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03/08/2007 01:50:24 AM · #1
to be honest i was so shocked about this. i love this image and i dont see how it was able to recieve my lowest score ever on dpc.


i would appreciate comments and critique please! :)
03/08/2007 02:07:26 AM · #2
Well, I like it. Actually gave you a 7 for it. Can't see much wrong with it, I'm stumped as to why you scored so low.
Perhaps the voters were looking for something to focus on and missed what you were trying to do here. I like landscape shots, so this really appeals to me.

Jan.
03/08/2007 02:14:10 AM · #3
I didn't vote in this challenge (in fact, much to my chagrin, I haven't voted for some time), but I'll give you the rather dubious benefit of my thoughts:

Initially, the overall impression I get is crookedness. Notwithstanding the fact that the trees are obviously upright and the hedge line is straight, I still get this from the hillside (I guess it's a hillside). The sharpest portion of the photograph is the immediate foreground. Normally, I look straight at the centre of a picture and see where my attention is led. In this picture, looking at the centre only gets me some rather soft detail. I wonder whether other viewers had the same initial reaction and voted according to that.

I actually rather like this shot, as there is plenty of detail in that foreground and it leads into the rest of the frame (after looking around for a couple of moments). I would probably have shot this in the same way (for what slight reassurance that might give you).

I wonder whether, in the rush to get through viewing, most voters didn't mark this down, as the first portion of the photo that struck them was OOF.

Just my thoughts on this, you understand.
03/08/2007 02:15:37 AM · #4
I scored a new PW as well

03/08/2007 02:15:59 AM · #5
your shallow DOF forces me to focus on the grass on the foreground, and they look un-interesting, to be honest
03/08/2007 02:17:44 AM · #6
Originally posted by Mr_Pants:

I didn't vote in this challenge (in fact, much to my chagrin, I haven't voted for some time), but I'll give you the rather dubious benefit of my thoughts:

Initially, the overall impression I get is crookedness. Notwithstanding the fact that the trees are obviously upright and the hedge line is straight, I still get this from the hillside (I guess it's a hillside). The sharpest portion of the photograph is the immediate foreground. Normally, I look straight at the centre of a picture and see where my attention is led. In this picture, looking at the centre only gets me some rather soft detail. I wonder whether other viewers had the same initial reaction and voted according to that.

I actually rather like this shot, as there is plenty of detail in that foreground and it leads into the rest of the frame (after looking around for a couple of moments). I would probably have shot this in the same way (for what slight reassurance that might give you).

I wonder whether, in the rush to get through viewing, most voters didn't mark this down, as the first portion of the photo that struck them was OOF.

Just my thoughts on this, you understand.

i tried alot of different editing techniques and this was my favourite. i was going for an eerie nostalgic feel and i believe that what i got.
03/08/2007 02:21:51 AM · #7
Hey noisemaker,

I left a pretty extensive comment for you. I hope its helpful.

C
03/08/2007 02:22:35 AM · #8
Originally posted by noisemaker:

Originally posted by Mr_Pants:

I didn't vote in this challenge (in fact, much to my chagrin, I haven't voted for some time), but I'll give you the rather dubious benefit of my thoughts:

Initially, the overall impression I get is crookedness. Notwithstanding the fact that the trees are obviously upright and the hedge line is straight, I still get this from the hillside (I guess it's a hillside). The sharpest portion of the photograph is the immediate foreground. Normally, I look straight at the centre of a picture and see where my attention is led. In this picture, looking at the centre only gets me some rather soft detail. I wonder whether other viewers had the same initial reaction and voted according to that.

I actually rather like this shot, as there is plenty of detail in that foreground and it leads into the rest of the frame (after looking around for a couple of moments). I would probably have shot this in the same way (for what slight reassurance that might give you).

I wonder whether, in the rush to get through viewing, most voters didn't mark this down, as the first portion of the photo that struck them was OOF.

Just my thoughts on this, you understand.

i tried alot of different editing techniques and this was my favourite. i was going for an eerie nostalgic feel and i believe that what i got.


