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02/11/2004 11:50:34 AM |
Originally posted by Diana:
interesting but poor taste |
poor taste?? i fail to see how this is poor taste.. |
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12/26/2003 09:50:16 AM |
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09/09/2002 06:11:00 AM |
It was primarily being at the right place at the right time :-) For an explanation what was going on please see the "details".
I intentionally tweaked the colours. I desaturated the red a little because it was too colourful overall and I wanted to direct the eyes focus to the green hair of the guy in the foregound and the police.
Special thanks to grahamgorman whose comment was especially insightful. When I looked at the pictures at home I noticed that, too. The fingers almost vanish in the skin tones of the "masses". A contrast to a blue sky or such would be better. But I was lucky to get this elevated place and having a good overview of the crowd. I think shooting from a lower angle wouldn't get the desired result because the place was surrounded by buidlings of the same tone (as seen in the background) and I would have lost the tension between the police and the crowd.
Regarding the blue. I tried! ;-) But somehow I couldn't desaturate them without also desaturating the green. So I left it and thought that maybe the guy in the backround (disinterested looking to the right) is a nice additonal subject for people exploring the photo a bit longer.
Thanks to all for your comments.
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09/08/2002 06:04:00 PM |
| the emotion in this picture make it very moving. |
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09/08/2002 07:14:00 AM |
| interesting but poor taste |
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09/07/2002 10:34:00 PM |
| Awesome capture. I love the way you framed this around the punk guy near the front. Great sense of tension in the expressions of the security guys. |
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09/07/2002 07:26:00 PM |
| Mood well captured. Framing well done. Was that kid's hair really THAT color? It looks like a watercolor color. good job. 7, just-married. |
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09/07/2002 12:58:00 AM |
| Very good frame. Ideally I'd like to see all these fingers raised against a darker background. It like that it looks more of a crowd because there's little depth in the picture. I'm itching to desaturate the colour of the blue jersey, top left. For me, this would improve it. Having said that, it's great. |
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09/06/2002 07:05:00 AM |
| Aren't they rude! Looks like a riot is about to start. Interesting colors in this picture - makes it different than the usual "crowd" shot. |
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09/05/2002 06:48:00 PM |
Nice. Has a very photojournalistic feel to it with lots of emotion. The guy in the center is perfect as the subject and couldn't be better positioned in the shot. His shirt is great for the photo because you can just make out "Destroy" and something ending in "ism" which could be a number of things but with everything else going in the photo almost any "ism" word you can think of could fit in with the tone of this image and make a powerful statement. The color is great too. Did you desaturate a little to get those muted tones? The only distracting part is the wall in the background. I'm curious to know what they were rallying for though. Would be great if there were a series of this.
* As I was typing this and looking at the image for 5 minutes I decided to bump the score up a bit because it becomes more inspiring the longer you look at it. Very well done!
Score: 9
Courtenay |
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09/05/2002 03:50:00 PM |
| Very candid photo. I think the color (esp. red) needed to be turned up some, the skin tones appear nearly grey. Good emotion. Focus seems more on the people in green, rather than your main subject the man with the black shirt. 7 Swash |
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09/05/2002 12:54:00 PM |
| Very photojournalistic! Nice work. |
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09/05/2002 11:12:00 AM |
| This looks like a potentially explosive situation. Hope you were shooting from a safe spot. Good job on phoojournalism, the image tells the story well. The composition is good and gives a feeling for the gravity of the situation. |
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09/05/2002 02:53:00 AM |
| You've captured alot of emotion here. Hope you'll tell us what it was about when the challenge is over. 8 Kaz |
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09/04/2002 05:48:00 PM |
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09/04/2002 05:41:00 PM |
| Very good journalistic shot. -phlebotiss |
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09/04/2002 04:54:00 PM |
| I'm going to save this picture, print it out, and remind my 4-year-old daughter on a daily basis that I don't EVER want her to bring this home with her...! Oh, nice picture, by the way :) It does a great job of capturing a moment, to be sure! |
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09/04/2002 02:09:00 PM |
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09/03/2002 11:41:00 PM |
| just if the shooting point was little lower.. |
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09/03/2002 09:01:00 PM |
mood captured - he** no!
sincerity of expressions - good |
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09/03/2002 12:45:00 PM |
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09/03/2002 12:09:00 PM |
| This must be an alabama high school pep rally :) - good candid :) - jmsetzler |
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09/03/2002 11:09:00 AM |
| Great shot, you can certainly feel the tension. I'm not positive I like what you did with the color but it seems to fit. |
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09/03/2002 10:52:00 AM |
| This is scary (for me). You've made it even more so by thelack of colours. I wonder how effective it would be in B/W. Good shot. =7 marcvg (I hope you don't hang out with this lot !) |
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09/03/2002 08:02:00 AM |
| great shot. cant we all just get along? (9) ~mcmurma |
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09/03/2002 07:47:00 AM |
| I like the composition of this photo. It may just be the "lighting" but the photo looks like it was desaturated, which I think works great for the shot. lhall-8 |
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09/03/2002 04:47:00 AM |
Composition: Subject Placement, Cropping, Background7,
Technical: Focus, Exposure, Lighting, Processing6,
Appeal: Is it Interesting, Motivating, Etc.? 7,
Total Averaged Rating7. Autool
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09/03/2002 12:45:00 AM |
| Like the understatement of the title. Very interesting scene here, too. 8 Journey |
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09/02/2002 07:57:00 PM |
ahh the NY Hello ;) I can call it that Ive live there.
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09/02/2002 05:24:00 PM |
| Beautifully subtle coloring. Great focus. Really tells a story. Meats challenge perfectly. My favorite. |
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09/02/2002 01:31:00 PM |
| Good shot. I think your focus is a bit off though. The blue hair guy should be the center, but I think you're focused in front of him. Very powerful emotion here though, great job. I'd like to hear the story behind this one! |
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09/02/2002 01:15:00 PM |
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09/02/2002 12:09:00 PM |
| What a powerful picture...I would love to know where this was and the circumstances. I like that the central focus of your picture is the young man (w/blue hair). His facial expression gives this image power. Terrific shot..great job! 10 -KrazyKat |
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09/02/2002 11:09:00 AM |
| This is a really interesting photo. I wish I knew the story behind it. |
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09/02/2002 11:05:00 AM |
| great capture...i'd hate to be holding them back...9 Lisa |
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09/02/2002 10:44:00 AM |
| Center placement of subject works here. Nice mood. The coloring is cool. Good exposure. Great capture. 8 ~indigo997 |
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09/02/2002 08:34:00 AM |
| i love it! whats everyone so pissed about? great shot. 7--shutterfly |
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09/02/2002 08:30:00 AM |
| it looks cuter when the monkey does it. |
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09/02/2002 06:40:00 AM |
| wow, great captured moment. |
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09/02/2002 04:50:00 AM |
| You must be a journalist, and if you aren't you need to be one. Terrific shot |
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09/02/2002 03:00:00 AM |
finally a picture that doesn't look staged.
good job |
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09/01/2002 11:24:00 PM |
| Nice, the colors look great, but didn't that require spot editing (masks for colors, etc.)? |
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09/01/2002 11:14:00 PM |
| Lots of emotion. Certainly fits the challenge. Good photo. |
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09/01/2002 10:05:00 PM |
| That kid has some wierd hair. What is going on here. Great pic though |
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09/01/2002 08:17:00 PM |
| cool color. This shot is very very good... |
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