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03/22/2010 08:43:57 AM |
Hi Walter, greetings from the Critique Club!
So you decided to take the plunge and enter in the challenges, and for the first entry you landed a 37th place, very good!
Regarding your photo:
Composition
Although the tree in front does detract a bit from the image, the overall lines help to lessen this effect. Your eyes are attracted to the waves and a bit away from the trees, as if they are secondary.
Technique / Lighting
As mentioned below, with a shutter speed of 1/2000 you had some space to compromise in aperture and maybe a lower ISO (but I guess with minus 27 it was better not to have the picture shaken :)
Processing
Here is where I think it was a bit overdone. The levels and saturation caused that blue halo around the tree trunks, giving it a rather HDR feel to it (not in a good way). Probably you could have gone in the opposite direction, slightly desaturating it, and boosted the contrast, then you could've retained the original punch.
Overall
For this challenge this fitted perfectly, and you still got a 6.8 from commentators, so it pleased a lot of people.
I think that this picture with good processing could easily be in the top 20.
Continue sending in pictures :)
PS - if you want (since you're a member, you can do it) instead of putting your comments in the comment section, you can edit the details of the picture, and include it in the description.
If you have any questions feel free to contact me.
Regards,
Joao |
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03/17/2010 02:35:19 AM |
Thanks all for your comments. After years of watching you folks, this was my first "dip in the pool". Placing at #38 pleases me no end.
I agree...increased DOF and less blue would have been better. Chill factor that day was on the order of -27...did not spend too much time "pondering" Ha!
Walter ('da NapCat) |
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03/16/2010 04:09:28 PM |
| Really cool shadows, should do well in this challenge. |
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03/15/2010 03:24:48 AM |
| I like this...I like how the shadows fall on the snow |
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03/15/2010 02:32:34 AM |
| A bit too much blue sat, IMO. Otherwise very good pic, fits challenge perfectly. |
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03/12/2010 04:44:26 PM |
| beautiful and great energy |
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03/12/2010 07:16:57 AM |
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03/11/2010 11:49:01 AM |
| Very groovy, but too saturated for me. |
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03/10/2010 12:58:29 PM |
| very good structure of the photo, but I kinda dislike all the blueness, it reminds me of some kind of illumination problem. |
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03/09/2010 07:58:45 PM |
| the first tree seems a bit fuzzy... other then that good shot |
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03/09/2010 07:37:45 PM |
| I really like your shot with those blue shadows. I think that the position of the frees in the frame let down the shot a little bit. By that i mean that the detail in the back is slightly lacking and the two trees in the middle overlap. In the post production you have produced a slight halo on the edge of the trees as well. |
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