Please don't get me wrong, I like this shot a lot and would have voted quite high on it, had I been voting. It's just that this is probably not 'obvious' enough to score well. By that I mean that it needs to be looked at for a short while to get the impact and most voters, I believe, do not have the time, but vote on initial impressions alone.

Again, that's just my opinion and I cannot speak for all the other voters.

I would say, forget about the score and enjoy the lovely photograph you've taken.
03/08/2007 02:30:33 AM · #9
Originally posted by Mr_Pants:

Originally posted by noisemaker:

Originally posted by Mr_Pants:

I didn't vote in this challenge (in fact, much to my chagrin, I haven't voted for some time), but I'll give you the rather dubious benefit of my thoughts:

Initially, the overall impression I get is crookedness. Notwithstanding the fact that the trees are obviously upright and the hedge line is straight, I still get this from the hillside (I guess it's a hillside). The sharpest portion of the photograph is the immediate foreground. Normally, I look straight at the centre of a picture and see where my attention is led. In this picture, looking at the centre only gets me some rather soft detail. I wonder whether other viewers had the same initial reaction and voted according to that.

I actually rather like this shot, as there is plenty of detail in that foreground and it leads into the rest of the frame (after looking around for a couple of moments). I would probably have shot this in the same way (for what slight reassurance that might give you).

I wonder whether, in the rush to get through viewing, most voters didn't mark this down, as the first portion of the photo that struck them was OOF.

Just my thoughts on this, you understand.

i tried alot of different editing techniques and this was my favourite. i was going for an eerie nostalgic feel and i believe that what i got.


Please don't get me wrong, I like this shot a lot and would have voted quite high on it, had I been voting. It's just that this is probably not 'obvious' enough to score well. By that I mean that it needs to be looked at for a short while to get the impact and most voters, I believe, do not have the time, but vote on initial impressions alone.

Again, that's just my opinion and I cannot speak for all the other voters.

I would say, forget about the score and enjoy the lovely photograph you've taken.

thank you yeah i do agree it is a photo you definitly need to take a good look at first
03/08/2007 02:33:48 AM · #10
Originally posted by Citadel:

Hey noisemaker,

I left a pretty extensive comment for you. I hope its helpful.

C

yes it was helpful!
i had some more sharpness int he photo but i edited it differently. to see what i was working with heres theoriginal:

i combined 3 different exposures then went from there( this i just the "proper" exposed one)
i might doa reshoot this was just done before school one day, maybe ill actually bring my tripod
03/08/2007 02:41:00 AM · #11
Tripod might help as I see the trees were a little blurry in the original. Hopefully you get a nicer sky because this one was kinda "blah" (which strangely works in the b&w version though). With a few clouds and a bit more sharpness this would rock! I also thought of something you could try. (Not legal except under expert unfortunately). You could take one shot that got bang on focus and then take another one just slightly out of focus and then blend them. It might give it a nice soft look that you were looking for. Worth a try anyways... (I guess you could also create a second layer with a lot of gaussian blur in it to create the glow effect).

Post-processing hurts my little brain. :(

*eta* I guess the tress aren't blurry so much as the sky kinda makes the details harder to see...and I am tired

Message edited by author 2007-03-08 02:42:08.
03/08/2007 09:48:58 AM · #12
Originally posted by Citadel:

Tripod might help as I see the trees were a little blurry in the original. Hopefully you get a nicer sky because this one was kinda "blah" (which strangely works in the b&w version though). With a few clouds and a bit more sharpness this would rock! I also thought of something you could try. (Not legal except under expert unfortunately). You could take one shot that got bang on focus and then take another one just slightly out of focus and then blend them. It might give it a nice soft look that you were looking for. Worth a try anyways... (I guess you could also create a second layer with a lot of gaussian blur in it to create the glow effect).

Post-processing hurts my little brain. :(

*eta* I guess the tress aren't blurry so much as the sky kinda makes the details harder to see...and I am tired

what i did to give my soft focus feel was make a strong NI layer then i added a layer mask with a gradient so my foreground would still be sharp
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