My unsubmitted entry to Balance...

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

07/21/2004 01:14:04 AM · #1

I didn't manage to get this one in before the deadline to the Balance challenge... but I'd like to get some opinions/critiques/comments.

/Andrew

goodhart

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

07/21/2004 01:16:09 AM · #2

Some editing is apparent on 'her' leg. Looks like the foreground was imposed onto the background, so that takes away from the image. But I still like the concept.

heida

Canon EOS-5D

07/21/2004 01:16:18 AM · #3

This is very good
I think it would have done quite well :)

Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED VR

07/21/2004 01:17:12 AM · #4

Originally posted by goodhart:

Some editing is apparent on 'her' leg. Looks like the foreground was imposed onto the background, so that takes away from the image. But I still like the concept.

Indeed, that's an artifact of the post processing (ie, burn on the sky) ... I'm still working on it a little bit to get rid of the dark edge.

/Andrew

jadin

Nikon D800

07/21/2004 01:38:27 AM · #5

Very nice shot. Superbly good perspective.

07/21/2004 01:40:29 AM · #6

Okay, I posted up the version with a better boundary between the burned sky and the leg...

I've got a personal attachment to the shot... took this one when we were at the beach together over the weekend... it's too bad that I was so exhausted when we got back that I forgot to upload it in time for the challenge deadline!

Oh well, lesson learned. :)

Thanks for the comments! Keep 'em coming.

/Andrew

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

07/21/2004 09:07:33 AM · #7

I'm going to bump this one up for the daytime US crew...

Still looking for more opinions.

/Andrew

hopper

Canon EOS-80D

Canon EF 35mm f/2 IS USM

07/21/2004 09:09:58 AM · #8

would have gotten at least an 8 from me ... very nice

Bran-O-Rama

Canon EOS-5D

07/21/2004 09:12:51 AM · #9

Nice. I just wish the sand between the two mats was dead center.. seems a little on the right side. Also, "His" side towers over "Her" making the left feel heavy. For a shot or composition like this, I'd try to get it perfectly symmetrical but that's only because of my interpretation of "balance."

Elemmennope

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

07/21/2004 09:25:46 AM · #10

I really like it a lot! It's a neat perspective! I'd have given it a 7 probably. Higher if the figures were a bit more balanced -- show some of her torso or eliminate the guy's. Or maybe have her left leg raised in back with a brightly colored flip-flop to balance his upper body showing plus give a little extra burst of color. Also the sky looks a touch oversaturated and artificial to me.

Very cute shot!

markmyshots

Nikon D70

07/21/2004 10:07:44 AM · #11

i would have voted high on that pic...nice shot