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February Zen
February Zen
davidw


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study 2010-02 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM for Canon
Location: Minnesota
Date: Feb 13, 2010
Aperture: f/9.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Landscape, Nature
Date Uploaded: Feb 24, 2010

I'm on a black and white trees in the snow kick, but its working for me :)

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Statistics
Place: 148 out of 379
Avg (all users): 5.8056
Avg (commenters): 7.6667
Avg (participants): 5.6729
Avg (non-participants): 6.1892
Views since voting: 720
Views during voting: 257
Votes: 144
Comments: 13
Favorites: 2 (view)


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03/11/2010 10:55:32 PM




Critique Club Critique

First Impressions
Ohh - nice.

I didn't get to this one during voting, but hypothetically would have been at least an 8 from me. I like your title, very apt.

Photograph Information, Technicals & Composition Review
I'd hazard a guess that you are very pleased with the end image here, based on your comments. This would be lovely as a big big canvas type (or whatever) wall sized in a room. Very peaceful and relaxing, easy to wander off to another place.

Technicals all seem very sound, especially seeing that this is likely the end result you were wanting. The shallow DOF works well. I can't quite decipher if it is snowing or mist or fog or what, perhaps it is there 'larger', who knows - but the end effect of 'haze' (for want of a better word) adds to the feel in the image and works well, in my opinion.

The toning is good, maybe a little more definition here and there - don't know, would likely change it too much and create just 'another' image. The main reason I mention this is that the 'flat' b&w just seems... 'plain' - but that's the whole idea. Simplicity in scene and presentation of such (guessing here, or it is my interpretation).

Composition is good, I like the way it trails off to the right.

Comments, Score & Placement Review
148/378 is a bit of a shame, I guess not enough voters stopped to appreciate this image/scene - or perhaps they did but it didn't connect with them... who knows.

7.66 from your commenters - all of which were in unison it seems. I'm a little surprised the average from them wasn't higher... but there ya go.

Summary
It's good. Print it.
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03/08/2010 10:45:16 AM
this does nice things to my mind.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/06/2010 11:21:26 AM
I'm going through the entries, stopping at those images I feel have had the benefit of an unconventional eye and dwelling a little longer to try to see and appreciate what you saw. This is one of those images.

Positives: What a beautifully composed image - very subtle indeed. It communicates a sense of silence and delicacy. I like the way that nothing has been 'pushed' in the edit and as such the image feels honest.

Critical stuff: Nothing at all.

Overall: Very nicely done
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03/06/2010 08:26:37 AM
Yum, lovely :)
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03/05/2010 04:29:59 PM
this is such stark beauty...wow
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03/03/2010 09:39:53 PM
Interesting minimalist approach. Just wish we had a bit more detail in...what ever the heck that is on the horizon.
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03/03/2010 12:53:08 PM
So simple and so nice. Excellent job.
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03/03/2010 03:16:44 AM
really nice simple bw, well done.
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03/02/2010 06:07:26 AM
Very pleasing minimalism. I'm loving this type of shot more and more these days. The isolation, quiet, and sterility of it are interesting.
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03/02/2010 12:53:36 AM
a work of art. very nice.
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03/01/2010 07:15:11 PM
Beautiful!
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03/01/2010 03:32:07 PM
Way to go!! *10*
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03/01/2010 06:55:52 AM
Simple but stunning image!
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