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Dances to the beat of a different drummer.
Dances to the beat of a different drummer.
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Challenge: Literalisms (Classic Editing)
Camera: Sony Mavica CD400
Location: Alabama Coushata Indian Reservation, Livingston, T
Date: Nov 16, 2003
Aperture: f2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Nov 16, 2003

This young native American was dancing in a public performance at the Alabama Coushata Reservation in Livingston, Texas. I had several choices but this one best stated the proud heritage of this youngster.

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Place: 50 out of 109
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11/28/2003 09:36:20 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club

composition
Overall I think this is a nice composition. If I could change anything I would get a bit closer, and try to fill up the frame with those beautiful feathers.

color
Wonderful job here. The colors turned out very bright and bold.

contrast
Again, if you were just a bit closer to the subject I think that it would help... I especially like the way the colors contrast where they meet his head, the feathers on the wand that is in his left hand, and where the white ribbon overlaps his teal pants.

focus
This apect of the shot is great. I love how the feathers are blurred, and the face/body is frozen. I wish the trees were not in such sharp focus though.

depth of field
Would have been nice to see a bit shallower depth of field so that the trees were not in focus, and more attention would have been drawn to the subject.

lighting
Nice job.

any other element of the photo that stands out or is lacking in some way
Overall this photo is wonderful. It kept me entertained for a long time, and really captured the motion of his dance quite well. Thank you for sharing it with us, I hope this helps. ~Rob
 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/21/2003 02:19:27 AM
Wonderful photo. I can almost feel the motion in his dance. Colors are bright and detail good. You've captured his motion, making it alive for me. Great photo. 10
11/19/2003 10:05:32 PM
I really like the way the motion of the dancer's body is stopped but the feathers are blurred, the best of both worlds, nice capture
11/19/2003 02:26:13 PM
nice capture of the motion. little overexposed in the white areas
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11/18/2003 12:18:15 PM
Very colorful and I like how you have taken this is an open natural setting instead of indoors or somewhere with a modern background. The inclusion of some motion is good too, but the overall image isnt very sharp.
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11/18/2003 08:04:35 AM
A truly great idea. I like your subject for this literalism - nice job!
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