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Landscape
12/25/2006 09:05:39 AM
Landscape
by whiterook

Comment by marvin:
I was going to say that you ruined the picture with the date stamp. Then I saw the picture. Dont worry about the date stamp.
Where is the subject? This is just a picture of a garden. The picture is also flat and needs contrast. And yes date stamps, never use them in a competition, never use them at all. They are ugly and mess up the photos.
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Landscape
12/25/2006 03:59:00 AM
Landscape
by whiterook

Comment by mist:
I think you're destined for a poor score, because you needed to crop out that date mark. I'd recommend turning it off for future challenges. I mean, generally I'd recommend turning it off completely in any case - for digital shots it simply isn't needed, all the information about time of shot is recorded with the file itself anyway, without spoiling the photo.

So, that aside, what do I think of the photo itself? Compositionally I think it could benefit from re-framing. The house in the background slopes off diagonally, and you really need a flat horizon. The photo is over-dominated by the brown trees (I think) in the front, and I don't think it's very well balanced by the house. If you're stuck in winter and wanted a garden shot, I'd have probably tried to find something evergreen, maybe with berries or similar, to keep a bit of colour.

Then, along the top, it feels a bit cramped. So much is in there! The part of a house, the bottom half of a tree, and a section from a second house. It's both too much and not enough at the same time. Neither component is framed fully.

Lastly either the light or your camera has not been favourable in terms of colours. There's a general washed-out appearance to the shot, it all comes across as being pretty muted.

I think if I wanted this shot, I'd have lifted the camera more, to take in less ground and a bit more of the house, and levelled everything off. Then either shoot at a different time of day for more features, or bump up the colour in post.

A leaving-room-for-improvement 4 from me.
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Landscape
12/25/2006 12:25:38 AM
Landscape
by whiterook

Comment by hotpasta:
you'll be dqed for the text...ooops
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New day, new hopes
12/24/2006 02:41:21 AM
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New day, new hopes
12/23/2006 04:02:42 PM
New day, new hopes
by whiterook

Comment by craigester:
You should correct that tilted horizon.
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New day, new hopes
12/22/2006 10:37:11 PM
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New day, new hopes
12/22/2006 07:57:07 PM
New day, new hopes
by whiterook

Comment by klstover:
Too much empty space for me, but I love the colors.
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New day, new hopes
12/22/2006 04:04:16 PM
New day, new hopes
by whiterook

Comment by mist:
Nice idea, I'd have been tempted to adjust for the horizon.
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New day, new hopes
12/22/2006 01:49:17 AM
New day, new hopes
by whiterook

Comment by H.Pe:
wow, bring me back to sea again!
good photo
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New day, new hopes
12/21/2006 05:02:21 PM
New day, new hopes
by whiterook

Comment by orvaratli:
Good colors. When a water horizont is not totally horizontal you get the feeling that the water will start rushing to the left side. I would alos recomend you not to compress the picture this much. JPEG artifacts can be seen where water and sky meet, try optimizing JPEG compression so that you use as much of the 150kb you are allowed.
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