Hues of light
by bennettjamie

Comment by Tiny:
It would be a 5 from me as it is very average in both subject and everything else.
Which is good enough and it came about middleish in the final call.
The colors are its best asset in my view.
All good as you get better as time passes.

Message edited by author 2015-04-13 11:56:30.

Hues of light
by bennettjamie

Comment by tanguera:
As Kobba said, the color of the sky is beautiful, but other than that, there really is nothing special about it. There's nothing "wrong" with the image - the oversaturation may be intentional and to your taste. That's part of our individual choices when creating an image. And these choices will please some and annoy others.

When we start out here, we're trying new techniques, accomplishing things we've not done previously, producing better images than ever before. And we're thrilled with our progress.

But then we put them in a challenge and often they just don't compare. Especially in a FS, where everyone is entering their best from an entire month.

Try to never lose site of pleasing yourself first, even though the scores make that tough :)

Hues of light
by bennettjamie

Comment by bennettjamie:

Originally posted by giantmike: I meant to comment on this during the challenge, then I ran out of time. Overall, I like it. A center composition can be bold and interesting, if done right. This meets that. However, there were two main dis-tractors: 1. There is too much deep black on the bottom. Cropping that could have helped. 2. The saturation is pushed too high. The colors seem to be neon. While I'm sure this was a colorful event, I doubt it had this kind of saturation. I got back to know of my photos from a few years ago where I did the same thing. I learned a lot from that photo :)

Yea, when I upload to DPC the image looks sooo overly saturated so I need to go into photoshop and look into that. I agree for sure, way oversaturated!

Thanks for the comment and advice. Im proud of it, and I think the square crop and it being centered works perfectly too!

Hues of light
by bennettjamie

Comment by giantmike:
I meant to comment on this during the challenge, then I ran out of time.

Overall, I like it. A center composition can be bold and interesting, if done right. This meets that.

However, there were two main dis-tractors:
1. There is too much deep black on the bottom. Cropping that could have helped.
2. The saturation is pushed too high. The colors seem to be neon. While I'm sure this was a colorful event, I doubt it had this kind of saturation. I got back to know of my photos from a few years ago where I did the same thing. I learned a lot from that photo :)

Hues of light
by bennettjamie

Comment by Phocal:
I did not vote in the last free study but this would have gotten a 5 from me. The color of the sky is amazing and just stunning, but other then that there really is nothing spectacular about the photo. I have been a fan of the square crop from my film days, but it has to be the right photograph to really make it work. In this case it does not, having the tree filling the entire frame and dead center is not a very interesting composition. If you would have used a different crop and backed up from the tree, putting it to one side of the frame it would have made a much more interesting composition and would have gotten a higher score from me. Without actually seeing it, I would guess I would have given you a 6 or 7 depending on how it looked. I entered a tree photo with a square crop, maybe if you had done something similar to this it would have done better.

Hues of light
by bennettjamie

Comment by Kathyc:
Great color

Hues of light
by bennettjamie

Comment by Lydia:
7 from me.

Tat Silly Face
by bennettjamie

Comment by Yo_Spiff:
Yes, I LOVE goofy faces. This one has personality oozing from it. I can't speak for the rest of the DPC crowd, however.

Eyes might be pimped just a tad too much, as I can tell they have been obviously brightened and sharpened a bit.

Tat Silly Face
by bennettjamie

Comment by jgirl57:
LOL! Great!!! I love those kinda of candid portraits! Fun!

These are my kinda weird and fun images, its like loosen up, having fun why so serious LOL

Tatayana
by bennettjamie

Comment by tanguera:
The image looks more polished, yes. But the neck area is too dark. Just needs a tiny bit more detail so it doesn't look like the head is floating.

It still doesn̢۪t change the content, which I still don't feel is FS worthy. But it would have done pretty well in the camera challenge :)