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Broken By The Wind
Broken By The Wind
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Challenge: Landscape (Classic Editing)
Camera: Sony DSC-P20
Location: Outside
Date: Jan 12, 2003
Aperture: F8.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/160 sec
Galleries: Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jan 12, 2003

Taken with Camera set on black and white.

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Place: 201 out of 219
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Avg (commenters): 5.4000
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Avg (non-participants): 4.6354
Views since voting: 1016
Votes: 226
Comments: 13
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01/22/2003 08:53:53 PM
Critique Club Review

Note: Do not take any comments in this review personally. They are only for the purpose of assisting with photography.

Composition: I see what you are getting at here. You are trying to show the broken tree. But the problem is that there are too many other busy elements in the scene (ie other trees, other branches, around beside and in front) that they dilute away from the impact of what you're trying to show. In general, you should try to ISOLATE the elements of interest. If they cannot be isolated, then it probably will not be that successful of a shot.

Technical: The black and white works well. The focus seems a little soft. Probably was handheld. There's not really any clear point of focus. Ie it's hard to tell what I should be looking at.

Overall: Strengthen your shot by moving in and clearly isolating elements of interest. This will strengthen all of your photography if you do this. Good luck!
 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/19/2003 10:25:06 AM
Interesting photo, with an overall merging of trees and twigs into a lovely, textured whole. However, the darkest tones aren't dark enough (on my monitor, which is properly calibrated).
01/17/2003 12:49:10 PM
To me, this is a shot of A tree, not a landscape. That said, with all of the branches, the eye tends to dart around, trying to find an object to focus on.
01/14/2003 03:05:17 PM
it just looks messy to me .. i bet you others like it a lot though
01/14/2003 02:53:07 PM
This is a pretty shot, but hard to look at. It all kind of blends in together. Not sure how that could be fixed at all, other than doing it in color, but the color in the shot probably wasn't very impressive this time of the year anyway. Focus and clarity seem very nice. was a wide angle lens used for this? I wonder because of the strange angle of the trees to the left. I think you made a good decision to go black and white, just wish there was more seperation. Good luck in the challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/14/2003 11:13:32 AM
I got rather lost looking at this. In monochrome the tree isn't standing out from it's background. I'd be interested to see it in colour to see if it becomes any clearer.
01/14/2003 02:11:45 AM
I think this shot needs more contrast. There isnt enough distinction between branches and the sky.
01/13/2003 04:58:27 PM
I like it, but much like my own photo, it may be a bit too busy. It's obvious you were trying to focus on the broken tree, but there's not a way to do so in this lighting situation. No way to isolate the tree.
01/13/2003 11:28:31 AM
The black and white causes this photo to be very busy. Might have been more effective in color? Dunno.
01/13/2003 08:38:11 AM
Good clear black and white. Seems to tell a story. good shot. Good luck in the challange.
01/13/2003 04:24:12 AM
Pictures seems a bit too cluttered to see the subject properly.
01/13/2003 12:54:52 AM
While the branches hanging down in front create a nice texture pattern, the photo is a little too busy.
01/13/2003 12:36:03 AM
Lots of contrast in this photo.


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