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Amalfi coastline
Amalfi coastline
Rino63


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Geology (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Costiera Amalfitana
Date: Jul 14, 2009
Aperture: F/3.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/320 sec
Galleries: Landscape, Nature
Date Uploaded: Jul 14, 2009

develop the raw with dpp. in photoshop levels, curves, a bit of contrast with S&H, selective saturation in the red,yellow and green channels, usm.

Statistics
Place: 52 out of 86
Avg (all users): 5.3081
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 5.0588
Avg (non-participants): 5.3642
Views since voting: 716
Views during voting: 279
Votes: 185
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0


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07/25/2009 08:10:15 AM


Critique Club Critique

First Impressions
A nice specimen of this part of the world that shows man's engineering skills to get around it.

Photograph Information, Technicals & Composition Review
Whilst the blue is rich, the barely discernible gradient seems out of balance upper right. The scene doesn't seem to be placed within the frame in a way that leads the eyes in and around to explore. It would have been good to see a little tighter crop if the quality was there and be able to see more detail in the mountain face, that or a little more context, more background mountains showing the land formations may have given this some added interest. As is, the crop looks like parts are missing, such as below the road at the bottom of frame, the upper left peak of the mountain and the distant mountains to the right.

Comments, Score & Placement Review
53/182 with a score of 5.30 is not such a strong showing for this Challenge - I suspect that, whilst the geological formation is good, there was no main focal point, or feature placement compositionally, to hold a viewer's attention and draw them in to linger for a while. Your commenter's provide some good feedback and there are some helpful points made too.

Summary
A more refined crop and choosing a section of the image to feature more would likely have given this image a bit more of an edge. As rich as the sky is, it probably dominates the subject a little too much.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/20/2009 10:57:37 PM
I like the deep, rich colour of the sky. However, the rocks seem to fade into each other, while you have some great colours there that could have eben worked with. Some adjustments to individual colour layers could have brought out the reds and greets from the grey rock, and made a more appealing image
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07/19/2009 05:50:32 PM
nice colors very rich blue.
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07/19/2009 08:07:02 AM
Great image....not a bad bit of engineering too
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07/15/2009 09:46:20 PM
Photos like this remind of how boring and flat my part of the world is... thanks for the feeling of envy :) Great blue sky.
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07/15/2009 12:40:37 AM
Sky colour looks a tad oversaturated but otherwise, awesome!
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