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A Successful Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama
A Successful Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama
bgslaw


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Success (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Minolta DiMAGE Z1
Location: My Living Room
Date: May 22, 2006
Aperture: F/2.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/13 sec.
Galleries: Still Life, Textures
Date Uploaded: May 23, 2006

 I just gathered a sampling of some of the beads and trinkets that we caught at the Mardi Gras parades this year.

cropped
auto adjusted exposure and contrast
manual adjusted saturation
unsharpen mask

please send all comments/suggestions.

Statistics
Place: 144 out of 184
Avg (all users): 4.7091
Avg (commenters): 4.7500
Avg (participants): 4.4464
Avg (non-participants): 4.7988
Views since voting: 947
Views during voting: 289
Votes: 220
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 06/04/2006 06:56:04 PM

::: Critique Club :::

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

First Impression - the most important one:
busy and colourful and full on.

Composition:
This is so busy bit the main focus of the main medal with the two side verticals is extremely centred, which is a little off putting.

Subject:
This is interesting for some this would meet the challenge, and others like me would go ... so what - this actually doesn't mean anything to a lot of people and I don't think that helped in the voting. I have been caught out by this a number of times with people not understanding the significance of a shot.

Technical (Colour and light):
This works well .. I like the lighting and the fantastic range of colours.

To grow its vote?:
Appeal to the populace ... so hard to do ...

Summary:
Great eye and good shooting .. keep it up.

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

Cheers

Kari
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/01/2006 10:30:53 PM
Having lived in Mobile for over 30 years, I can definitely say, this picture definitely captures the essence of Mardi Gras, Mobile Style. You have done an excellent job in capturing Mardi gras at its finest!!. Good Job!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/29/2006 11:34:37 AM
I haven't lived in La in 13 years and I don't know if i have seen a moon pie since then!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/26/2006 05:01:56 PM
A lot of brilliant color and evocative objects, but the overall effect is too overwhelming.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/25/2006 04:31:52 PM
'Cept for the Moon Pie, which isn't exactly a culinary triumph.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/24/2006 01:51:16 PM
there's a lot going on in this photo ...a bit too busy for my taste
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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