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Challenge: Urban Decay (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-50D
Lens: Canon EF 28-135mm F/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Location: Chattanooga, TN
Date: Dec 12, 2009
Aperture: f16
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/50
Galleries: Cityscape
Date Uploaded: Dec 13, 2009

Cropped
Corrected perspective
Adjusted color curves
Cloned out two power lines that transversed the scene
Sharpened
Resized
Submitted

Statistics
Place: 49 out of 90
Avg (all users): 5.6568
Avg (commenters): 7.2000
Avg (participants): 5.5882
Avg (non-participants): 5.6864
Views since voting: 817
Views during voting: 379
Votes: 169
Comments: 8
Favorites: 1 (view)


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12/23/2009 12:51:05 AM
Hey there from the Critique Club

My thoughts on the image: I tend to agree with most of your commenters here in that this is a fairly uninteresting composition. The centered yet awkwardly tilted building leaves me with an feeling that this was more of a snapshot that an intentionally composed image. I do find that the building appears to hold a great deal of interest, and I think the composition possibilities here are near limitless.

My ideas for improvement: Put more time into the initial composition of the capture. I am not sure if tighter or wider would be better with this one, but I'd like to see combinations of both. While I am no stickler for the 'rules' of photography, this particular structure presents with far to many possibilities to be closed in with a centered composition. I'd also like to see more contrast to the overall image. Perhaps shooting this one at a different time of day would have presented you with some great shadows and more highlights that the flatness that this particular lighting yielded.

Where I would have/did score this entry: I did vote in this challenge, and you pulled a 5 from me. I do think that it meets the challenge perfectly, but with some better execution and composition, this vote would surely have grown.

Thank you for the opportunity to provide a critique on your entry,
Eric
 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/17/2009 10:42:59 PM
Confounding title, but I like the image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
12/17/2009 04:57:18 AM
Good subject but uninteresting rendition.
Door too central in image.
Angle very flat.
Ground/horizon not straight.
4
  Photographer found comment helpful.
12/16/2009 06:41:32 PM
Nice capture. I like the compositon.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
12/15/2009 09:25:16 PM
I like this as it's a terrific find. I think I would have cropped it differently, but maybe not. Well done......8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
12/15/2009 08:16:55 AM
well done, is in theme with the challenge, a little poor as subject, but stilla good work
  Photographer found comment helpful.
12/14/2009 04:41:32 PM
Just average looking to me. Nothing jumps out. No vote, I'm in this one.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
12/14/2009 12:34:56 PM
Nicely captured weather beaten and decayed building. 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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