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01/25/2003 01:33:12 PM |
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Composition (content)
I have to agree with hbunch, what is the main interest in this image? Your title suggest that it is the rooftops, but the composition seems to favour the trees. The line of trees dominate the image. One of the trunks from the right tree forms a very strong diagonal that crosses three of the nine sections of the rule of thirds grid. And the third three from the right covers a rule of third vertical line. The rooftops are more in the background.
If you want the focus on the rooftops I'd suggest to use another shooting angle and use the trees as frames. The section right of the right tree adds nothing here, that tree would serve better as a frame. With that diagonal trunk there is much potential to get a really interesting shot that also makes it more clear to the viewer what you are trying to show.
If you want the focus on the trees, stand back more. Show the foot of the trees and show more of the treetops. And in that case it would work better to blur the background. But you need to be able to adjust the aperture to get that effect.
The lamp also grabs some attention, it is a nice addition. But it also takes some attention away from the houses in the background, because accidently it is on a rule of thirds crossing. The first suggestion with the trees as a frame could take it away from there, but again, it is a nice break in the image, so try to keep it in.
I like it how the trees go form left to right and create depth that leads the eye trough the image. (It gets boring, but this too takes attention away from the rooftops in the background).
I think this has a lot of potential, but when I look at it I seem to switch my focus between foreground and background too much, a little bit confusing.
The blue cast is nice. It adds a cool factor to the image, wich is very appropriate given the snow and such. When I do a white eyedropper levels on the rooftops the blue cast is taken out. It looks very nice that way too, less dark, more inviting. Did you leave the blue cast deliberately or is this right from the camera?
Background
See composition.
Camera Work (Technical)
Good focus, sharpness ok, clean picture. Could benefit from a manual whitebalance (or manual levels in post processing). Excellent exposure, nice lighting. When the house is the point of interest, the chosen (manual/auto) aperture is good.
Digital Processing (technical)
See above. Sharpening is good.
The image is only 82 kb out of the allowed 150. Save future submissions at a higher quality. A higher jpeg quality means that detail sharpness remains (check the woodwork of the house and the branches of the trees), and that colors stay closer to the orinal file. There is a lot of bluewhite in this image, that is relatively easy to compress. When it was not there the quality setting would have caused artifacts in the branches.
My opinion
Nice clean image, but not sure what you are trying to show. |
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01/20/2003 03:27:05 AM |
| I can't figure out how the votes play. I thought the photo was great. Yeah, it's a house but it's landscape as much as the others. You should have gotten higher! Cub |
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01/17/2003 12:35:57 PM |
| Houses, but wheres the landscape? |
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01/16/2003 08:50:05 PM |
| I would suggest that you us the available 640 pixels to make your photo bigger, this photo is only 518 pixels wide. Nice composition. Good Job. |
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01/16/2003 05:07:29 PM |
| this is a nice shot but it does not meet my idea of what the challenge is about :) 5 |
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01/15/2003 08:37:20 PM |
| Lovely winter scene. I can't tell if it's morning or evening but the light is very pretty (not the lamp but the sunlight) |
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01/15/2003 02:00:02 PM |
| The single light in the photo adds a 'lived in' feel to it. Very pretty. |
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01/14/2003 02:39:23 PM |
| I like the blue tint when you take pics of snow. I get the same thing with my camera. I'm not really sure what the focal point is here. If it were the trees, I would like to see more of the trees. If it were the house, then i would like to see more of the house. I don't think your focal point is the house though considering the challenge. So definately more of the trees. Lighting appears to be good though for your shot, and focus and clarity are also good. Good luck in the challenge. |
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01/14/2003 10:12:09 AM |
| Unfortunately, it's all more blue than white - you should use the colour cast removal tool in your paint program. |
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01/13/2003 05:43:20 PM |
| This is a pleasant picture. :) |
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01/13/2003 03:42:55 AM |
| Very pretty. The snow looks a bit blue though. |
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01/13/2003 03:37:28 AM |
| This is a very nice picture indeed, but I think it falls outside of the Landscape category. |
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01/13/2003 12:26:32 AM |
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