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09/20/2006 04:43:03 PM |
Greetings from the Critique Club. My critiques are generally geared towards trying to help you improve your score within DPC, and not on any true "artistic" merit of the photograph itself, unless it relates to DPC voters and scoring. Please keep that in mind as you read this.
Initial Thoughts
Nice angle, cool tree.. but doesn't really speak much to me.
Composition/Content
Compositionally, you have some good things, and some not so good things.
Good things:
- The flow of the tree works well with the flow of the clouds.. giving the shot some energy.
- Seems to be well balanced, except for the bottom of the frame.
Not so good things:
- The bottom of the frame is crowded and unbalanced. The top of the other tree sort of balances things out, but works against the photo both challenge-wise a bit, and because it just seems out of place.
As for content, it's a good dead tree with a bit of interest, but really not enough to hold a viewer/voters' attention for long. It doesn't really have much of a *presence*.. doesn't resemble anything that might make someone take notice.. anything like that. It's just kind of.. there. While this is never a truly terrible thing if you find some connection for yourself.. on DPC it generally averages out to poorer scoring.
Background
You've done some great work on the sky, and as I said, the clouds really work with the flow of the tree.. that's my favorite part about this photo.
Camera Work/Technical
Good focus. There seems to be a bit of lens artifacting or camera-shake type stuff in the lower right. Good work with a sunny day though.
Digital Processing
As one person said, the contrast on this is a little too strong. You've lost detail in a lot of the shadows.. basically blacking them right out. The highlights/whites are good, but those darks are just too dark. The work on the sky is nice. A good blue, not too too strong, and not that cyan-y look that puts many people off. There's not much I can recommend here.. as it's not really processing that hurt this shot so much (besides contrast)
Fits the Challenge
Fits, although there's a question about that other tree-top.. but that's minor in every way and I can only imagine the most picky voters would have docked you for that.
My Opinion of the Photo
This is something I'd probably take myself.. and one of those instances of seeing something with your eyes that totally loses itself in the translation to photography. I have 100s of like-photos, and sometimes I wish I could capture what I see a lot better. You've done a nice job, but not a fantastic job.. but I don't think I can personally condemn it. Keep shooting away, and if you ever find that elusive way to capture *exactly* what we see... let me know about it eh?
Good luck in future challenges. |
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09/14/2006 10:19:57 AM |
| This is cool, but the other tree in the background distracts. |
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09/14/2006 05:20:29 AM |
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09/12/2006 07:42:34 AM |
| Nicely woody and the grain of the sky enhances the overall effect. |
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09/12/2006 04:26:05 AM |
| Love the limb like look to the dead branches. Good shadows and rich sky |
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09/11/2006 05:47:14 PM |
| great sky and POV. high score...7, for me slightly hurt by a touch too much contrast. |
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09/11/2006 05:15:05 PM |
| my first reaction to this is...you did this shot to meet a challenge not because it moved something inside you to shoot it????and I'm know i'm wrong...but it's what comes to mind. The green branches in lower right have movement from wind or just blurry? The character of the tree is nice. 5 good luck in challenge :-) |
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09/11/2006 10:26:16 AM |
| Love the look of the tree, almost like a headless person reaching up. Great sky too. |
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