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Living in a square
GinaRothfels


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Square (Classic Editing)
Collection: challenges 2002-5
Camera: Olympus C-2100UZ
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Date: Jan 25, 2003
Aperture: F3.2
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/20 sec
Galleries: Still Life
Date Uploaded: Jan 26, 2003

Seen hanging on the wall at an auction sale - hence the labels.

Statistics
Place: 81 out of 179
Avg (all users): 5.2459
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.1215
Avg (non-participants): 5.4211
Views since voting: 982
Votes: 183
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0


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02/08/2003 01:57:08 PM
~~~~Critique Club Comment~~~~

Composition (content)

The power of this image is in the shadows. They create extra dimensions. Therefore it would be interesting to see the whole shadowgame. I wonder if this was done on purpose, is it part of the art, is it coincedence lighting from the auction hall owner?
Because of the shadows I think that a landscape view would have worked better, the lower part of the portrait view is just empty and on smaller resolutions it stretches the image beyond the 600-explorer and Start bar pixels making people scroll, scroll for nothing.
The labels are little spoilers, but you cannot pull them off. You should have bought it! ;)
The subject is shot at a nice non-centered angle, works well.

As this is someone else's art it would be nice to tell who made it to in a way give some kudos to the creater. Selling this could get you into trouble for copyright violaton in most countries. Just a thought.

Background
Nice clean orange provides a good background for the shadows and finds some balance in the figure's pants.

Camera Work (Technical)
Good choice of aperture and ISO to keep the shutter handholdable.
Focus and exposure is good, but the sharpness is on the soft side. I don't think that that is a problem in this picture.

Digital Processing (technical)
When it is cropped from a much larger image, try a landscape view with more shadows. The submitted picture could benefit from a tighter crop in height. I wonder what some unsharp masking would do.

My opinion
Cool subject, a lot of potential for a great photo.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/02/2003 05:01:07 PM
I love this... the color is phenomenal and I love the way the shadows create extra impact on this shot. I assume this is a piece hanging for sale in a shop somewhere maybe... I really would have like to see the P21 sticker removed, but it may not have been possible... = 10 for submitting this anyway... great shot and keep up the good work :) - setzler
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02/02/2003 12:11:03 PM
Nice shot- love the colors and the shadows. Nicely bordered as well!
01/30/2003 03:25:10 PM
Composition: Subject is slightly too high?
Technical: Excellent
Meets challenge: Yep
Overall impression: Good subject, not sure photo adds anything extra though. 7
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01/29/2003 05:21:34 PM
I like how the shadows echo the image well, but the P21 sticker is too distracting and takes away from the otherwise interesting concept.
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01/29/2003 05:08:41 PM
the subject isnt very good, but there are many squares
01/29/2003 10:43:17 AM
very nice colors
01/27/2003 10:31:00 PM
Good job...nice colors and composition.
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01/27/2003 09:07:51 PM
Great colour and lines. Wishing the tags were gone though.
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01/27/2003 07:17:50 PM
Nice composition. Perfect lighting. I love the shadows! Cub
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01/27/2003 01:27:13 PM
Neat abstarct with cool shadows, just wondering what the numbers are all about.
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