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Gussi


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Challenge: Postcard (Classic Editing*)
Camera: Canon PowerShot G2
Location: Reykjavik Iceland
Date: May 2, 2003
Date Uploaded: May 4, 2003

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Statistics
Place: 43 out of 106
Avg (all users): 6.0000
Avg (commenters): 6.6667
Avg (participants): 5.7403
Avg (non-participants): 6.4000
Views since voting: 850
Votes: 127
Comments: 16
Favorites: 0


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05/16/2003 01:20:15 AM
Critique Club

Composition: This is a beautiful picture and includes interesting subject matters. The building is lovely and unique. I have not seen one like it. Set nicely behind it is the beautiful blue sky. The geyser is nice and with the angle at which you shot this, it frames the building nicely and doesn't compete with the building. You were lucky that the wind was blowing the right way for this. Is this a constant errupting geyser? If it were possible, I would have walked a little closer to the fence. Although the colors of the grassy areas in the foreground are nice, it would have been better, I think, to get the fence out of the shot and still get in the spout of the geyser with the building behind it. At it's current distance, it would not be effective to just crop out the fence because you lose the bottom of the geyser.

Technical: I would not change anything about the technical aspects of the photo. The colors are fantastic in what appears to be a beautiful day. The lighting could not be more perfect. Well focused and shows nice depth.

Challenge: Good "postcardy" subject matter. However, the text seems awkward. Perhaps using a border around your picture and placing the text within it would be more appropriate. I noticed that many of the comments you recieved during the voting stated they wished they knew what building and landmark they were looking at. I believe that the purpose of a postcard is to educate the recipient of the area in which the sender is visiting. Perhaps including this information would be appropriate for this challenge.

Overall: Beautiful picture that portrays your homeland nicely. I was looking back at some of your other pictures and saw this building again in one called "The Trio". Although that picture was slightly blurry, my breath was taken away at the beauty of the sunset. I would have never guessed that building was a resturant. In any event, you seem to have a good eye for photography. Keep up the good work.

I hope you found this critique helpful. I enjoyed studying your photographs.

Connie
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/11/2003 11:24:48 AM
Kinda makes it look like another planet altogether...
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05/10/2003 01:27:35 PM
There's a geysir near Perlan? Cool shot. Great blues and greens, nice composition! to be picky -Crop out the tree on the right.
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05/09/2003 04:00:37 PM
I didn't know they had added a hot spring by Perlan! I would prefer it with a little less foreground and a little more sky (give the text more space), but still a great shot.
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05/08/2003 02:39:40 PM
Very postcardy, and technically speaking a beautiful shot. The only thing that kept it at 9 and not 10 for me was a lack of a certain spung, that magic 'Wow!' spark. But I have to save 10s for *something*, right? :->
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05/08/2003 12:20:48 PM
The pearl! I was just in Island last month, and we could see that from our hotel. I am ready to come back!
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05/08/2003 05:08:52 AM
This has some really nice sky colors. THe geyser is a great touch and that is one interesting concept for a building. Pretty good photo. Too bad that silly fence is there.
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05/08/2003 12:03:51 AM
great looking sky... nice composition... a darker font would be nice but I wont count off for that because the contest is not about fonts
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05/07/2003 09:37:36 PM
Now that's inreresting. Is that a geiser in front? Nice composition. Jacko. 9
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05/07/2003 03:20:07 PM
Good composition. nice sky color. Would like it better if I knew what the landmark is. The geyser is nice.
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05/07/2003 12:24:38 PM
That's an interesting building. What is it?
05/06/2003 04:56:10 AM
Good idea! I like how you have contrasted the layering effect of sky, clouds and land with the vertical column of steam. The sky is a deep crispy blue, and the further up you look the bluer it gets, well done. The text? Well that's a matter of personal opinion, for me it is a little too big and is distracting from the photo.
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05/05/2003 08:35:48 PM
Text is too much.
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05/05/2003 12:23:04 PM
What is that place? Looks like a "Bond Movie"
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05/05/2003 11:00:04 AM
ah yes. the perlan. i was just there in march :)
05/05/2003 09:39:11 AM
Neat picture. Lovely blue skies. I think you should have centered the font however, probably Greetings from on the first line andthe rest centered on the second.
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