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Successful Lighting of the Luminaries - Cancer Society Relay for Life Luminary Ceremony 2006
Successful Lighting of the Luminaries - Cancer Society Relay for Life Luminary Ceremony 2006
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Success (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z6
Location: Ashville, OH
Date: May 19, 2006
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 160
Shutter: 1/25
Galleries: Emotive
Date Uploaded: May 19, 2006

 This was the lighting ceremony for the luminaries that people have donated money to the Cancer Society for their loved ones. My father passed away from liver cancer May 9th, 2005. This 3rd grader from our local elementary was having a hard time lighting but finally got it.

steps:
brightness
saturation
black/whites
sharpen
usm
digital noise removal
crop
add border
resize

Statistics
Place: 148 out of 184
Avg (all users): 4.6872
Avg (commenters): 5.5000
Avg (participants): 4.4000
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Views since voting: 989
Views during voting: 279
Votes: 211
Comments: 5
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AuthorThread
 06/04/2006 07:47:02 PM

::: Critique Club :::

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

First Impression - the most important one:
Seems more of a snapshot than an image that was thought out and composed, I think this is a candid, which is great, but in order to really make something of the shot you needed to capture what was realy happening, perhaps a closer shot of the kid lighting the candle .. not so much background and distracting elements.

Composition:
I think the this is ok .. but personally a close up of the kid may have been better as the other elements add little to the shot.

Subject:
With the title it meets the challenge but without it it doesn't say much. It is hard to convey to others the importance of what is taking place without the story for this image.

Technical (Colour and light):
Nice colours good lighting.

To grow its vote?:
Think about the crop .. maybe getting down on the ground to capture the actual event ... perhaps even having it so we can read one of the bottles.

Summary:
Good pic, well done.

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
05/27/2006 01:40:49 PM
a wonderful show of volunteerizm, to fight the good fight...this picture lacks in alinement and structure but speaks to the heart.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/25/2006 12:12:19 PM
This is a nice snapshot for the memory album, but it would be a lot stronger if you could see his face. Also I think it would be more effective if you got down to his level, rather than shooting down at him.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/24/2006 09:13:40 PM
nice composition
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/24/2006 01:57:31 PM
Nice colours but the photo could have been a little bigger.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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