Freedom, The Basis of America
by Be-real

Comment by kaiser_chief:
Nick

Yep, me back and will give you some more feedback, both because you asked in the forums, and because your PM thanking for the last lot.

Will not repeat the previous stuff as it still stands......

Ok, No editing done, that probably has negatively hurt your score significantly. The colours are quite flat. They may have been like that, but i often find that cameras do not capture the vibrance of the colours. In Post Processing, you could adjust this to get significantly more from the colours. I did a little play around, and got the pinks to be more red, and really stand out. I was able to make the left hand side lighter using Shaddows/hihglights in Photoshop, which then removed some of the issue I sopoke about earlier. Some extra saturation into the colours could make a difference to this. If you don't have much experience with these programs, play around with them and see what you can achieve. there are also some tutes on the web that can help you. Best way i have found to improve though is to try things out. I cringe at some of my early stuff now, and the mistakes I made in processing them.

The grainyness. I am not sure whether that is from the surface the painting is on or not. I was able to remove at least some of this using Reduce Noise. Most software programs have something that helps you do this.

I see you have entered again this week, so it will be good to see what you have come up with this time. Send me a PM at the end of voting for that one if you want me to provide some feedback on it as well.

Good Luck, Keep Shooting and trying new things, and trust me, you will learn Heaps

kaiser

Freedom, The Basis of America
by Be-real

Comment by AP:
aside from the technical issues already spoken of this photo is more of just a documentation of someone else's work and not an image that you really are the "author" of.

Freedom, The Basis of America
by Be-real

Comment by LMA128:
here's my opinion on this shot. #1 it totally fits the challenge. #2 its a colorful and interesting picture, but unfortunately i think its the photo quality that got you voted down on this. i would have probably given you a five just because its a little dark, and kind of grainy.

BUT its a great start for your first challenge! keep entering your scores will go up with each challenge as you learn more on this site! good luck!

Freedom, The Basis of America
by Be-real

Comment by kaiser_chief:
hmmmmmm, you have taken a photo and turned it into a political statement..............I will now ignore the title

The light is a problem. The gradiant of light means the F is quite dark, and all attention is drawn to the E at the end. Having more space int eh photo may have helped draw attention to the word, rather than to the individial letters. To me it also appears to read backwards. With the E being both larger and brighter, I seem to read right to left, EERF instead. With the light like this, maybe shooting fromt eh other end, having the F larger (but darker) may have then emphasised the word, instead of all attention going to the letter E

Freedom, The Basis of America
by Be-real

Comment by hmundell:
good

Freedom, The Basis of America
by Be-real

Comment by kevwaggs:
Kinda grainy but good point of view.