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Romancing the stone?
Romancing the stone?
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Challenge: Grace (Classic Editing)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix F700
Location: Wisley Gardens Surrey
Date: Oct 26, 2003
Aperture: F4.9
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Architecture
Date Uploaded: Oct 27, 2003

This is a statue located in the RHS Wisley Gardens in Surrey.

I have applied slight crop, USM, a bit of curve correction and a final tweak to the USM.

Statistics
Place: 139 out of 197
Avg (all users): 4.5844
Avg (commenters): 6.5000
Avg (participants): 4.2766
Avg (non-participants): 4.7956
Views since voting: 766
Votes: 231
Comments: 4
Favorites: 0


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11/07/2003 03:21:06 PM
Hi Visitor. Here are some quick thoughts:

As an entry in the Grace challenge, this is an OK subject. I can see it fitting in the graceful lines of the sculpture. But those lines don't stand out very well, and aren't the most striking features in your shot, so that hurts it somewhat as a challenge entry.

Two things stand out as problematic with this shot: composition and light. The angle is pretty square from the side. That might have worked OK, but I think would have been help by including less of the brick wall and/or more negative space to the left. The negative space would have helped accent the lines of the statue over the bold roughness of the bricks. Granted, I can see that the problem with doing that probably would have been the backgroud - it may detract from the effect and in fact minimize the statue even more. So, perhaps a different angle, more straight on to the statue (from the left of this view), still including the brick, but making it less central, would have helped. Of course, without being able to be there and see myself, I can only guess.

Lighting caused a couple of problems for you. It looks like the whole scene was more or less in shadow, so you lost a lot of tonal range right off the top. And because you have a dark wall, with a dark statue, in front of a dark background, nothing really pops to the forefront. If you could have gotten the picture at a time of day when the sun was on the wall and/or statue, but the bushes were still shaded or shadowy, I think you would have gotten the best effect - a dark background, with a well-lit subject. Then add in that the statue is a bit glossy, if you could have dealt with any reflections, the statue would have shined a bit, but the wall would probably still be a bit dark since it's rough, and the contrasts might have really come out then.

I know a lot of these possibilities may be unrealistic - the background is what it is, and the sun may never be in a really good location reletive to this scene. But those are the things that come to my mind as ways to maybe improve the results. Hope this helps. :)

Scott.
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11/05/2003 07:49:38 PM
Hey Vistor:)

I did not vote this challenge but would have given this a 6. that you took a picture of a sculpture may not have helped. I read a thread where some folks questioned if ok to take pictures of some one elses work...just a thought. The composition of the image is on the dark side over all, not lending itself to standing out. The next issue I see is the face is taking my eyes to the left side and then out of the frame, I would have tried to have had more space in front of and to the right of the sculpture..this being done by fliping the image (DPC legal I believe) or taking the shot from another angle. On the monitor I'am Using here at work the Sculpture fades into the background at the bottom where it becomes difficult to determine where the two meet. I do think it does say grace just not with the impact one would hope for. I entered the tool challenge awhile back and had only three comments. I think I just did not have the most interesting shot and the folks that judged it felt the same...techincal was good but just no POW! anyway my thoughts. Hope I helped

Good luck in the future.

Richard
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/03/2003 07:30:38 AM
Very sharp pict, well done
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10/29/2003 11:08:19 AM
I like how the subject goes from nice and smooth to edgy and rough. Nice composition and light.
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