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Dark Pagan Circle
Dark Pagan Circle
alpharich


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: DPC Cinema II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D90
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6G IF-ED VR
Location: nine stone close, derbyshire, uk
Date: Oct 14, 2009
Aperture: 18
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/2 sec
Galleries: Landscape, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Oct 17, 2009

used silver efex and topaz to convert and pop, then used ps4 curves and sharpen to get contrast right before denoise and resize then nik sharpen and finally save for web

Statistics
Place: 35 out of 82
Avg (all users): 5.9708
Avg (commenters): 5.8000
Avg (participants): 5.6750
Avg (non-participants): 6.0928
Views since voting: 1899
Views during voting: 272
Votes: 137
Comments: 7
Favorites: 0


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10/29/2009 06:05:52 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Initial impression: Basically a really promising shot, but the lack of tones is probably why I voted this a 6 during voting.

Technical: Good use of dof and thirds; like the overhang of the tree leading you to the circle. Have to admit though the image as is leaves me feeling a little flat, like there is more going on that we are missing.

Artistic: Given such an ancient and yes, likely pagan symbol, I would have liked to see a more dramatic presentation of same. Perhaps imagine yourself as a fearful peasant from yonks ago, stumbling across this image as the light fell...you may have fallen to your knees in worship/fear/both!

Overall/FWIW: If only for fun, and if feasible (the UK is a small enough island), try shooting this scene again from different heights. I probably would've been on my back or tummy, as I tend to like shooting extreme POV.

Having said that, you finished quite well, so keep shooting and good luck!

Feel free to PM me with any questions,

Susan
 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/21/2009 06:32:06 AM
Title stretch.
10/19/2009 02:25:06 PM
Interesting photo. What is with the background? Is that trees/landscape back there?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
10/19/2009 12:31:40 PM
Title works with image. Not in poster format though... Sucks, could have been a good one.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
10/19/2009 05:10:35 AM
Credible movie title with a matching image; enough negative space for a movie poster but I can't shake the feeling that you have undersold this vision; a more dramatic edit may have helped but you may have already pushed your source to its limits.

Pretty good though.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
10/19/2009 03:47:35 AM
Some dodging on the rocks and burning some of the brighter area's could have really made this image pop.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
10/19/2009 03:16:43 AM
Interesting, where is this ?


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