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05/01/2005 03:06:32 PM |
*Critique Club*
The first thing I notice here is that there really are no whites. The image is quite grey, even the whites of his eyes are grey. I played with this a little bit and adjusted contrast and brightness and it seemed like it came out a bit too bright, especially on his face. I bet that was the reason you chose to go greyish instead of 'too brightish'. The only solution I would see to that would be some selective editing to make some areas whiter, without making the already lighter areas too bright.
There is a diagonal line from the fence that goes directly through the center of Ryan's head. What looks like the rest of the fence then comes out the back of his head under his ear. It doesn't seem from your description that you had a lot of time to worry about background elements, but it does kind of create an odd visual of the head being 'chopped off' by background elements. What happens there, is that we look at the subject (the boys head) and then items 'coming out of his head' draw us away from his face. In this case, my eyes want to follow the diagonal in the background, and almost skip right over him.
Focus and clarity are really good in my opinion. I like the detail in his face and hair. I like how the background is blurred leaving more focus on the subject himself.
Without the explaination, it seems odd to cut his arms off like that, but I see why and it makes sense now and it's a funny story.
Overall I think it's a fine portrait of this cute young man. With a different angle on the background and brighter whites, I think this would be perfect. As is though, still a nice photo for the albums. :)
~Heather~ |
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04/24/2005 11:03:51 PM |
| nice example of the power of B&W.. lovely young man. Excellent pose, composition. bumping up. |
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04/24/2005 10:42:30 PM |
| Great character study with great tones to bring out the excellent skin texture. |
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04/24/2005 07:57:13 PM |
| such intensity for such a little guy. Great capture. |
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04/24/2005 02:36:07 AM |
| Good choice of black and white for this portrait ... it gives more strengh to those beautiful eyes. |
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04/21/2005 12:34:12 AM |
If I didn't know better, I'd think that Anthony was trying to wish me away into the corn field.
Good DOF. I'm not sure that I like the arms reaching out of the frame, but it does seem to hint at a reason for his penetrating stare. Although I'm not typically a fan of selective desaturation, desaturating everything but his eyes might have given this image that extra kick needed to score within the top 30%. |
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04/20/2005 12:29:01 PM |
| Looks like to much dodging on the eyes |
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04/19/2005 01:12:34 PM |
| Overall sharpness is lacking. Did you do a post processing sharpening on this after you resized it? A lot of times a light unsharp mask after resize will bring back the original pop you had at full size. |
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04/18/2005 06:22:07 PM |
| Awesome picture! There is SO much personality in the cute little face!! I love the black and white too! |
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04/18/2005 05:37:09 AM |
| This is downright arresting, almost disturbing. Wonderful tonalities, in an image with depth. |
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04/18/2005 03:15:21 AM |
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04/18/2005 12:40:48 AM |
| Excellent capture of the eyes. I would vote for a shade more contrast to really make them stand out. |
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