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Challenge: Singled-Out (Advanced Editing IV)
Collection: Challenges
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 II/III USM
Location: Bay Meadows racetrack
Date: Jan 13, 2006
Aperture: 5.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 250
Galleries: Candid, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jan 15, 2006

Raw conversion
cropping
dodge, burn
add slight gradient to upper left corner
add border
resize for web

Statistics
Place: 30 out of 109
Avg (all users): 5.8496
Avg (commenters): 7.4000
Avg (participants): 5.6719
Avg (non-participants): 5.9059
Views since voting: 1047
Views during voting: 371
Votes: 266
Comments: 12
Favorites: 0


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01/23/2006 12:07:31 PM
::: Greetings from Critique Club :::

Hi, as requested, here is an indepth critique of your submission.

First Impression - the most important one:
I like it, it fits the challenge well and is well executed. Consequently, I gave it a high score.

Composition:
You've used a really good composition to put your subject in a strong area of the image. However, I believe having a "secondary" subject out of focus in the foreground may be a bit distracting. He is also in a strong compositional area and is taking away from your main subject.

Subject:
Subject is strong, but as I mentioned is handicapped by the placement of the guy in the foreground.

Technical (Colour, focus, and light):
Focus: Good, perhaps a bit more USM in post.
Colour: You have a nice gradation of greyscales here and your b+w treatment is good. I see black blacks and white whites, so you pretty much nailed it.
Light: You have a nice play of light in the background and it's all well exposed.

To grow its vote?:
Two things. Compostion, as I've stated before. And, this isn't anything you could control... but I believe the voters were looking for isolation in a larger crowd.

Summary:
Overall, good work and it got a respectable score. Keep up the good work.

Hope to see more from you soon,
Leroy
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/22/2006 08:23:53 PM
Good composition and choice for b/w
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01/22/2006 02:27:46 PM
Excellent shot, love the DOF and repeated shapes. Everything about this shot is right. 10
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01/21/2006 02:49:45 AM
Very nice.
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01/20/2006 01:21:44 PM
Good take on the challenge with leading lines and minimal depth of field. Nice choice for B&W too. (6)
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01/19/2006 10:55:13 PM
Interesting composition. Good contrast.
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01/18/2006 07:51:59 PM
This is exactly what this challenge is all about! Great use of DOF. A rock solid entry! 10
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01/18/2006 05:10:45 PM
I really like how the people are situated in this shot. The eye jumps in an unusual zig-zag trajectory. I wish there was less DOF to isolate the guy in the right a little better.
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01/18/2006 01:36:52 PM
great minimalist approach. I might have liked to have more room on the left for balance; I like you gave your subject space.
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01/16/2006 11:28:14 AM
Good shot!! It tells a story too!
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01/16/2006 09:44:57 AM
great shot with great DOF...for composition's sake, would have like to have seen more of the guy on the left (or not at all)...he seems to throw things off balance a bit. Lighting is great
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01/16/2006 01:26:53 AM
Wow, really good stuff and unlike most I've seen so far, appropriate in B&W
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