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The Alley Out Back
The Alley Out Back
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Challenge: From Above II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Location: Singapore
Date: Jul 5, 2009
Aperture: 5.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 3.2 sec
Galleries: Cityscape, Urban
Date Uploaded: Jul 5, 2009

 Taken from the roof of my apt building late at night.

Levels, unsharp mask, slightly cropped and darkened the yellow in hue/saturation as it was a bit intense in the raw file.

Statistics
Place: 81 out of 141
Avg (all users): 5.1412
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 4.8776
Avg (non-participants): 5.2479
Views since voting: 907
Views during voting: 257
Votes: 170
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 08/05/2009 12:18:51 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club.

I received your image to critique from the Critique Club queue. I have already commented on this image, but that was more by way of response to a comment you posted in the forum than a general review of the image.

First Impression:Seems to be a little bit of a shoehorn as far as the challenge topic is concerned. Whilst I do get that it is shot from above, it doesn't really give me the feeling of that.

Composition: Tilted images are always a challenge. In this case it looks like a mistake rather than an artistic choice. Additionally, as has been stated earlier, there is really no subject in this image.

Overall, I think you have received quite a lot of feedback on this image already, so hopefully you have an idea already why it didn't score very high.
07/16/2009 02:09:36 AM
Crazy Jeger was able to identify the location of this shot! Looks like any other alley, that's pretty perceptive of him.

Anyway I mentioned in the thread but will mention again:

Your shot needs a subject. Katherine said it right, this shot would be benefited by a person walking through, that would add a 'story'. Not that people are always necessary, they're not, but there still needs to be something to ground the eye and hold interest or otherwise evidence of a thoughtful, contemplated composition that subsequently gives reason to keep looking at the image.
 07/15/2009 05:38:19 AM
Challenge was not called "Looking Down", it was "From Above II". Semantics I know, but let's at least give it the right title.

I read your forum post and thought I'd just take a look and comment on the picture. I think the answer to your question is yes, the subject is important when voting. And probably that is why you have scored as high as you did, in the same way that the subject is the reason the bird scored as low as it did.

In other words, the bird, which placed higher than you, is a very good image, but because it didn't really meet the challenge as such it has scored lower than it would have done in a Free Study type challenge.

So, yes, image quality combined with meeting the subject of the challenge contribute to the score.

07/15/2009 03:43:35 AM
It's a bit sad when your photo of looking down at something in a challenge title "Looking Down" comes in behind a picture of a bird cleaning itself.

I wonder why they bother actually putting subject titles on these challenges at all.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/13/2009 09:50:10 PM
Challenge Relevance:7 Impact/Emotion/Mood:7 Technicals:7 Processing:6 Creativity:6
 07/10/2009 08:19:05 PM
Looks like little India in Singapore.
 07/09/2009 09:41:41 PM
The tilt works in this shot.
 07/08/2009 12:16:03 AM
creepy. you should have had a shady guy waling down the middle of the alley


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