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Challenge: Best of 2005 (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z10
Location: musiclab
Date: May 16, 2005
Galleries: Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jan 15, 2006

this was a time exposure handheld, this is a picture i really liked, i am not sure what score to expect from it?

Statistics
Place: 391 out of 833
Avg (all users): 5.6830
Avg (commenters): 6.8333
Avg (participants): 5.6141
Avg (non-participants): 6.0000
Views since voting: 863
Views during voting: 552
Votes: 448
Comments: 13
Favorites: 2 (view)


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02/07/2006 12:58:37 PM
Hi! Here’s a comment from the Critique Club.

First Impression:
Nice B&W. Interesting motion blur. What are those lines on the fingers?

Composition:
Found the pic too dark. Too much negative space. (After reviewing your site, I see this is your style) Interesting capture with the bottom right corner of the guitar in motion, but the top left was steady. Don’t know if it would have looked better if only the strings and the fingers were in blur.
It wasn’t until after I took a good second look, that I realized what the lines were on the fingers. Neat capture!

Subject:
I think the picture would appeal to a limited audience. The darkness and blur would also limit the appeal.
I think you captured what you wanted to! I like the detail in the steady fingers. I like the detail in the non-motion area. It works well with the blurred areas.

Technical:
Can’t say a lot technically. The lighting & DOF work for you. I also don’t think you have a lot of options with the camera you used.

Suggestions:
More of the neck, to the right may have reduced the negative space. (Not sure of the proper name)

Summary:
Interesting picture, technically ok, but not a subject or a capture to evoke a WOW from the majority of the voters in this “Best of 2005” challenge.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/30/2006 07:13:25 PM
Awesome motion capture. Truly a hard shot to get!!!
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01/30/2006 07:22:07 AM
I like the negative space, though I think perhaps you've gone a little too far, and I don't like the effect across his fingers generally, buy nice composition and depth of field save this one 6/10
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01/29/2006 07:17:59 PM
A more unusual shot of the subject. Nice.
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01/28/2006 05:59:26 AM
More of the Bass? different position of the hand playing? There is something missing, just can´t tell you exactly what would have been better to make this image special..
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01/26/2006 10:21:25 PM
Interesting capture with nice movement.
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01/26/2006 05:48:13 AM
Good use of light and dark tones, in this B/W image...
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01/24/2006 11:54:03 PM
cool shot ;) nice stop action, you!
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01/24/2006 03:14:00 PM
Nice perspective and feel of motion.
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01/18/2006 10:19:11 AM
I really like the perspective and the leading lines leading us into darkness. Nice shot.
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01/17/2006 07:42:32 PM
I can't figure out the extra lines across his fingers...
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01/17/2006 01:52:42 AM
Perfect shutter speed for this capture. I can hear the strings sing.
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01/16/2006 02:49:15 PM
sweet....10
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