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Mother and Son, Country Silhouette
Mother and Son, Country Silhouette
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Mother (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 22-55mm f/4.0-5.6 USM
Location: Lancaster, PA
Date: Jan 1, 2006
Aperture: 3.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/40
Galleries: Family, Sky
Date Uploaded: Jan 1, 2006

This picture was taken in my backyard in Southern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Crop.

Minor adjustments with curves and cloning.

Statistics
Place: 37 out of 125
Avg (all users): 5.8493
Avg (commenters): 6.2727
Avg (participants): 5.4789
Avg (non-participants): 5.9801
Views since voting: 2761
Views during voting: 414
Votes: 272
Comments: 12
Favorites: 0


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01/14/2006 02:40:46 PM
::: Critique Club :::

Hi, my name is Kari and from the critique club.

The critique I am doing is for "Mother and Son, Country Silhouette"

First Impression - the most important one:
What a beatiful silhoette, the sky looks fantastic .. and really helps to capture the feeling of love in the air.

Composition:
I like the setup of this picture, I can't imagine how many times they did this to achieve the shot you got. My main issue would be in the cropping, I think that trying various croppings that get the subjects on the third lines may have ienhance the picture. There was a lot of black at the bottom this didn't really do a lot for the picture, there is nothing against it, but did it help the image ... not really sure here.

Subject:
Mum and son ... this totally meets the subject.

Technical (Colour and light):
I think that this is really quite good in this picture, Can I ask if you used a filter here?

To grow its vote?:
This was a tough competition .. I personally think you did fantastic with a great shot.

Summary:
Lovely shot, great concept and well worked. This is your highest scoring so far .. .and it deserves to be. Keep it up you are improving and doing a great job.

If you've got any questions about this critique, please feel free to contact me via the PM system.

Cheers

Kari
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/08/2006 11:13:14 PM
Very moving image. Great Shot!
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01/08/2006 03:38:17 PM
A nice silhouette, and you've captured beautiful colors in the sky, but to my eyes it doesn't look as crisp as I would like. I would also like to have seen a more dynamic angle for this to give it more power. Maybe with the fence at a sharper angle somehow to give it more interest.
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01/05/2006 07:27:41 PM
I am a sucker for a silhoueete. This is great. Love your use of backlighting and the angle of your shot.
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01/05/2006 07:27:34 PM
Very touching. Bumping up.
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01/03/2006 08:42:52 PM
Very nice composition! Good choice of subject matter. Nice image quality. Has potential of being really creative. - 6
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01/03/2006 01:14:22 PM
Nice sillouette and gradient to the sky. I'm not sure the horse adds to the picture. I'd like to see it cropped without. 6
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01/03/2006 07:04:39 AM
This is a nice silhouette. I would have liked it better without the horse. You captured a very cute moment.
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01/02/2006 06:31:01 PM
This is an awesome take on this challenge. I love this one. Love it! 10
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01/02/2006 05:51:14 PM
lovely
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01/02/2006 12:00:33 PM
nice shot ...love the sky well done
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01/02/2006 01:00:34 AM
I think the horse does it for me. Great silhouette. Nicely achieved.
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