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07/03/2007 01:38:19 PM |
Greetings from Critique Club!
Ok, I guess I should start out by trying to explain your low score. I see two main reasons for this, which are generally known as "meeting the challenge" and "technicals."
meeting the challenge
This was a very controversial challenge, poorly explained and poorly understood. I think there were two main voting blocks. The first were people who thought negative space was simply empty space, perhaps with a texture or OOF background. The second group was closer to the Wikipedia definition. They were looking for shapes created in the negative space. Your image did not appeal to either group. You thought of negative space conceptually. This turned out to be a very Out Of the Box approach, whether or not you intended it that way. To put it another way, the negative space isn't in your photo, it's on the floor of the room you're taking a photo of. I enjoyed this approach and gave you a 6, but I am not a typical voter. :)
technicals
The DPC crowd often likes to misuse the word "technicals" in phrases such as "this photo has good technicals." They think it is possible for a photograph to be "technically good" much like an Ikea entertainment center, with all the slots and grooves in exactly the right place. Most often, "technically good" means that lots of details can be seen, even in dark areas and highlights, and that the subject of the photo is in very sharp focus. They also like to see a full tonal range, with the darkest areas being close to pure black and the lightest areas being close to pure white. There is no reason in the world why these things would make a photograph "good" but they are easy things to look for so people do. Your photo has a sort of muddy look, not crisp at all. Dark and light areas have no detail. The subject is not sharply focused.
the point is...
You described what you saw in your comments. Your photo conveys what you saw (for example your detail-free dark and light zones contribute to this "lost feeling," and so does the soft focus). Therefore, your photo is a success. What you saw is meaningful, i.e. the feeling of being lost. Therefore, your photo is meaningful. In other words, a "good photo." I'd be more interested to see your next photo than  DrAchoo's next photo, for instance, or Larus's. They sometimes surprise me with a good photo, but as I said, it's a surprise. |
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06/26/2007 05:12:46 PM |
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06/26/2007 02:09:29 AM |
| I don't see how neg space is here much less adding wow to the shot. I'm sorry to be so blunt. As for technicals I think the windows in the back are damaging the potential of this shot. The effect of the window on the scene is okay but maybe if you were able to get above the scene a little more then you could get less of the window in the shot and crop out what is there. Or maybe an angle from the other side of the room so they're not in the shot at all? 4 |
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06/25/2007 02:33:15 PM |
| Harsh lighting is hurting this one. The subject seems slightly OOF. |
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06/25/2007 12:37:57 PM |
| im not sure what the negative space is |
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06/24/2007 09:42:02 AM |
| The subject seems to be a bit out of focus. The background is a bit too busy to be considered negative space. |
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06/24/2007 08:48:23 AM |
| too much going on around her. |
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06/24/2007 12:38:29 AM |
| I don't see much negative space here. |
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06/22/2007 11:41:34 PM |
| interesting take on the description, where the "space around your subject" is on a plane perpindicular to your subject. this photo does have some interesting, complex negative space. |
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06/22/2007 10:34:43 PM |
| kind of busy for negative space |
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06/22/2007 10:18:19 PM |
| The gymnastics equipment is a bit distracting to me. Perhaps a different angel would work a bit better. I like the absence of color. |
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06/20/2007 05:32:35 PM |
| I'm assuming she landed where she was supposed to land. The photo has a lot of noise and doesn't seem to have any one thing in absolute focus. |
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06/20/2007 07:42:33 AM |
| I think there's too much going on in the background on the top right. |
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