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10/16/2005 05:52:05 PM |
| thanks so much to everyone's comments. they are very much appreciated. this site is awesome. |
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10/16/2005 04:40:47 PM |
::: Critique Club :::
You were clearly disappointed witht the result but I wouldn't say it "bombed". It nearly scored 5. To bomb you have to be in the 2's and 3's. You've just set the bar pretty high because your first challenge entry got a well-deserved 4th :).
First Impression:
Cute, lovely freckles and makes you smile as she has a cheeky mischievous look about her - but is it relevant to the challenge?
Composition
As you can see from the comments, this tight cropping both wins hearts and turns them away. The composition elements of the all-important eyes and the mouth both sit right on thirds lines and that is perfect composition for this crop. In a portrait challenge, this image would stand out and be alluring because you have dared to be different.
Subject:
She's cute but you may have got it wrong to win this challenge. That's not to say she is irrelevant to this challenege if she is the most important corner of your world. Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that she is the centre of your universe? Your image also needs to communicate that affect to others too. The caption alone can't carry it.
Technical:
The lighting works as it reaches all over the image evenly with no blown highlights ot deep shadows. The small highlight on the bottom lip really adds a sparkle to that first impression of the image too.
It doesn't look as if you have sharpened it at all and you don't mention that in your comments. Sharpening is way over-used by a lot of people but it is quite legitimate, indeed almost essential, to use a little when submitting. The crispest image will blur when you reduce it's size from Photoshop/PaintShop Pro to a 640 pixel jpeg. Your original capture looks to be in focus and to have been sharp in the camera but the eyes and mouth just look like they have lost that in the conversion.
Summary
This is what is often termed a "camera club" image. They're usually of children, babies or pets and are dear to the heart of the photographer. Everyone who has children understands that only too well. The problem, or challenge, with such images is that you then have to make them interesting to other people as well. All images need to involve the viewer as an active participant. You can do that with something highly emotive, something which leaves the viewer trying to resolve something to do with the image or it can tell a story which the viewer gets involved in interpreting.
Thanks for the opportunity to look at this in depth
Brett
Message edited by author 2005-10-16 16:45:26. |
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10/10/2005 04:29:52 PM |
ok, so this bombed. i was going for this being explained as my niece, who is the corner, center, and all around importance of my life. guess it wasn't portrayed well, and/or i missunderstood the challenge. thanks for the comments though. better luck next time, i guess.
-jon rowe |
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10/09/2005 10:04:51 PM |
| Sweet yes, but I just can't see how this fits the challenge. Nice portrait though. |
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10/08/2005 01:08:06 PM |
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10/08/2005 12:15:13 PM |
| Loves those freckles/blue eyes and bigger than Mona Lisa smile. Anne of Green Gables anyone? |
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10/05/2005 09:03:16 PM |
| I really love the color of her eyes and lips, but her face feels distorted and a closeup of her, for this challenge, seems rather dull. What might have made this interesting is if you had shot a picture of you and her doing something together, or maybe of her doing something. Some action would have told me more about her maybe. I think we all have people that are really important to us, so we could all have put up a portrait shot of someone we love, but does that really meet the challenge well? |
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10/03/2005 05:49:10 PM |
| Awwww. . . what a beautiful face! I love how you filled the frame. |
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10/03/2005 01:55:49 PM |
| what's the point with the main topic? |
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10/03/2005 12:03:20 PM |
| The crop is too tight for me. |
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