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Challenge: Proportion (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Minolta DiMAGE 7Hi
Location: Ashland, Oregon
Date: Apr 25, 2004
Galleries: Nature
Date Uploaded: Apr 25, 2004

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Statistics
Place: 267 out of 290
Avg (all users): 4.0040
Avg (commenters): 5.0000
Avg (participants): 3.9913
Avg (non-participants): 4.0145
Views since voting: 624
Votes: 253
Comments: 3
Favorites: 0

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 05/10/2004 11:13:26 PM
* Greetings from the Critique Club *

The proportion challenge was a very competitive one with loads of excellent entries. It was a hard one to score well due to the stiff competition.

It's hard to fathom that you got over 250 votes and received just 2 one-word comments! Some of us wish more people would take the time to tell the photographers why they vote the scores they did.

The image you submitted is well done technically - exposure looks to be perfect, composition is reasonable and focus and DoF appear excellent.
(Not to mention that the model is a very attractive one.)

But the image scored low, why? I think it's because of that intangible area we call "impact." The image is a snapshot that needs to be elevated to the level of "wow" somehow.

Here's some ideas:

1) The subject was "proportion" - which could mean you really want to exaggerate the difference in size of the young model and the old tree. Try this: Back up - way back. Make the tree the top 9/10th of the image with the tiny girl at small portion at the bottom.

2) Lay down (yes. I mean it) and shoot UP putting the model in the foreground with a massive tree overpowering her.

3) Shoot just a small part of the hand with most of the rest of the
image being the tree. Maybe the hand would be 1/20th of the space - with tree bark the rest - as "negative space."

I guess the bottom line is to try to "think outside the box" as they say... and shoot accordingly.

I see that you have entered quite a few challenges. Please keep entering and sharing your pictures.

 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/29/2004 11:57:23 AM
cute
 04/28/2004 07:02:55 PM
crap!


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