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Native Indian Dancer
Native Indian Dancer
jonpink


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Candid II (Advanced Editing III)
Camera: Nikon D100
Location: Austria
Date: Dec 31, 2004
Galleries: Portraiture, Photojournalism
Date Uploaded: Jan 1, 2005

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Statistics
Place: 19 out of 173
Avg (all users): 6.2300
Avg (commenters): 7.5385
Avg (participants): 5.8876
Avg (non-participants): 6.4758
Views since voting: 1103
Views during voting: 336
Votes: 213
Comments: 16
Favorites: 2 (view)


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01/16/2005 11:33:40 AM
Hey jon

You did a nice job of capturing the subject - good facial expression and a natural crop at the arms. The subject stands out nicely against the soft-focussed background.

My main nit are the feathers. The saturated color and high contrast of the feathers against the cap grab attention away from the dancer's face, as if they were the subject of the image, not the dancer. Also, the feathers appear manipulated, which adds to the distraction, for me.

A suggestion may be to lessen the saturation and contrast on the feathers.

Just my opinion, of course.

01/10/2005 11:11:53 AM
This was my favorite image of the challenge. The colors are very striking. I like the composition as well. I was surprised that it didn't place higher. Nice image.
01/10/2005 12:34:49 AM
Congratulations on your top 20. A truly impressive image.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/09/2005 08:47:11 PM
Despite the 50% ratio, I like this image and can't imagine it in a thirds rule world. The colors work wel together and his expression is great. One of the few borders that I didn't really care for, probably because the photo blends right into the white instead of having a clear delineator. Like thin black, white, thin black. Overall a very nice image tho. Bumping to an 8
01/09/2005 12:19:39 PM
Wow! Brialliant colors on the subject, contrasting beautifully with the white background. Interesting subject. Excellent photo -- a ten!
01/09/2005 07:51:09 AM
the blue pops in this image -- your subject tells a strong story -- one of my favorites this challenge
01/08/2005 11:56:58 AM
I love the rich colors of this photo. 8
01/06/2005 08:15:20 AM
Very sharp with great colors. I like your perspective and the empty space to the right of your subject. Makes a great composition.
01/05/2005 06:10:09 PM
great shot head dress in priceless
01/05/2005 07:32:13 AM
a stricking image, love the colours and the background enhances the image a lot. good luck
01/04/2005 04:43:30 PM
The sharp differential in saturation between the subject's headgear and the rest of the image makes for a very surreal feel in this capture. I wish this man was in a different setting other than what appears to be a coarse concrete wall. It almost seems a composite of two pictures (the man and the wall) in the sense that you have so much fine detail within the feathers and the figure, but extremely coarse details on the wall which appears to be taken at a different focal length (zoomed in or shot closer to wall). Still a good capture and well presented.
01/04/2005 01:03:06 PM
Wonderful! Should be a ribbon winner. Love the colors that are in it, and that is a perfect background! 10
01/04/2005 04:10:16 AM
Great contrasting textures... composition a bit extreme, excessive negative space... great expression, and color.
01/04/2005 02:05:44 AM
This would be MUCH stronger if the right edge were cropped in to bring the image back to a more conventional width/height ratio. As it is, the image is almost precisely bisected into all subject / all BG.
01/04/2005 12:11:14 AM
Something about this LOOKS artificial to me. Did you play around with the feather and background colors? You have some kind of artifact around the head covering that makes it look a little funny... Perhaps from over sharpening? Sorry if I'm assuming too much just sayin' what I see...
TC
01/03/2005 04:05:21 AM
Great shot, the colors here make it jump out.


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