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Life After Death
Life After Death
SHALIGA


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Challenge: Life & Death (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D80
Location: Yabucoa, Puerto Rico
Date: Jul 22, 2009
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Nature
Date Uploaded: Jul 22, 2009

 I was with my daugthers at a family house by the pool and we were talking about photography. I told them that I had participate in this cool web page, DPChallenge. She pull out her laptop and we accessed the site to see the photos. We looked up the new challenges and decide to see the details on "Life and Death"

We immediately decide to take on the challenge. After considering many subjects that met the challenge we finally agreed we should enter this "Life After Death"

Note: I could not change the lens description below, the lens that I used here was a Nikon AF Nikkor 70-300mm F/4-5.6 G

Statistics
Place: 61 out of 75
Avg (all users): 4.5000
Avg (commenters): 4.5000
Avg (participants): 4.0000
Avg (non-participants): 4.5669
Views since voting: 646
Views during voting: 301
Votes: 178
Comments: 7
Favorites: 2 (view)

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AuthorThread
 08/18/2009 02:42:40 PM
Greetings from the critique club.

Interesting take on the challenge theme. Unfortunately, the subject is hard to make stand out amongst the other entries in the challenge.

As for how it was shot: It appears that you had an overcast day to work with which helped provide more even lighting. I'd be curious to see how this would look if it was shot closer to the golden hour (i.e. right around dawn or dusk).

To be honest it doesn't look like a lot of time was put into considering the composition. The subject is stuck in the middle with the branches sticking out of the frame. There is nothing wrong with your subject extending into the frame just make sure its deliberate and not accidental and its done to enhance your image.

As one commenter suggested, moving to get rid of the sky or adding a lot more of it might have worked well. Remember, that the eye is drawn to the brightest part of a scene. In this case, the eye is drawn to the top of the frame away from what you wanted us to look at.

Overall, not a bad image especially for your second challenge. I look forward to seeing more of your image.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/31/2009 01:57:16 PM
I think a little more contrast would've helped this photo out.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/29/2009 10:15:50 PM
I think if you would have framed this to either have more sky or no sky at all it would have really helped the composition.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/29/2009 12:18:23 PM
Yes, this does show life and death but it is not a very interesting photo to look at.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/29/2009 10:40:53 AM
It's really creative I like it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/29/2009 10:33:00 AM
This is a really nice picture representing "life and death". Your daughters mada a good choice, plus they have a good eye to see things. The picture is delicate and great for the eye. Keep up your good work Santos.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/29/2009 03:44:35 AM
this is good - death supporting life, life growing on death
nice
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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