Teenager and Mother Rescued as smoke engulfs home
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Comment by David Ey:
10

Teenager and Mother Rescued as smoke engulfs home
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Comment by kteach:
Good timing and good capture. Like how you can just see the house in the background. The person being carried looks like only a pair of feet.. wish you could see their head or more of their body on the left of the firefighter.

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Comment by DefyTime:
Great work

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Comment by kari1:
::: Critique Club :::

Hi, my name is Kari and from the critique club.

Interesting to do a critique on your image but it is difficult if you don't give us any information in your photographers comments. When we do a critique, we go past just the photographic result, that's what voters comments do. The critique looks at what you were trying to achieve, how you wanted it to look and what issues you had in getting the image captured and ready for voting.

First Impression - the most important one:
Well thought out shot .. seems to be playing on the sillouette .. but I don't think it quite made that ...

Composition:
Not centred ... which I like, I like the drop of the curtain .. looks like the glass in the toilets over here in NZ ... but who cares I am surmising ... the composition it self works well for this shot.

Subject:
Meets the challenge with all the kiwi ingenuity.

Technical (Colour and light):
I know lots thought the black and white worked .. but I am not sure that it does with the use of only backlighting ... unsure really ... I like the silouette type feature and feeling to this shot.

To grow its vote?:
You already know how to ribbon and do better .. but just keep doing really ..

Summary:
Love to see you still doing fantastic as always .. been interesting having the critique what i think is one of our own.

If you've got any questions about this critique, please feel free to contact me via the PM system.

Cheers

Kari

Teenager and Mother Rescued as smoke engulfs home
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Comment by cycleboy:
I feel like this one doesn't have enough of a balance between looking like journalism and yet still being a well done photo. It's good, but I think the best ones I've seen have a better look to them.

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Comment by hektor:
Color/exposure/contrast: 1.5/2 good contrast. palette not very appealing (red shift)
Focus/sharpness/DOF: 2/2 perfect
Idea/creativity: 1/2 good connection with the title pretty common image
Theme: 2/2 fits
Framing/appeal: 2/2 i like the standalone picture
TOTAL:8.5

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Comment by BigK:
Wow, super-crisp shot! There is something in the top left corner (ducks feet?) which I find a little distracting, but looking at the crop I dont think that couldve been helped. Good luck with the next challenge!

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Comment by MacDonald:
Good job getting them so crisp

Teenager and Mother Rescued as smoke engulfs home
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Comment by Skip:
nice work. if you're a professional, you probably could have gotten a better angle and framed it up a bit more dynamically. if you're an amateur, you've done a helluva job.

Teenager and Mother Rescued as smoke engulfs home
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Comment by Judi:
OMG...this is great timing for you but so sorry for the people involved. Good work.