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Contemplation
Contemplation
Jas


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Challenge: Free Study XII (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM for Canon
Location: Maine
Date: Aug 22, 2006
Aperture: 4.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Snapshot, Landscape
Date Uploaded: Aug 31, 2006

This was shot when I was on vacation in Maine, in Akadia national Park. D was relaxing on the rock while I was trying to get a fun picture of the sun setting and so I snapped one picture of her for fun... It ended up being my favourite.

Statistics
Place: 168 out of 684
Avg (all users): 6.0000
Avg (commenters): 6.7600
Avg (participants): 6.0051
Avg (non-participants): 5.9811
Views since voting: 1067
Views during voting: 372
Votes: 250
Comments: 27
Favorites: 5 (view)


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/07/2006 10:06:42 PM
Very nice but I keep tilting my head to level the horizon LOL.
09/07/2006 02:31:40 PM
wonderful shot. love the rich color.
09/07/2006 11:39:00 AM
The horizontal slant is disconcerting. The colors are quite vivid, actually may be a bit oversaturated. This image could be stronger also with a shift in composition by cropping about 25% off the left side and some off the bottom as well to get the subject off-center.
09/06/2006 10:27:51 AM
Nice feel to this one
09/05/2006 06:55:04 PM
horizon should be straightened
09/05/2006 10:39:23 AM
Nothing to say but wow...
09/04/2006 11:41:44 PM
Technical: love the lighting, contrast and coloring...
Creativity: i wish she wasn't so centered...but the way you capture the light only there!!!! awesome
Score: 10 and adding to faves!
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09/04/2006 02:55:52 AM
Very dramatic composition, lighting and colors. I like it.
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09/03/2006 07:38:35 PM
great colors. tilted but i kinda liek it that way.8
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09/03/2006 06:55:19 PM
-GORGEOUS SETTING!!
-Beautiful colors!
-Horizon is tilted
-I would have definitely cropped this tighter... from shadow on the rock, up and to the right... placing her in a perfect rule of thirds position
-I want to contemplate in a place like that :) :)
-Score: 7
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09/03/2006 05:26:25 PM
You have done some good work here, trying to work out if you deliberatley slanted the horizon,making all roads lead to your subject....7
09/03/2006 03:09:52 PM
Great color and sky!
09/02/2006 08:09:24 PM
The spotlight on the thinker makes this photo work. I like the way the lines intersect at the point of the person.
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09/02/2006 03:00:14 PM
The dramatic lighting and the sky make this a very nice shot. I am one of those, though, that likes horizons to be level so the water doesn't run out of the sea.
09/02/2006 08:35:12 AM
Composition: 6 - I think cutting a little off the bottom and left would improve the composition.
Technical: 6 - The shadowy area at the bottom seems a bit dull, but the rest is nice and vibrant and contrasty, if a little soft.
Creativity: 7 - The tilt works well to add a unique perspective, but I think even more of a tilt would look better, to stop it looking like it could be an accident.
Appeal: 6 - A nice photo to look at that holds my interest for a while.

Overall Calculated Average Score: 6
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09/02/2006 02:12:17 AM
Great leading lines everywhere, taking me in to the subject. Careful about the titled horizon, though.
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09/02/2006 01:20:06 AM
I'm not a crooked horizon nazi, but it really does not work in this image.
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09/02/2006 12:31:24 AM
Beautiful work. Love the colour, lines and subject. Tilted horizon by choice? I suspect so, and I personally don't think it harms the composition, but you may have some other die-hard crits tell you different - 10
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09/01/2006 06:36:38 PM
It's clever that the figure almost looks to be part of the rock. I think having such a crooked horizon will hurt your score somewhat.
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09/01/2006 04:08:46 PM
GREAT VIEW AND COLORS.
The horizon looks tilted, yet it seems to add to the composition.
I would like to have seen the person a little more clearly.
had it not been for the title I could easily have skipped by and missed the contemplator.
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09/01/2006 01:41:44 PM
Jeeeez. . .what gorgeous lighting. I love photos like this that show scale and perspective by having a tiny little person in it. One of the great ones here for sure!
09/01/2006 12:03:52 PM
The lines of the rock and water line are distracting. Good work to get details in shadows.
09/01/2006 10:56:23 AM
awesome light and shade...wonderful colour, hope you do well with this 8
09/01/2006 09:12:48 AM
Great composition. Alone on the barren rock surrounded by the vast and open sea sits a man curled up in contemplation. Yes, I get the sense that he is very alone with his thoughts because in the composition he is small to his surroundings. While that composition choice plays as a strength to creating the mood it also is a weakness. I think that you could have cropped another 20% of the image and captured the same mood. And, the advantage would be that it would have called greater attention to the figure sitting on the rocks - he is a little too lost in his surroundings. The colors are a tad too surreal - the purple & blue hues in the sky and the sea appear to vivid, too unnatural in that they almost take on a supernatural effect.
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09/01/2006 04:44:25 AM
Great composition and the light is fantastic, but... imo I would have had the model standing or in a different outfit, at first glance she looks like another rock - maybe just me (6)
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09/01/2006 01:22:40 AM
Wide angle croping the bottom wouldhave mede it perfect. Great pic!
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09/01/2006 12:31:14 AM
I have a personal weakness in the form of intolerance for tilted horizons. To me, they give the impression of sloppiness. Sometimes a horizon tilted purposefully will improve a photo. In this case I don't think it does and it's tilted to a minor degree so that I can't tell if it's on purpose, or an error. Otherwise it is a well composed and executed photo. Great color. Gives a sense of drama.
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