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10/19/2014 11:46:31 AM |
Critique Club Comment:
Ah, Marcel, we meet again.
Mr. Rene is a nice subject for a candid shot, but I'm not all that happy with the image here, and neither were many of the voters.
Let me first address the selective color. I am not a fan of it, but I believe it might have worked here had you limited it to only the plant and clippings in front of him. The rest of the green, particularly the stuff on the shelves, is very distracting and given the choice I believe you would have been better off with just straight black and white. I suspect you just desaturated every color channel but green, right? Not the best way to do selective color.
As for the image, again, while the subject seems interesting the capture is just OK. I really would have preferred the person be in focus as well as the plant, or just the person. The plant is interesting, but even its use in the title doesn't convince me you can have a "plant candid". Had you moved a little to the left and zoomed/cropped in on just his hands and the plant that would have worked as well, but it still plays as less of a "candid" shot. Lots of background distractions take away from the subject.
Again, I think there was definitely a good candid photo to be had here, but from this vantage point I don't see anything. A different angle and more attention to the person in the shot might have done much better, particularly if you dropped the selective color. |
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10/16/2014 02:20:04 PM |
| He reminds me of Chuck Close. Interesting how you retained the color of the green objects behind him. Not usually a fan of selective desaturation but it works pretty well here. |
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10/16/2014 05:11:38 AM |
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10/13/2014 07:55:46 PM |
| Since this is Advanced Editing, you could select everything but the tree and leaves on the table and desat to eliminate the green on the floor and the back shelves. But maybe leaving that green in was intentional? |
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10/13/2014 05:43:18 PM |
| I think recomposing to have him more in front of the simple cabinet in the back and using a smaller aperture to bring more of the scene into focus would have helped. Also, while I like the selective coloring bringing only the green parts of the photo into color, there are some green parts in the background and I would have preferred to have them desaturated as well, with only the tree he's pruning and the leaves on the table being in color. |
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10/11/2014 05:24:52 PM |
| Really liked the image and composition, but not a fan of the selective desaturation which, to me, does not suit the image or contribute anything meaningful. |
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10/10/2014 03:41:25 PM |
| Very nice! I have learn how to perform that colorizing. |
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