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The Great Pumpkin Will Rise Again
The Great Pumpkin Will Rise Again
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Dreams and Nightmares (Classic Editing)
Camera: Canon PowerShot G3
Location: Missoula, MT
Date: Oct 3, 2003
Aperture: 2.8
Shutter: 1/640
Galleries: Still Life, Macro
Date Uploaded: Oct 5, 2003

This was at a local farm

Statistics
Place: 62 out of 112
Avg (all users): 5.1742
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 4.8987
Avg (non-participants): 5.4605
Views since voting: 859
Votes: 155
Comments: 13
Favorites: 0


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10/17/2003 08:10:35 PM
Hello from the Critique Club, Michael.

First off I'm a fan of this kind of shot. There are those that'll tell you that you mustn't have a foreground element out of fofus in a pictture, or that the dof is too shallow here, etc. etc. but boy are they wrong, IMO. There's a marvellous sense of from to back distance here, a real idea of an expanse of Pumpkins. Likewise those who tell you your primary subject should never be centred in your image are only those who completely misunderstand the 'rule' of thirds. Those old tricks alone are enough to explain your low-ish score for a very good photo.

I would agree with Gordon's assessment of the light though - something a little more directional would ahve helped the depth and definition even more, though i;d guess you didn't have so much choice: that or not enough patience (which is, in itself, one of the primary resources a photographer needs, I believe).

I don't get the reference, I'm afraid (at least, from the comments, I presume there's some sort of Charlie Brown reference here), so can make no comment on that front, other than to point out that it's perhaps not as universal as you thought.

Technically, compositionally, it's a shot that can 'break' the thirds rule because of the varying weight of the foreground elements - the heavier, more present on the right, the less present on the left, which lead the eye across the image, almost forcing the gaze to travel back towrd the centre of the image again where one finds the subject of the photo. That works, and also takes one eye on past the subject off into the background filed of pumpkins - so that there's a real progression to the process of looking at this. Just a little more dynamic to the light, or something less random in the composition would perhaps add a deeper impression to it. Good work, nevertheless.

Ed
 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/12/2003 06:24:25 PM
Hooray for Linus!! I like this, good job.
10/11/2003 06:39:28 AM
Of course, it's that time of the year. Without the title, this doesn't belong in this challenge. Unless you freequently dream about pumpkins :-)) But for what it's worth - the centre composition and the tight crop makes this a very average photo.
10/11/2003 12:05:16 AM
Nice, seasonal image, but dream? Hmmmmmm I'm looking and I can't find the dream. But I like it! I'd like more of the pumpkins in focus to show. That would mean moving the big oof one up front out of the way. It's too oof to take up so much room. I like how the ones way in the back are oof though. Without the big one up front the dof would be just so nice.
Colour and exposure are really nice.
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10/10/2003 10:06:51 PM
LINUS!!!!!!!!!!!! I love watching that show every year especially now with my girls. This is an excellent overall shot, the main focus in the front, the sea of orange behind, the only thing that would have made this a 10 for me is if you had one MUCH larger pumpkin to depict the Great pumpkin! ;)
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10/08/2003 04:33:40 PM
Very nice shot of pumpkins! The Depth of Field is so nice here, and the lines and shapes are so well captured.
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10/08/2003 09:53:14 AM
Great capture. I like the way you sharpened on a middle subject and modified with the other pumpkins.
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10/07/2003 09:08:41 AM
nicely composed - could be better with more interesting light, though. The flat light has let you record it evenly but makes for a less interesting or warm shot than maybe late evening sun ?
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10/06/2003 11:10:18 PM
This would have been a lot more fun for me if shot a night or with a dark background...what would you see if the title were not available? 6
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10/06/2003 10:55:10 AM
very nice seasonal shot. sort of a stretch for the challenge but great dof and color.
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10/06/2003 10:40:46 AM
Nice photo...good dof, color and light. Charlie Brown
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10/06/2003 12:52:56 AM
Nice DOF
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10/06/2003 12:36:38 AM
Interesting DOF. Oh, and keep dreaming Charlie Brown.
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