Prefontaine, the Early Years
by fas-ligand

Comment by rlinn3:
very cute, but DNMC.

Prefontaine, the Early Years
by fas-ligand

Comment by summerlovin:
awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

Bound by Preconception
by fas-ligand

Comment by Frankie_Lv:
Morning Fas,
Nice image, the composition is well done the framing also is good with one minor exception. I would have liked to have seen a little more room given at the bottom of the frame that last chain link needed just a wee bit of room. The elbow area needs a bit of sharpening.

Memorial Union
by fas-ligand

Comment by Person:
wow
nice shot
the colours i didn't like it soft and quite , the b&w and more sharpness will affect more ( in my openion)

Memorial Union
by fas-ligand

Comment by vikas:
Nicely balanced shot.. imo its a tad underexposed!

Memorial Union
by fas-ligand

Comment by Artifacts:
Ahhhh... Oregon State! You realize, of course, that all U of O grads will give this a 1, don't you? LOL!!! Nicely captured and framed.

Positives:
Lighting and tonality are both very good. The buiding is a worthy photographic subject with a lot of interesting detail.

Technicals:
Composition is nice, particularly that you took care to frame the foregound walkways balanced in the image. Center framing is right for this picture.

It is a bit confusing for the viewer as to whether this image is intended to be full color, muted color or sepia toned. The rest is fine.

The Challenge:
Meets the challenge withouty doubt. Being well toned and meeting the challenge is not enough. DPCers want some thing spectacular in the images they see. You have to include 'added value' to set your composition apart from the rest for a higher score. DPCers are harsh voters.

Suggestions:
I would review the color/duotone nature of this image and make a concious decision to exaggerate it to be unmistakably one way or another. Make it plainly a sepia, B&W or more vibrantly colored.

I don't know your settings but taking a longer exposed image at a large f-number like f/22 will create more exaggerated star patterns around the lights that are popular at DPC. Those can be 'enhanced' in RAW and/or post processing for more effect.

For added viewer interest you might consider including some students walking toward the the bulding on the sidewalks.. maybe a solidary student with a pack full of books on one walkway and a couple arm in arm on the other.

You might consider experimenting with other perspectives on the building, including this same one except clipping off part of the wings to make a larger framing of the building center. That would allow a more traditional aspect ratio for the composition and include more detail from the building itself.

Bound by Preconception
by fas-ligand

Comment by Artifacts:
Positives:
This is a very nice idea. Provides the viewer with something to think about. Nice clean simplistic image without a lot of distracting details. Simple is always good. Generally well done.

Technicals:
Composition and framing are good. Sharpness is fine with the exception of some sharpening artifacts on the lower part of the arm. Tones are very smooth.

Not lots wrong technically. Looks like the image may be a little 'flat' where it does not contain the full range from black to white from 0,0,0 to 255,255,255. The bottom chain may be a little to close to the edge of the frame. This image depends on its simple clean lines for its effect so as a result there are some minor details that act as distractions. There are three shadow and arm lines that show up on the forearm that act as distractions.

The Challenge:
Obviously meets the challenge. DPC voters require literal topic interpretations and including the physical chain accomplishes that. But because of the nature of the challenge some voters might have become jaded after viewing a lot of images containing chains and wanted even more unusual compositions than this. Hard to say, though.

Undoubtably the wimpy arm lacking chiseled muscular features had a negative impact on your score. ;)

Suggestions:
Check the luminosity range of the image to be sure it covers the full range from 0,0,0 to 255,255,255. It will add more 'punch' to the composition. Dodge and burn for images like this are always liked by DPC voters so you might want to try doing some of that. It provides additional viewer interest. Adding a vignette border is a common photographer trick to increase image visual interest as well that you might consider. Flex those muscles!

Bound by Preconception
by fas-ligand

Comment by kombizz:
nice tones

Bound by Preconception
by fas-ligand

Comment by liberty:
Good idea, nice b&w.

Memorial Union
by fas-ligand

Comment by cajay:
Go Beavers! :-)