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06/29/2004 10:30:31 PM |
Greetings from the Critque Club!
Compositon:
Your choice of subjects for this challenge hurt you I think. As many people said this would've been much better in a different challenge. The instruments are very small for being solely saturated. That said your framing is great. Your capture of this musical quartet is wonderful. It has a story to tell, and makes you want to know more.
Lighting:
Lighting is pretty good. The whites seem a tad on the over-exposed side, though just on the border of it.
Technical:
Perhaps a slightly smaller aperture would've blurred the background a bit better for you. As it is the stone columns look more in focus than the musicians. This is one of those photos where being forced down to 640 really hurts it. I think this would be extraordinary in it's full sized glory.
Post-processing:
Your desaturation looks good. Your subjects look a little soft. Presumably from the resizing. You might want to run unsharp mask after the final resize. You probably should've rotated the image a smidgen, as it is the steps are slightly crooked, which is slightly distracting.
Overall:
I think this would've scored much higher in a different challenge. I also think in it's full size it is probably a very unique and intriguing photo. My suggestions for improvement are rotating to get the steps straight, sharpening after resizing, and lastly while not appropriate for this challenge, I think you have a very strong completely black and white photo. In fact I think in black and white you could be talking ribbon worthy.
Excellent capture. Hope you do better next time.
Message edited by author 2004-06-30 17:37:36. |
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06/27/2004 07:23:28 PM |
| I like the mood, love the different poses. Great contrast, would really like to see this without the colors after the challenge. I like the tilt too, adds to the candidness. |
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06/25/2004 07:46:31 PM |
| Not a wise picture choice for this challenge - the little details don't jump out - a closer crop may have helped....... but you'd loose the people on the end. Overall - a damn good effort - you have wonderful workmanship skills for detail. |
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06/24/2004 03:42:10 PM |
| Very nice. The only thing that bothers me is the red strap on the guitar. I don't think it was neccesary. Less is more, I guess. But still a great image. |
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06/24/2004 08:22:47 AM |
| The shot is very interesting and what you have done with it is brilliant. Good thinking, well excecuted. |
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06/24/2004 07:47:47 AM |
oh wow!!!!! This is awesome!!! I want to know the story behind it....please share. A very rare 10 from me...here's why:
I've said it before - a photo should tell a story (in my opinion). When you look at this shot, a story unfolds. Is this a family band? School kids waiting to play for the President? Dunno...that's the beauty of it. You can make it whatever you want. Thanks for sharing |
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06/22/2004 10:34:04 PM |
| Love the composition and framing here. Very interesting pic to look at.... 7 |
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06/22/2004 11:25:35 AM |
| I like both the restrained use of color and the good rendition of texture and shape in the black and white parts of the photo. |
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06/22/2004 05:37:23 AM |
The kid on the end is thinking....can we go home now.... lol
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06/21/2004 08:36:58 PM |
| I don't think this quite works with the selective desaturation, but, I think it wold work either very well in color, or completely black and white. 5. |
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06/21/2004 05:13:32 PM |
| Nice idea...not sure whether I would have included everyone. Focussing on one musician might have produced a stronger impact. |
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06/21/2004 09:29:23 AM |
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06/20/2004 10:38:24 PM |
| Too many things in color, this challenge begs for things sticking out. . . interesting photo regardless. |
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