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Comment by rex:
Love the eyes also. I think maybe too tight of a crop. I would like to see the whole chin. But it is a great high key image.

Message edited by author 2006-09-15 17:29:40.

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Comment by Jutilda:
Great High Key. Love the eyes.

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Comment by Phil:
I like what you've done here with the old plane. Nice work biggis.

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Comment by kteach:
Great shot... very moving. My only suggestion would be to clone out those wires on the left.

Forgotten Old Home
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Comment by srdanz:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

First impression: The photo looks washed out. The lighting is too harsh, and it does not appear that the time of the day and/or your position were conducive to producing a good shot.

After looking over the details and other comments etc:

This scored lower than I would expect it to score. I would have expected this to be slightly above 5. However, why didn't it fare better? First of, in this challenge you should have known that there will be 90% of buildings, and this one is just that - a building. From your own comment, this must have a special place with you, as it is obviously something that you would capture, DPC or no DPC. However, the DPC voters do not know that, and our subjective views usually get trashed by DPC vote, if we were lulled into believing that others will see it the same way.

Hope this helps!

-Serge

Forgotten Old Home
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Comment by Balko:
Using a new formula....
Meets the Challenge = 2
Technical Merit = 2
Holds Interest = 1
Creativity = 1
The "wow factor" = 0
Final score: 5

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Comment by sherpet:
I really like this one, especoally the perspective, with the winding road slowly fading in the distance..... I also feel most of your images give a feeling of vast open spaces, and I like that.

Forgotten Old Home
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Comment by goc:
nice 7

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Comment by yanko:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

First off, great photo. I like the oddity of this shot a lot. What hurt you the most was this being a bit of a stretch on the challenge theme. Chaimelle said it perfectly in her comment so I won't go further there.

Technicals:
The color was captured well from the sky on down. The lighting on the main subject is also good. Although I wish the crowd was better exposed. That might have been difficult to accomplish in-camera but in post editing it could have been improved using masks and curves.

Subject/composition:
I like the choice in subject. You definitely captured him in his element but as mentioned before it feels more like a candid than portrait. In terms of the composition, I liked the choices made. I only wish the build on the left wasn't there. Maybe a different angle would have eliminated that or minimized it to the point it could easily be cloned without any worries of a DQ. Personally, I think you could have gotten away with just cloning out the building as is since it takes up so little of your shot. However, to be safe I'd ask an SC about that first before doing that in the future. Just something to consider.

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Comment by Elaine:
IMO a portrait controls the setting and the main focus is the subject. This seems more of a spur of the moment shot. He is depicted more as an entertainer than an artist.