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08/07/2007 08:51:22 AM |
Greetings from the critique club :)
Well I want to start off by saying I probably would have voted this image a 4, 90% of that is I feel this image is shoehorned into the challenge by using the title to explain the photo, sorry but honestly, that´s how I see it. I just don´t see any extreme emotion in the photo itself, sure, the fireworks cleverly form the shape of a heart but where is the emotion in the picture itself? Sure, the title kindof explains that but I don´t really like when you need the title to explain the photo and try to avoid that at all times if I can, the photo should be able to stand by itself as an explanation as to how it meets the challenge, otherwise I could pretty much take just about any photo and explain how it fitted the challenge description.
I am really perplexed at the settings you used for this image, I usually use a much longer time and f11-16 aperture but I am glad this worked out for you, must have been difficult to time this properly. I use the other method, set up tripod, long time (usually 5-30 seconds or even longer) and f11-16 to make sure I get all of the firework, from start to finish, you must have known where the fireworks were going to explode :)
The photo then itself is pretty decent, the fireworks are well exposed, again I really like the shape of the blast making a heart and all the technicals and all that are pretty good. Sure, the composition is centered, but I don´t really see how you could have done anything different about that. Makes the photo maybe a bit like a "documentary photograph of a firework" since there is absolutely nothing else in the frame. I usually want foreground with firework, aurora borealis and lighting photos since that´s the only way those photos stand out from the rest, by themselves nightshots of these phenomenon are not really interesting to me.
Maybe had you taken a much wider shot and had a couple kissing in front of the firework, they just seen as silhouettes, this would have gotten a far better score, at least from me :)
Kind regards from Iceland, Lárus. |
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07/31/2007 03:08:59 PM |
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07/31/2007 06:01:21 AM |
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07/30/2007 07:58:56 PM |
| Nice timing. The smoke doesn't detract too much, but a lot of it could have been removed easily. Emotion is conveyed fairly well. |
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07/30/2007 06:16:29 PM |
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07/30/2007 03:14:00 PM |
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07/30/2007 11:31:58 AM |
| Good concept for the challenge. :) |
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07/30/2007 11:18:46 AM |
| stretch for me on the relevance...I really like fireworks more colorful..still a good capture. |
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07/29/2007 08:28:19 PM |
| Clever combination of caption & image for this challenge. |
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07/29/2007 07:14:52 PM |
| Cool interpretation of the challenge. 7! |
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07/29/2007 06:07:18 PM |
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07/29/2007 12:24:39 PM |
Why on earth would you take a fireworks shot and turn it b/w? Never seen that done before...
TC |
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07/28/2007 02:23:04 PM |
| Mmmmmm trusting too much in the title. |
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07/27/2007 07:29:33 PM |
| I am not sure what was the reason to put this in the challenge but it does not seems like a fit for this. |
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07/27/2007 03:09:19 PM |
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07/27/2007 02:52:43 PM |
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07/26/2007 01:11:51 PM |
| The more I look, the more I Heart it :} |
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07/26/2007 08:13:05 AM |
| HAHAHAHA i don't know why , i think that's funny kind of remind me of a kiss on a cartoon show or something. good job. |
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07/25/2007 05:37:47 PM |
| I like your thinking here, and I definitely connected fireworks with excitement. |
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07/25/2007 11:43:01 AM |
| Like the title with the image, nice! |
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07/25/2007 11:23:44 AM |
| Excellent concept for the challenge; the title is spot on, too. |
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07/25/2007 09:31:53 AM |
| Very interesting concept, particularly since there is not human element at all. Way to think outside the box. 7 |
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07/25/2007 08:53:55 AM |
| Without the title, this would not communicate anything, unless one recalls the excitement of seeing fireworks. |
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07/25/2007 07:27:58 AM |
| nice out of the box image - the title provides the context, which often gets overlooked by voters...7 |
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07/25/2007 04:08:55 AM |
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