No Ordinary Man. by knklove

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Basic Editing I

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No Ordinary Man.

knklove

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Challenge: Extraordinary (Basic Editing I) Camera: Minolta DiMAGE S404 Location: Methodist Church Downtown Fort Worth Date: Jun 26, 2004 Date Uploaded: Jun 27, 2004 Add photograph to your favorites Add photographer to your favorites	Wandering around downtown Ft Worth looking for something "Extraordinary" I remembered that I had been wanting to go to this beautiful Methodist church and take pictures there. I had never seen this statue before but I loved it and so it became the focus of my shooting. Hope you like it.

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hughletheren

Canon EOS-7D

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

07/12/2004 04:28:46 AM

Hello Kreg from the Critique Club,

Composition
The statue is clearly your primary subject and I like the way the branches on the left and the trees on the right provide a frame. The camera position means the wall is sloping away form the viewer and this provides some interesting diagonal lines. Maybe the window behind the statue is a bit distracting but I'm not sure what you could have done about that. Maybe I would have cropped a little less on the bottom, to retain the whole of the plinth or at least the first step.

Focus
The statue itself is in focus - there is deep depth of field which is fine, although a wider aperture with consequently less depth of field might have softened the background to some advantage.

Exposure
Capturing white subjects in a generally dark background is always difficult. You have overexposed some of the statue, losing some highlight detail, which is a pity but had you reduced the light by smaller aperture or shorter exposure you would have lost details in the shadows. Maybe the statue was more important?

Challenge
This was a good subject for the challenge for those with the appropriate religious understanding (and convictions).

Overall
The religious theme will spark an interest from some of your audience - others may react against it. It is a very reasonable capture of the statue. Wander around some more and take your camera with you!

Hugh
Any comments or reactions, feel free to contact me.

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mmccoy

Kodak CX6200

07/06/2004 08:45:29 AM

excellent title ... extraordinary man