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Challenge: Motion Blur VI (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D IF
Location: Boca raton, Fl Mitzner Amphitheater
Date: Feb 22, 2013
Aperture: 9.0
ISO: 4000
Shutter: 1
Date Uploaded: Feb 24, 2013

Simple Lightroom edits, Nikon D700, 85mm, speedlight 900 with a flash mounted reflector

Statistics
Place: 76 out of 86
Avg (all users): 4.7547
Avg (commenters): 0.0000
Avg (participants): 4.7442
Avg (non-participants): 4.7619
Views since voting: 281
Views during voting: 194
Votes: 106
Comments: 1
Favorites: 0


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03/06/2013 07:44:45 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club!

First of all, welcome to DPC!

Initial thoughts on this image: I like the colors and swoop motion of the blur, the angle of the subject presents a interesting perspective.

With that said, there are a few things here that kept this image in the bottom half of the challenge. First and foremost is that there is no discernable story here. What I mean to say, is, I can't really decipher what's going on, what the person is holding or what they are looking at. This is the kind of shot that many people on here would call "snap-shotty". Like a picture that someone took just for the sake of documenting what was happening at the time and not shot with the challenge in mind.

Another thing hurting this picture is the extreme yellow overtone of the lighting, which comes shootong with regular house lights as your main source of light. This can be compensated for when editing but it's better to try and improve the light somehow before you shoot.
There is, however, a definite subset of voters on here who will find this appealing as evidenced by your votes of 6,7,8 and 10.

Keep shooting and learning, it's what makes this site great. If you look at my first challenge entry and some of my latest, you'll see it's done wonders for me!

Jason


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