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showing its age
showing its age
bmartuch


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Challenge: Free Study 2011-10 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Tokina AF 12-24mm f/4.0 AT-X Pro DX
Location: Bay City, Michigan
Date: Oct 1, 2011
Galleries: Urban, Architecture
Date Uploaded: Oct 27, 2011

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Statistics
Place: 287 out of 311
Avg (all users): 4.8873
Avg (commenters): 6.3333
Avg (participants): 4.7664
Avg (non-participants): 5.2571
Views since voting: 351
Views during voting: 236
Votes: 142
Comments: 7
Favorites: 0


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09/07/2012 10:30:49 AM
Commenting for the critique thread - I see I gave this a 4 in original voting. For a free study I set the bar of expectation somewhat higher than normal and had this been in a relevant themed challenge it may well have been scored 5-6. Also with free study's moreso than any other, I adjust my votes based on the strength of the competition and tend to use the full range of 10-1 so you may have just been competing with a high standard of images that month.

The main issue for me is the leading lines throw my gaze immediately out of the frame to the left, so I have a hard time looking 'at' the image. Maybe being closer to the wall and having the lines go 'into' the frame rather than across it would hold my interest more.

I also found the colours to be a competing distraction - this may really benefit from a high contrast (or HDR) black and white treatment.

This shot just didn't do it for me.
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09/07/2012 10:02:08 AM
I like the angles a lot, especially how you were able to keep the top window almost constant throughout.

I think the windows and the brick facing are gorgeous. The area where I am not sold on is the grass in the lower left. I wonder if a different perspective to only show the building may have had more impact, especially with the geometric focused crop.

To 'show the age' and have the natural surrounds still present, a more standard crop may have been in order. I think you were trying to do both at the same time and I am not sure it worked completely. Still, it got a 6 during voting from me.
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09/07/2012 09:20:55 AM
although I'm not a fan of leaning thingies.. this works, the part that really attracks me is the story's in the window panes.. I would have tried to crop to the panes.. and maybe you did and it didn't work, but that's my 2 cents... I do love your processing, not too much yet enought to punch it up
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11/20/2011 11:19:36 PM
neat little panorama in the bottom row
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/04/2011 05:52:39 PM
Unusual and interesting
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11/02/2011 05:44:24 PM
Very cool angle.
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11/02/2011 12:44:07 AM
Yes and falling over or that is what it feels like. 6
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