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04/20/2006 12:02:22 PM |
| You know, I went to Redmond High. Anyway, about your picture. She's a cute subject and she certainly is meeting the challenge. Selective desat on this site CAN sometimes get some negative points. I actually like selective desat so I'm not the best at judging when it is over the line. The biggest problem with the picture is the background. I have yet to find a way to make fir trees look nice on a picture. I just haven't figured out how to keep them from turning into a muddy green mess. The sky is also blown out (or you have that NW overcast) which isn't pretty either. Finally, if your daughter would cooperate, I would keep her from looking straight at the camera. It lends a slight "snapshot" feel to the picture. That's just a small nitpick though. |
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04/17/2006 10:32:58 PM |
Margie,
I think this is a great jump shot. The body position, the flying hair, and the facial expression all work together very well.
The problem is the background. You recognized this and used selective desaturation to get the girl to stand out from the background. This helped a bit but it does not really get rid of the problem--she is still about to get impaled on a tree trunk at a very uncomfortable spot. I also consider selective desat to be an overused gimmick and I usually rate images down unless there is a creative and compelling reason for the selective desat.
Would it have been possible for you to get lower when you were taking the shot so your subject would appear against the sky?
--DanW |
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