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10/29/2006 01:51:49 AM |
| Very cool. Has a Pirates of Penzance feel to it - I mean that it looks like it is a stage show! Well done. |
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10/23/2006 01:24:26 AM |
*Critique Club*
Wow, you seem to have gotten some great comments on what you may have improved, so I'll just talk about what I really like about this shot. Hope that's okay! (I gave it a 9, so there will be plenty to talk about :-) )
Well the first thing I love about this is the group of ducks on the ship. Those three just have such great personality! I especially love the one on the left - with the eyebrows he just looks so devious! The angle you shot at really helps emphasize them... it seems almost like their mouths (bills) are raised upward in a shout. In contrast, the duck on the plank looks relatively innocent and meek. The combination here really helps to make this shot humorous and engaging.
You did a good job, in my opinion, at using "props" as your background. You obviously couldn't put duckies in a real ship like this, but I think there are ways that people could use props and end up looking cheesy. I don't know how to describe it... it's like you're using the background and the cutouts/paintings/etc of the waves and the flames to really enhance things, rather than making us think "oh, that's just an excuse for not finding the real thing".
I like the colors and composition. Your "tilted horizon", instead of being distracting, helps add a sense of aliveness and motion to the shot. Also, I think the whole concept is just wonderful - the "devil duck" is just brilliant and really helps make the whole shot. |
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10/19/2006 11:04:50 PM |
I think there are some trolls .. that just suck ... I am sorry that I could not complete voting on this round as this is really very cool .. both from a concept and layout point of view. I do however think that a little further editing as done in your outtake pic it would definately have scored higher :)
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10/18/2006 02:22:18 PM |
I think it's quite creative and well done overall. A couple of things for me that could be adjusted.
1) The image seems flat or compressed. Were you positioned some distance away and used the longer end of your 200? Maybe it's lighting giving it that look. The area directly behind the 3 ducks up top. Looks like they are plastered against the wall.
2) Your horizon is tilted! Well, actually I think it was the angle in which you were positioned, but for some viewer/voters it could come across as not level especially with quick viewing. The line of fire and waves is where I find it evident.
3) The "plank" looks like a large block of wood because of the way it lines up with the ship on your background. The duck on the plank appears to be going onto the ship instead of heading away and into the water (where the cool looking devil duck awaits!).
Anyway, JMO of course. :) |
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10/18/2006 09:09:19 AM |
| I love your ducky pictures. |
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10/18/2006 07:39:40 AM |
| I definitely voted on this one and I gave a very high vote (Okay I give.. it was a 9).. because I thought the set up was creative and cute.. and in this challenge full of 'funny' pics this was one of the few that made me laugh.. Maybe the 1s are there because the people confused this with a photoshopped shot or didn't plain get it... |
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10/18/2006 03:16:53 AM |
It's a great idea, but I had to look at it for a little while before I got what was happening. (I didn't get to vote this one, BTW).
The story is, the duck is walking the plank, right? That would be more obvious if it wasn't for the ship and sail right behind him. The other thing I would suggest is actually tie a blindfold around his head and have him facing the other way, with perhaps one of the pirate duckies prodding him with a sword. ... so maybe it's not a matter of editing or reediting, but of duckie placement. ;-) |
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10/16/2006 03:12:35 AM |
| you are not sane my friend. but im giving you a ten for that. |
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10/12/2006 06:43:15 PM |
| Terrific props for this imaginative entry. Hope it does well. |
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10/12/2006 09:08:22 AM |
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10/12/2006 09:06:45 AM |
| Wow! What a set-up! Very well put together! Looks like a scene from a play! 8 |
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10/12/2006 08:55:06 AM |
| wow! too cool. Thats one sinister duck. rofl! good luck. 8 |
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10/11/2006 10:55:59 PM |
| Some amazing setup and props here. Very well done! |
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10/11/2006 08:54:39 PM |
| Wow...did you make this set? Pretty cool. |
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10/11/2006 05:10:01 PM |
| will do the best of all the demon duckies. top 5 |
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10/11/2006 04:03:10 PM |
| I love this! Inventiveness is off the chart. |
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10/11/2006 02:39:30 AM |
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