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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Morning (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Shoreline Lake
Date: Oct 15, 2006
Aperture: f/8 at 27mm
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/125s
Galleries: Snapshot, Emotive
Date Uploaded: Oct 15, 2006

Editing steps
* Crop
* Levels
* Cloned out power lines and construction markers in the distance
* USM
* Channel mixer to desaturate the sky and the road
* Resize
* selective USM

and then, some more editing as I had time
* dodge the foliage
* burn the sky
* gaussian blur in the distance

Statistics
Place: 115 out of 188
Avg (all users): 5.4178
Avg (commenters): 4.3333
Avg (participants): 5.0854
Avg (non-participants): 5.6260
Views since voting: 634
Views during voting: 308
Votes: 213
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0


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10/26/2006 01:54:27 PM
Hello from the Critique Club,

First, let me thank you for including the details on the post processing you performed in the photographer's comment section. Now for the critique. My first impression was that the two walkers look like they could be walking in the brisk early morning hours by the way they are bundled up but the lighting looks too even to be just after daybreak. The link to morning becomes weaker when you see the packages in the hands of the walker on the right, as few people on morning walks carry more than a water bottle.

As for the post processing, the blur looks very unnatural, as it starts closer to the front of the image on the left side of the road than it does on the right side of the road. I do like the composition a lot, as the road doesn't just go straight down the middle of the picture and the dead grass on the left side of the road gives a nice secondary subject to look at with lots of detail.

Feel free to PM me if you have any questions regarding this critique.

Tim

Message edited by author 2006-10-26 13:59:28.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/18/2006 06:48:59 PM
Nice picture but doesn't necessarily say morning.
10/18/2006 11:35:15 AM
This could be any time of day. An interesting picture though.
10/17/2006 09:20:07 PM
i like the general idea. the surroundings seem so odd for the commentary though. seems almost like no beginning and no end. perhaps that was your intention. your added blur does not improve the image for me. though going a bit further and blurring everything but the road and the couple seems intriguing to me and would comment to me on how life passes for some before they know it and really get to experience anything of value for themselves. like waiting for retirement and then finding it was just like walking down a blurry road of hazy memories and dead grass.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
10/17/2006 03:18:15 PM
The overcast clouds give this a look of later afternoon or dusk moreso than a morning walk.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
10/16/2006 08:09:12 PM
Gaussian blur in for the background? Depth just dies all of the sudden, looks a bit strange. I like the context though.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
10/16/2006 01:57:01 PM
Meets Challenge - 2
Lighting/Composition/Processing - 2
Overall Impression - 2
"WOW" factor - 0
Score: 6
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10/16/2006 11:29:59 AM
The blur in the background looks highly unnatural.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
10/16/2006 02:23:53 AM
5: There are things I like about this such as the way the road disappears into the distance but the OOF portion past the walkers has an artifical feel to it - I'm not saying it is artificial though!
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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