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Positioning old and new
Positioning old and new
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: It's All About Position (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-50D
Lens: Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Location: Dayton International Airport, Dayton OH
Date: Jul 19, 2009
Aperture: f/9
ISO: 250
Shutter: 1/1250th sec
Galleries: Transportation, Military
Date Uploaded: Jul 20, 2009

I'll probably get nailed for "being out of scope" but it's all about the position on this one - quite literally.

A P-51 Mustang and an A-10 Warthog on a "Heritage Flight" spanning 60 years of combat aircraft, as seen at the 2009 Dayton Airshow.

Statistics
Place: 30 out of 43
Avg (all users): 5.0627
Avg (commenters): 6.8750
Avg (participants): 4.4400
Avg (non-participants): 5.1187
Views since voting: 1167
Views during voting: 640
Votes: 303
Comments: 9
Favorites: 1 (view)


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07/29/2009 10:40:37 AM


Critique Club Critique

First Impressions
First impression I had when I viewed this during voting was: Challenge misinterpretation. I gave this a 2 and felt that it didn't meet the Challenge - "For this challenge, you should find or set up a scene where seemingly unrelated objects are positioned in such a way that they blend together to create a seemingly fluid scene. As an example, see DougPaz's "Back" Cover Girl."

Photograph Information, Technicals & Composition Review
Good shot of these aircraft (Challenge subject aside for a moment). Being so centered, there could be more interest added by a variation in composition, especially with the whiter cloud area creeping into frame bottom left.

From your Photographer's Comments I see that you knew this might not meet the Challenge. I can see the 'position' aspect/interpretation, but the Challenge was about the 'clever photographic composition and placement' to create a layered type image.

Comments, Score & Placement Review
30/42 is fairly low down the pack, but a score of 5.06 is quite good, considering the Challenge description.

Only a couple of your commenters seemed to have the Challenge a high priority when viewing/voting, which might also explain your average score from them of 6.87. One comment seems quite helpful regarding your composition.

Summary
Maybe a shot of these two at a different angle, showing them 'morphing' in some way may have enabled you to have a strong contender for this Challenge, otherwise this is one of the statistics of 'DNMC'. Always like it when I can see the pilot in the cockpit, so I like that aspect (and the shark nose) of the Warthog and nice shot of the motion of the propeller on the shiny Mustang.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/28/2009 09:15:27 AM
Hey, I was there too! Nice shot!
07/28/2009 04:12:11 AM
Great idea and nicely balanced.
07/26/2009 10:40:16 PM
Nicely captured.
07/26/2009 03:01:58 AM
Cool shot, but doesn't really fit the challenge well.
07/22/2009 08:40:10 PM
Sweet capture.
07/22/2009 01:59:46 AM
air?
07/21/2009 11:59:34 PM
dnmc, sorry. cool pic though
07/21/2009 08:15:06 PM
Interesting. Too bad I don't know which one is old! ;) I guess prop planes are no longer designed and built? Interesting subject, static composition.


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