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04/17/2009 12:02:10 PM |
**Critique Club**
First off, congrats on your new PB by quite a ways! This really is an excellent submission. It meets the challenge head on (it really looks like it could be a postcard) and it's a beautiful shot. Excellent use of border and text as well. In the image itself you combined several DPC friendly elements, and they paid off. You've got smooth water, great composition, a lovely landscape and a nice B/W conversion.
There are only a couple of things that I see that may have brought your score down a bit. First, the whole thing feels like it is leaning a bit to the right. That may or may not be true, but I would prefer a small rotation. Second, the white water in the foreground is totally blown out. The B/W helps that, but it's still a bit distracting. Finally, it could be sharper. You might want to check out this thread on Adamus sharpening. I bet it would work wonderfully on this image.
Overall, a great image, score, and placement. My recommended tweaks are pretty minor, but they may have improved your score a little. Great job!
If you have any questions or comments just shoot me a PM.
Nathan |
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04/11/2009 12:09:01 PM |
| Just a great scene. Composition and crop leads my eye up to the mill quite nicely. |
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04/10/2009 06:59:07 PM |
| classic photo reminds me of home |
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04/08/2009 02:51:39 AM |
| Beautiful capture. Perfectly exposed. |
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04/07/2009 08:30:38 PM |
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04/06/2009 09:08:31 PM |
| classy black and white :) |
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04/06/2009 03:18:27 PM |
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04/06/2009 03:02:22 PM |
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04/06/2009 07:27:45 AM |
| Very strong capture in B&W. |
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04/06/2009 07:26:58 AM |
| An iconic image well composed and captured. Proper font selection, proper color and proper placement outside the image. I'm not much for the whole flowing water technique as it's become a common meme with digital water shots - it gets a little old, but it works here - not effectively, but it does work. |
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04/06/2009 05:39:19 AM |
| A little out of focus for me but I do love the scene and the black and white. |
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