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| 01/26/2007 09:43:02 PM |
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| 01/26/2007 05:19:41 PM |
future hall of famer?by whiterookComment by mpeters: Honestly, your name fluttered through my semi-conscious mind while voting this image. Apparantly my skills are not honed enough to instigate a response with 100% accuracy. ;) It will come though, I guarantee it.
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| 01/26/2007 04:42:00 PM |
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| 01/26/2007 02:17:53 PM |
chess timingby whiterookComment by Citadel: The lighting appears strange here. Almost hazy in appearance. Compositionally this is rather bland unfortunately. Perhaps a close up of one of the clocks with a little better lighting would have been more effective. |
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| 01/26/2007 01:49:34 PM |
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| 01/26/2007 12:45:55 PM |
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| 01/26/2007 12:03:22 PM |
future hall of famer?by whiterookComment by seanh99: Originally posted by giega:
I agree with  mbardeen. Here is a crop of your photo with some basic adjustments. See the difference? Please do not despair.
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My 2cents
Look at the above image that giega put up on your monitor.
Now adjust your monitor until it looks good to you.
This simple step should solve the washed out issue.
I offer this as it seems that consistantly you are nicked for your shots being too light or washed out. |
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| 01/26/2007 11:59:11 AM |
future hall of famer?by whiterookComment by mbardeen: Then I would highly suggest getting your monitor checked. If you are seeing 99% of the images as "too dark", perhaps it is not the images, perhaps it is your monitor?
New monitors cost less than a weeks worth of groceries these days -- perhaps that would be a wise investment.
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| 01/26/2007 11:53:09 AM |
future hall of famer?by whiterookComment by whiterook: Originally posted by mbardeen:
Hi,
I'm going to offer a critique, though you will probably ignore it. There are certain things you should do whenever you prepare a shot to submit to DPChallenge.
First ask yourself "What is the subject of this shot?"
Is it the grass? Is it the chain link fence? Is it the crowd? Is it the ball player. I can't tell. Remember - Simple is good. Too many distractions and the eye wanders. If something is in the photo and it is not the subject, crop it out.
Second: Colours - for a start. Black should be Black. White should be white. Here your black is a form of gray -- that is what people mean when they say "too washed out". Adjusting the contrast (or levels) of this photograph would do a lot to help.
I've taken the liberty of cropping your photo and adjusting the colours so you can see the difference this makes - I hope you are not offended.
Third: Composition - Your ball player is performing some action and your photograph should be telling a story about that action. If I look at this photo, I immediately think that he has struck out. Why? Because you have included the catcher, so I think he's important to the story. But then when I look, I do not see any ball in his hand and I become confused. If you had included more out in front of the ball player and crop out the catcher completely, I suddenly understand he's hit the ball and then the context becomes clear. Now your photo stands alone and tells a story in its own right -- your title only helps to reinforce your photo.
Witness this quick and dirty edit:
Ideally there would be even more space out in front of the player, but this should at least help you see the difference.
I hope this helps,
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too me the shot is too dark, thanks |
| 01/26/2007 10:19:22 AM |
future hall of famer?by whiterookComment by giega: I agree with mbardeen. Here is a crop of your photo with some basic adjustments. See the difference? Please do not despair.
Message edited by author 2007-01-26 10:26:30. |
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