image. |
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