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05/07/2007 11:38:01 AM · #1 |
Place: 173 out of 243
Avg (all users): 5.5049
Avg (commenters): 6.5714
Avg (camera): 5.5049
Let me start by saying I'm not complaining of my score. I'm very happy with it and was thrilled that it beat my personal best. I just want constructive critisism. I want to know what I could improve on. Why was it voted a 1 and a 2? Is it because it's of kids? Is the lighting off? Was the cropping bad? That kind of thing. I actually want to get better. |
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05/07/2007 11:45:05 AM · #2 |
It appears you rec'd some very good feedback from a Critique Club member that addresses the overall composition quite well.
Personally (I didn't vote the Triptych challenge BTW), I would imagine the lack of bordering on the inserts was a turnoff for some that were voting. Made the inserts blend in a bit.
BTW - You show 0 (zero) 1's, only 1 (one) 2, and 2 (two) 3's. Hardly anything IMO to be concerned about. |
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05/07/2007 11:47:18 AM · #3 |
| Ya I saw that right after I posted this and I have no idea how to remove a thread so I'm just leaving it. |
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05/07/2007 11:48:25 AM · #4 |
Originally posted by glad2badad:
BTW - You show 0 (zero) 1's, only 1 (one) 2, and 2 (two) 3's. Hardly anything IMO to be concerned about. |
Not concerned, just curious. I like to learn and improve. :) |
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05/07/2007 11:49:06 AM · #5 |
Originally posted by angelfire:
Ya I saw that right after I posted this and I have no idea how to remove a thread so I'm just leaving it. |
:D
You could just contact SC if you really want it removed by using 'Help/Contact Us' in the navigation bar of DPChallenge. |
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05/07/2007 12:36:06 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by angelfire:
... I want to know what I could improve on. Why was it voted a 1 and a 2? Is it because it's of kids? Is the lighting off? Was the cropping bad? That kind of thing. I actually want to get better. |
First thing you need to do is learn to forget about what the people who gave it 1-2s and those that give it 9-10 think if you want higher scores. Both groups are fringe voters with fringe opinions representing less than .5% of the total voters in this particular photograph. You need to know what the majority thinks and respond to that.
Note:
Oh... I'm sorry, I did not notice someone from the critique club had commented on this image. I usually don't look at other comments before I do my own. I appologize if there is anything I said that disagrees with anything from the critique club. I need to learn when to keep my mouth shut. :(
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Positives:
Non-traditional but creative tryptych approach, particularly with the inverted look for the lower right image from its "background". A Child at play is a good subject choice for a tryptych and is nicely arranged.
Technicals:
Generally OK but with a few rough spots. Focus is very good on the two smaller images but your central image shows "out-of-focusness" because of movement by your subject. The problem with its sharpness is that it is in never-never focus land. It should either be totally stop action or show more motion blur, but not be where it is.
The wall in the lower right tryp is level to the frame but in the main image it is not. That is a bit of a distraction. Viewers generally want symmetry with things so closely related like that. You have plenty of light but there is nothing eye catching about it. The background of your main image looks flat and lacks texture.
The blend in the upper left tryp is a little weak.
The Challenge:
Yours placed absolutely middle of the pack but about .3 below the challenge average. That means that the group felt there were a lot of very, very good tryps at the top then the rest, like yours, melted away into the background.
The technicals held back your entry more than anything. The lack of focus of your model in the main image and the bland background and lighting were the main culprits.
Suggestions:
You would have to do a reshoot to address the problem with movement by your subject in the main image. In that case you want either a shorter shutter speed for stop action or a longer shutter speed for more motion blur to better capture the feeling of a child at play. The second one is harder to do.
The bland, textureless background can be addressed in post processing. Dodge and burn could be used to good effect to add texturing to the background and give it a feeling of depth that the image lacks. Vignettes can contribute to that as well. Additional color saturation would add even more depth and texturing.
Overall lighting is a different issue. Taking it earlier or later in the day with more raking (side) lighting would add more viewer interest to the composition as well.
With some effort you could modify the upper left tryp to make it perfectly blend with the middle image, as if it is actually part of it. That would make viewers surprised for a moment when it looks like it is part of the same image yet has the same model. That would be rewarded in voting.
Message edited by author 2007-05-07 12:41:47.
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