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Challenge: Complementary Colors II (Basic Editing III)
Collection: Challenge entries 2005
Camera: Minolta DiMAGE Z1
Location: Jackson, NJ
Date: Oct 1, 2005
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO: 50
Shutter: 0.002s
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Oct 4, 2005

On safari at Six Flags Great Adventure.

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Place: 311 out of 318
Avg (all users): 3.2913
Avg (commenters): 3.0476
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Views since voting: 1011
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Votes: 230
Comments: 24
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/11/2005 10:45:39 PM
good composition. overly bright sky is distracting. focus is a bit off.
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10/11/2005 11:11:57 AM
try using curves next time for more contrast :)
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10/10/2005 07:17:17 PM
Washed out or overexposed... Composition and idea is good though.
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10/10/2005 03:21:50 PM
i am sure the black and white has brought you greef .......although the zebra does apear in focuse there seems also to be a lack of saturation apeares dull and lifless
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10/10/2005 07:34:10 AM
Complementary colours are pairs of colours that contrast strongly when compared to each other. The main colour effect here is from the green of the grass in the background.
Black and white are neutrals and not colours at all, and therefore they cannot be complementary colours... white shows the presence of light, and black shows the absence of light. Black and white areas next to each other do demonstrate high contrast, but high contrast gives a different visual effect than complementary colours do in a picture.

Check some of the forum discussions on complementary colours for suggestions on using colour for contrast.
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10/08/2005 04:56:14 AM
Photo looks a little washed out. Try increasing contrast. Might help take care of it.Looks like light hitting the lens to me. You've probably heard this about a hundred time by now but complementary colors.
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10/07/2005 09:50:01 PM
Nice photo--I would have used a soft flash, but don't think it meets the challenge.
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10/07/2005 07:01:23 PM
I truely applaud you choice of B&W for this challenge
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10/07/2005 03:58:04 PM
sorry the photo seems so foggy...too much brightness/contrast perhaps in editing? It really distracts from the subject.
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10/07/2005 06:27:28 AM
This shot is very overexposed which spoils it
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10/06/2005 11:32:02 PM
Unfortunately, black and white are not colors so they can't be complementary. As for the zebra, it's very flat looking. I think it would have benefitted greatly by a boost in contrast.

Message edited by author 2005-10-12 03:06:06.
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10/06/2005 09:44:41 PM
Not sharp enough for my taste
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10/06/2005 09:14:25 PM
kinda flat, contrast needed
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10/06/2005 06:29:12 PM
B&W are not complementary colors unfortunately. Needs contrast as well.
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10/06/2005 03:44:48 PM
The result of shooting into the sun, too bad the positions weren't reversed. Too little contrast.
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10/06/2005 10:03:25 AM
Nice but seems a bit foggy.
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10/06/2005 08:55:16 AM
interesting picture. Love the stripes on him.
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10/05/2005 12:17:26 PM
...are not complement colors. More intesive lighting of zebra (even fill-in flash) would add some vitality to the photo.
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10/05/2005 11:49:31 AM
This does not meet the challenge--black and white are not colors. I don't know what it is called, but I do not like the "foggy" effect.
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10/05/2005 10:17:28 AM
great composition and focus a bit of levels and contrast wouldve made this photo not so hazy looking. and selective color(white) wouldve made your whites real white and the black selective color wouldve ade the blacks true...good luck, hope this helps :o) Cher
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10/05/2005 10:07:52 AM
there's a white haze over the photo and it looks washed ou tin general
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10/05/2005 09:27:44 AM
I think that this might be a little overexposed for my taste. I think I'd prefer more contrast between the black & white (but even then I'm afraid it wouldn't fit the challenge for me).
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10/05/2005 09:09:46 AM
Does not meet the challenge, photo is washed out, very dull.
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10/05/2005 07:13:52 AM
black & white are neutrals, not colors
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