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06/30/2004 10:27:14 AM |
Hi from the Critique Club.
When I receive a photo to critique, I first look at it without the title or other info to see if I can guess which challenge it is from.
This one was obvious! I did not vote in the desat challenge, but I would have given you one of my 10's (I'm very stingy with them!) I think this is an awesome shot.
What strikes me about it first off is the intensity of the black and white. It has a very dramatic feel to it, certainly enhanced by that sky - and I think the colors help play up that fact. My only nitpic with the exposure or levels is the bright white shirt walking toward the viewer. It's a little distracting, but that's nitpicky.
The composition is perfect in my opinion. The lines compliment each other and lead the eye to the center and down the walkway. The people being scattered just a bit give it some movement and a bit of a journalistic feel, I think.
This is really an artful photograph and one of my favorites for this challenge. Congratulations!
Hope you find these comments helpful. |
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06/29/2004 02:41:00 PM |
| It´s you again! I think I´m in love with this picture man, there is something about it, or everything about it, like a dreamworld, cant explain.. You´re the best man! |
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06/29/2004 11:29:47 AM |
another great city shot. I really like teh quality of your work because you seem to "see"- or perhaps "create" an interesting shot out of the busy, cluttered or more "normal" or "banal" city topics. Of course here you have the everyday person walking around amidst a truly dramatic sky and fantastic vertical lines leading to the dome.
keep up the good work. |
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06/27/2004 11:02:48 PM |
This was my top pick..I certainly expected it to finish higher than mine....brilliant.
Gordon |
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06/27/2004 03:49:50 AM |
| Brilliant shot as B/W (South Bank to St. Paul's??) but not certain picking out colour adds anything. Too many people?? |
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06/26/2004 10:42:18 PM |
| this shot is simply beautiful. top 5 in my eyes. good luck -10 |
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06/26/2004 09:17:42 PM |
| very interesting- The saturation was done very well, but i think this photo would be best if all b&w or all color. That's just my opinion, but I love the composion- i've never seen the building from this view- it's very nice. Great job |
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06/26/2004 06:18:46 PM |
| brilliant - if i could vote on this one it would be a 10 |
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06/24/2004 07:55:18 PM |
| What a great image. My favorite of the challenge so far. There is actually a lot in the picture that has color but with this picture it works very well. My first 10 given in this challenge. |
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06/24/2004 04:03:07 PM |
| wow, very good. almost looks like a drawing. |
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06/23/2004 11:22:03 PM |
I like the shot overall. Lovely use of leading lines to draw your eye to the center, but the colors that are left are distracting and IMHO not where the eye is meant to be drawn to.
TC |
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06/23/2004 07:53:17 PM |
| At first glance, this shot is a little busy for me, but as I look at it more, it almost seems like I can peer around the obstacles and look deeper in to the shot. Very interesting lines and great capture of motion. I'm raising my score after looking again to comment. Good luck! |
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06/23/2004 07:00:51 PM |
| A very striking image. I would normally complain about the centered image - but since you 've placed the person on the left edge, it's not a problem at all! The sky is great and your choices for selective desat are excellent. |
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06/23/2004 06:53:17 PM |
| This is just awesome, composition, edeting and all Just beautiful! - 10 |
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06/22/2004 07:17:19 PM |
| Excellent attention to detail in this. I see you have colored it perfectly and not missed one person. Great job. I would have exaggerated the colors on a couple of the people I think to make them stick out more, but still good, and great Title. |
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06/22/2004 06:46:57 PM |
| Very dramatic. This is my favorite so far. DEFINITE 10 |
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06/22/2004 04:39:31 PM |
| I love this photo. So beautifully executed. I can't find one single thing to complain about :) . Truly a true artist at work. Can't wait to find out who you are. 10 |
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06/22/2004 11:53:27 AM |
| Wow..mindblowing composition and lighting..the guy upper left is my only nitpick..although I like the way the light is hitting him, I find my eyes being drawn away from the centre of the image where the perspective wants to lead them..perhaps if somebody had been on the right to balance it, this might not have been so prevalent....that aside..this must be a ribbon winner..very well done |
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06/22/2004 09:51:39 AM |
| Brilliant concept - people in color against black and white objects. I also like the sky and the great DOF. I'd like to know how ou selected the people - it looks like it would have been a tremendous amount of work to outline each individually. |
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06/22/2004 09:39:51 AM |
| Beautifu;, well done. Love the clouds. |
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06/21/2004 09:15:32 PM |
| This is the one for me. Just perfect. |
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06/21/2004 09:54:57 AM |
| Nice capture. Like the dramatic sky and the leading lines. |
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06/21/2004 04:54:23 AM |
| well, obviously the view you have chosen is gorgeous - and what is almost a standard tourist type shot has been enhanced a wonderfully exciting sky. my only negatives that come to mind is that sadly the cathedral is a TINY bit off centre, which kind of unbalances the otherwise perfect symmetry, and i'm in two minds about whether or not desat really improves an image of this type. in my limited understanding of photography, i was kind of led to believe that selective desat is supposed to draw your eyes to one particular element. you've stuck with colour to people, which IS a sungular element, but they're all over the place and i find my eyes to-ing and fro-ing trying to take them all in. this is still a very dramatic picture, and in terms of quality and technical merit i would give an 8. however, i personally don't think this is enhanced by the selective desat, so i feel compelled to offer only a 6. |
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06/21/2004 01:54:26 AM |
| Nice contrast and I enjoy the ominous clouds above. Overall, the picture feels heavy on the left side and the 4 girls lined up leaves a little to be desired compositionwise. I'd either like to see randomness with people scattered about, or just 1 or 2 people with a focus on symmetry. |
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06/20/2004 11:26:14 PM |
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06/20/2004 08:09:23 PM |
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