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06/23/2006 06:54:16 PM |
Greetings from the Critique Club
First impression and overall look:
First things that came to mind was: nice colors. Maybe a tad oversaturated, but apparently that does well on DPC. Second thing that came to mind was: hey! this is actually a picture of a shadow! Well done. Then came the rest. I like the late or early lighting. It does give that romantic feel that you were going for. I like the light on the leaves on the top. It frames the picture well. What I would have cropped out is the tree on the left and the bush on the right. And since this is an advanced editing challenge, I would also have cloned out the dirt mound at the back. It's distracting and doesn't add to the image.
Technical and post processing:
OptikVerve did a good job. The colors are indeed very romantic, and there is a softness in the image that many will find pleasing. The fence is a bit dark. Maybe a soft fill-in flash could have brought back some detail. Personally I might have tried a layer mask to blur the trees in the a bit more.
Meeting the challenge:
Yes it does. There is a pretty shadow, which is also the main focus of the image.
How to raise your score:
A neater enviroment could have helped you, although I realise that it would be hard to grow some grass quickly on the trodden down path. A better crop could have given you some extra decimals, but in the end I think the picture is just not interesting enough to score high with the DPC voters.
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06/17/2006 03:53:26 PM |
| angle is distracting, it seems you(camera) were a litle high of ground. dirt mound in backgruond is distracting. |
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06/16/2006 10:03:23 AM |
| It's hard to resist taking photos of such pleasant sights and sensations. But it is hard to frame them well and remove the unimportant elements. I think you did pretty well. |
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06/15/2006 06:30:40 AM |
| Good use of the late afternoon sun with good colours. |
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06/13/2006 11:16:30 PM |
| beautiful with the long afternoon shadows |
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06/13/2006 08:19:17 PM |
| A very pretty use of shadow to emphasize the shape. |
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06/13/2006 07:11:33 PM |
| I really like this photo. Shows how shadows can be used to balance a composition in the same way that reflections are usually used over water. And great colour too. |
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06/13/2006 03:53:21 PM |
| Most people may not notice, but I like how your focus was actually on the shadows and had a soft blur to the actual fence. Especially since the challenge was supposed to focus on the shadow. Good job. |
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06/13/2006 09:54:42 AM |
| lovely and serene, you've done a nice job with this |
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06/12/2006 11:14:42 PM |
| This is a beautiful photo except..the gate looks unaturally smooth but the colors are brillant and meets the challenge well 8 |
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06/12/2006 07:22:01 PM |
| Very pretty!! I just love the leaves at the top, they add so much to this photo with their glow and the pretty framing. The only thing I don't like is the angle of the gate. It's neither straight nor diagonal, just off at some weird in-between angle. 8 |
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06/12/2006 01:22:51 PM |
| What a beautiful photo. The colours are lovely and warm. |
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06/12/2006 12:27:14 AM |
| gorgeous colors!! well done!! |
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