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Atop Sacred Ground
Atop Sacred Ground
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Challenge: Sacred Places (Classic Editing)
Camera: Sony Mavica FD-95
Location: Grants Pass, Oregon
Date: Nov 6, 2003
Galleries: Landscape, Nature
Date Uploaded: Nov 9, 2003

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Statistics
Place: 102 out of 109
Avg (all users): 4.3521
Avg (commenters): 4.1429
Avg (participants): 4.0411
Avg (non-participants): 4.6812
Views since voting: 692
Votes: 142
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0


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11/19/2003 06:18:34 AM
Greetings from the Critique Club.

Of course the first thing I noticed (and apparently a few others) was all the negative space at the top of the image. Well you're in luck, I happen to dig images with a lot of negative space! Unfortunately straight negative space doesn't always net a person a high score from me. There are a few things that kept me from scoring this image higher than I did. (I gave you a 5)

1- The clouds have some detail near the horizon, but for the most part are completely void of any detail at all. I feel, if this were a stormy mottled sky a blue sky, or if the sky were speckled with clouds, then you could really take advantage of your negative space.

2- I noticed that the trees are cropped VERY tightly near the bottom. I don't mind barely seeing the trees, but I would rather not see sky in the breaks of the treeline where the trees have been cropped off.

3- Contrast. The trees seem very drab and in my opinion should hold a much darker value. This (along with less of a crop at the bottom) would help to solidify the image visually...giving it some weight to offset the heavy sky.

Like I said, I like this type of shot and you are on the verge a VERY impressive shot (imho), keep up the good work!

Quadrajet
 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/13/2003 06:20:41 PM
This so reminds me of home, back on Montana when you are sitting on top of the mountain and just gazing in amazement at the wonder of it all. But the over abundance of sky on this shot is not helpful to me pesonally, I would have liked to seen more land, a more evened balance, if you will. The shot could also be brightened just a tad to really help it pop out. A 4
11/13/2003 05:43:33 AM
Too much negative space for my taste...
TC
11/12/2003 07:49:02 PM
The vast amount of negative space here does evoke emotions that verge on the sacred. It still appears slightly dark, though. You might try fiddling with your levels, and perhaps some contrast. Well seen.
11/11/2003 07:54:19 AM
This would have been amazing had the sky been deep blue contrasting against the fog sitting behind those trees. The overcast day has prevented you from bringing out the colors the way you wanted, which is a pity. I guess we can't all have sunny days and blue skies all the time.
11/10/2003 05:20:06 PM
lots of gray clouds, and more gray clouds. a bit too much clouds, and no real focus for the eye- and believe me, i normally love sky. a bit more of the pillowy blue and its golden, perhaps as a panoramic?
11/10/2003 04:21:56 PM
Mysterious fog and mountain peeks. But why all that blank sky? If you are atop a mountain I'd like to seee more of what you see below you.
11/09/2003 07:58:25 PM
a little too much of the dull, gray sky


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