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Getting rusty
Getting rusty
alexgarcia


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Challenge: Chains (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Location: Alicante, Spain
Date: Apr 8, 2007
Aperture: 11
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/30
Galleries: Macro, Textures
Date Uploaded: Apr 8, 2007

 PP: Levels and saturation in Lightroom, selective contrast and sharpening in PS.

Statistics
Place: 39 out of 171
Avg (all users): 5.8875
Avg (commenters): 7.2500
Avg (participants): 5.5616
Avg (non-participants): 6.1609
Views since voting: 863
Views during voting: 245
Votes: 160
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0

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Apple iPhone 7
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM
 04/22/2007 09:09:14 PM
CRITIQUE CLUB CRITIQUE
by karmat

Compositionally, this is a strong image in that it pulls the eyes diagonally through the image.

Technically, it is also very well done. I'm going to disagree with stdavidson about the sharpening. From where I'm sitting, it does not look oversharpened. Granted, I'm not on the best monitors around, but it just looks nice and crisp to me.

I suspect your score took a hit because it was "just" a picture of a chain. There were several in the challenge (mine included) and I think people wanted more of an emotional impact made with the chain. "Plain" shots did not offer this, though you did get a lot of 6s and up based on your technical merit.

Nice work, though. If I need to further clarify or explain myself, please feel free to contact me.

karma
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 04/18/2007 02:42:43 PM
Positives:
Certain technical features work well with this image. The diagonal composition, general color and depth of field are good.

Technicals:
As I said... DOF, color and diagonal composition are good. It is slightly oversharpened and that negatively affected voting. That is a critical feature of this particular image.

The Challenge:
Yes, it meets the challenge and the coloring on the chain also works well, but viewers sometimes want more in a 'chain' composition than what they see in yours and the sharpening issue affected their evaluation.

Suggestions:
Back off on the overall sharpening of the image, but not a lot... whatever that means. :) In technical terms if you duplicate a flattened image layer and apply sharpening to the duplicated layer and then adjust the opacity of the sharpening layer to make it 'correct' is a good approach to take. Outside chosing a different composition or subject, that is about the only thing you can do to improve this composition.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS R5
Canon RF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS USM
04/15/2007 10:18:12 AM
It looks like it is.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-120 f/4 S
 04/14/2007 08:27:10 AM
wonderful bokeh to bring out the sharp focus and crispness on the chain
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Apple iPhone 13 Pro
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED
 04/09/2007 07:58:11 PM
Good DOP and soft lighting. 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 04/09/2007 03:21:40 AM
nice detail & bokeh. overall dull shot though. 6
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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