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01/29/2003 04:55:15 PM |
Greetings from the Critique Club :)
Hi Wheeler :)
This photo has a strong 'cute' element to it. Your message comes across very well and the challenge is met :)
Photographically, the photo may be a bit weak. There are three specific elements here that I believe could use some improvement.
1 - The exposure is not as strong as it could be. It appears that you are shooting into the sun. This being the case, you have a little washout in the color on your sign and at the top of the building behind it. You did not post your camera settings so I can't make any suggestions on a different exposure route for you.
2 - Compositionally, your camera is tilted which causes the sign to be tilted in this photo. I'm not sure if that was intentional or not, but it doesn't really add anything to the photo.
3 - Your sign is dead centered in the frame. The surrounding buildingd don't really strengthen your photo, so maybe a tigter crop just including the 'duck' and the sign would improve the overall impact of this shot ....
Keep up the good efforts :)
John Setzler
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01/26/2003 11:18:06 PM |
| Oh! That's mean! :-) LOL - what a sense of humour! |
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01/26/2003 10:52:36 PM |
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01/26/2003 09:53:30 PM |
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01/26/2003 09:25:27 PM |
| The top of the photo is washed out til the sky is white and there appears to be a haze. Even the "sign" is washed out. As for the "duck" clearly in the crossing area, that's cute but not enough to make up for the washed out section.. Decent photo otherwise. |
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01/26/2003 02:14:06 PM |
| Funny idea, but the photo is IMHO not very nice. I think a closer cropping and using the rule of thirds (for the roadsign) would be helpful here. There is too much uninteresting on the right side of this shot. What about a faked skidmark ;-)? |
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01/26/2003 12:03:10 PM |
| Very funny, would've been a great humor challenge pic. I don't like the light effects on the sign though. Well conceived pic though. - Inspizl |
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01/24/2003 11:20:41 PM |
| This is a cute & creative idea, but there is not enough emphasis on the sign. The background is a bit distracting and there is a weird glare on the sign. Next time try not to put the sign right in the middle. By not centering the sign, you could have eliminated some of the background. |
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01/24/2003 09:43:04 AM |
| hehehe that's funny. the sign is too washed out |
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01/23/2003 03:42:00 PM |
| (qu)Ack! Funny stuff! I think the composition needs a little work though. But this is a creative idea. |
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01/22/2003 09:13:18 PM |
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01/22/2003 07:22:45 PM |
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01/21/2003 11:43:49 PM |
| I might have croppe out the trees and sky in the background that looks overexposed and rotated the image to the right, as everything is tilted. |
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01/21/2003 11:04:49 PM |
| Okay, I chuckled, I admit it. It seems a little crooked to me, and a little blown out, but you did a great job of making a common thing funny. |
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01/21/2003 04:09:35 PM |
that's AWEFUL!
but REALLY funny! ha ha |
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01/21/2003 03:24:21 PM |
| another interesting way to use a halloween custome. the horizon is off a bit though |
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01/21/2003 01:25:34 PM |
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01/21/2003 11:44:50 AM |
| High marks for creativity. Two things... The sun is causing you a problem, which I know there's not much way around if you don't have more time; and, the shot really should be leveled. I'm giving a 6 for good effort and creativity. |
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01/21/2003 11:12:55 AM |
Should have used real ducks. That would have been funnier.
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01/21/2003 12:11:35 AM |
| Cute!!! I would have shown more road than buildings though.. |
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01/20/2003 11:09:21 PM |
| hmmmm ... a duck-skin rug? |
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01/20/2003 07:39:05 PM |
| You get points for humour although it looks like the photo needs to be rotated clockwise slightly (to make the sign and building point straight upwards). Focus and exposure are quite good - especially since it looks like the light levels weren't very good. |
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01/20/2003 07:01:06 PM |
| LOL creative. You should have painted some black tire tread marks on the "duck" and that would have been a classic. :) |
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01/20/2003 03:57:53 PM |
| I got a chuckle . thank you |
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01/20/2003 02:25:34 PM |
| i think the deceased stuffed duck (or whatever it is) detracts a lot from the photo - makes it perhaps too 'campy'. also i think taking the photo from another angle would have helped as well as the building in the background doesn't do much for the photo while perhaps more of the street would have highlighted a little more the 'xing' aspect of the sign. |
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01/20/2003 02:17:43 PM |
| hahaha! Is that house tilted? ;-) |
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01/20/2003 01:57:28 PM |
| Too much glare at the top of this picture, but got a good laugh from it.Thanks. |
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01/20/2003 10:19:31 AM |
| Cute dead duck - one notch above the other duck crossings - just for a sense of humour!!! |
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01/20/2003 06:18:14 AM |
| very funny. On a technical point, I would have liked you to have straightened the verticals. |
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01/20/2003 02:41:52 AM |
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01/20/2003 01:18:55 AM |
| Uf. That's a bit morbid. Heh. I think for this picture to have worked you would have needed to have the sign in focus, and more prominent. |
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