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08/09/2009 06:05:00 AM |
| Thanks for all the helpful input! |
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08/09/2009 04:07:52 AM |
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I see this is your first Challenge entry. Congratulations on taking the plunge and welcome to DPC. |
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08/09/2009 04:06:16 AM |
Critique Club Critique
First Impressions
Oh, I did like this during voting, but the main subject - 'High Ho Silver' was placed too high in the frame for me (no pun intended). I gave this a 6.
Photograph Information, Technicals & Composition Review
A deeper depth of field to get more of the horse's features in focus would have been better in my opinion.
Toning: I am a little undecided on the high key b&w effect for this image, I don't think it is enhancing the subject - but with a little more depth/contrast, perhaps. Composition: as mentioned, I think the horse is placed to high within the frame - I wonder about a tighter crop on the left and at the bottom, if the quality was there.
I know this image is being mostly about the horse, but there is still a rider there and they are not making eye contact with the camera, nor looking in the direction of the camera, minor, but I still think it has an impact on the 'connectionability'.
Some interesting elements in the image, especially the 'braces' (no idea what they are called) on the horse's hooves/ankles - alas the detail is near lost.
Comments, Score & Placement Review
264/419 is a fairly good showing in a Free Study, and a score of 5.45 also so. Horses are always a favorite (including with me).
All of your commenters were taken with the image and this is affirmed by their average score given of 7.33.
Summary
Good capture, and an artistic processing, which as mentioned, is a little too 'depthless' for me, but obviously appeals to many others - and if you prefer it this way, then that is the main thing. A variation in cropping I think would definitely have given the image a little more edge. |
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Comments Made During the Challenge  |
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08/05/2009 08:15:02 PM |
| Wow, love the bright whiteness of it all...great focus too 8 |
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08/04/2009 05:54:44 PM |
| Lover the ranger, hence my name (after kimosabe) :P Love the overexposed white look, this is great, and not just because of my lone ranger bias :D 9 |
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08/02/2009 07:43:54 PM |
| I like the action and intimacy of the rider and horse. Crop seems very tight given that they are moving up and left. |
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08/02/2009 09:46:30 AM |
| great capture, beautiful horse. not sure if it's for artistic reasons, but the lighting seems way overblown. |
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08/02/2009 07:19:52 AM |
| Great shot and it works in bw for me. |
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08/01/2009 06:50:40 AM |
| Well, this photo is a lovely capture of horse and rider (nice title too!...;-)...) Definitely deserves a 10! |
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