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Challenge: Good (Basic Editing*)
Collection: 30 days of where I live
Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 IS
Location: Washington, DC
Date: Feb 6, 2007
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/5
Galleries: Architecture, Advertisement
Date Uploaded: Feb 6, 2007
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As for the shot, I'm pretty amazed it's so clear, since it was handheld. Editing was just a little saturation bump, color correction, brightening, and sharpening. I wish it were advanced so I could clone out the reflections and the lamp, but I like the shot and I want to promote donating platelets and blood. Hopefully it'll stay above 5.0. |
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02/19/2007 11:40:13 PM |
Critique Club Comment
Congratulations on scoring above a 5.0 as you had hoped.
I agree with you that the reflections on the cross and the light in the background are both distracting. Perhaps you should have stepped a little further back and to the right and pointed the camera a little more to the left. This would have allowed all of the words on the gray stone to be visible and may have placed the red cross in front of the beinlight in the background. Without being there I really can't tell if that would've presented more problems or not. It may have made the reflections better but it may have made them worse. After looking a bit more I realize that if you move too far to the right you will block part of the title "To Those We Serve". The entire composition may need to be rethought.
While I am sure this is due to the material used in the cross (I assume it is marble) it does resemble noise that is often produced at higher ISO levels. I am sure this isn't the case because the rest of the image seems to have none but it is rather distracting.
Where are you trying to focus the viewers attention? The cross is too dark so my eyes naturally look towards the distracting background found between the red cross and gray wall.
In closing, I do feel that you met the challenge as your image does portray something good. Nice work. |
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02/15/2007 03:18:44 PM |
I think you chose a great subject for this photo. I also like that you posted the info on the Red Cross, as everyone should be aware and donate! Good for you.
Technically, maybe not your strongest shot. The composition is fine but doesn't jump out at me the way some of your other night photos do. I'm also not wild about the lighting, but I don't think you could have done much with it - I suspect you would have to take a lot of specialized equipment with you to fix the inerent problems due to choppy lighting design. Obviously in advanced editing you could have fixed a lot of that PP, but alas, it was basic :-) As Bob mentioned, I'd be interested to see this from a couple different angles.
BTW - pretty sharp for handheld at 1/5. You must have nerves of steel, my friend.
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02/14/2007 02:07:08 AM |
| Good job and the score is pretty good too. At least for me that's a good score. I think it's a nice shot but something about the angle seems off a little. Maybe it's just me but I wonder what it would have looked like from the other side. |
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02/12/2007 05:51:50 AM |
| amazing angle. very well thought out idea, i like how it ties in with the challenge. nice lighting and shadowing too. great job. |
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02/12/2007 02:53:18 AM |
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02/10/2007 03:09:55 AM |
| Good idea and message. I wonder what this white spots are on a red cross. The composition is very good. |
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02/09/2007 06:06:09 AM |
| The angle makes your picture interesting. Good job! |
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02/08/2007 02:26:01 PM |
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02/08/2007 08:24:38 AM |
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02/08/2007 06:51:44 AM |
| a very charitable organization and life saving one nice depicition of line in your photo as well |
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02/07/2007 06:03:15 PM |
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02/07/2007 06:01:27 PM |
| The words that are cut off on the left are a little distracting. Either cropping them out, or including the full statements would be nice. This is a great "good" idea though. |
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02/07/2007 12:10:07 AM |
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