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Old tractor
Old tractor
tinkie2010


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Things That No Longer Work (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D ED VR
Location: Clarens
Date: Jan 8, 2010
Aperture: 5
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/1000
Galleries: Rural, High Dynamic Range (HDR)
Date Uploaded: Jan 10, 2010

Taken at at late afternoon. Used a single shot and made 5 exposures, then HDR with it. did all the other basic editing with it. Clone out white thing in photo.

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Place: 51 out of 136
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Views since voting: 803
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Votes: 145
Comments: 6
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01/21/2010 09:15:27 PM
Comment:
Good day! You're the recipient of a "critique club" critique! So feel free to take this with a grain of salt :D

First Impression: The colors do make a strong first impression - I happen to like saturation. However, with the HDR, I feel that it's flattened the image out a little too much. I think it would have benefited from a little more contrast.

Composition: I like the composition--I like the choice of not including the entire tractor. I would have been curious what it would have looked like including the front wheel, but I do like your choice of composition.

Subject: Very good choice of subject.

Technical: As I mentioned, I would have liked a little more contrast to give the image a little more interest. Also, I feel that the steering wheel being soft is distracting. I liked the shallow depth of field to blur the background, but with such a prominent placement, it feels a little awkward having the steering wheel blurry. One other consideration: you might want to play around with the crop a little. It might be a stronger picture if you cropped down from the top--the structure in the upper left corner tends to draw the eye without adding much to the overall image.

Final thoughts: Fun shot, nice colors, good choice of subject matter for the challenge. Some adjustments in the contrast/cropping might strengthen it.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/17/2010 03:49:37 AM
Might have been nice to include more of the tractor in the frame.
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01/13/2010 07:42:19 PM
Color blind here, but it strikes me as being too yellow
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01/13/2010 06:42:24 PM
I like the DOF, and also the vibrant green colors. Very interesting pic with a good subject matter.
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01/12/2010 12:36:36 PM
I love the color in this! 9
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01/11/2010 02:38:49 PM
I was awaiting photographs of an old tractor in this challenge. And here it is :)
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