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07/13/2004 08:27:00 PM |
Hi Crystal and Greetings from the Critique Club
Atlantic Ocean is an excellent attempt of making a simple subject into an elegant photo. You've tried one of my favorite techniques - finding horizontal layers in nature. You have 5 distinct bands of color - creating a layering of colors. It's a great technique.
Sometimes, as we learn more and more about photography, we discover when to make images. At other times - we discover when NOT to attempt it. I'm afraid this is one of those times. Your shot was taken in terrible high-noon (or early afternoon) harsh lighting. No film or digitial process except maybe black and white can handle the number of f-stops required. Your highlights - the sun reflections on the water - are very over-exposed - and you've lost some detail in the waves as well.
I would bet if you went back to the same exact spot several hours later, you would be far more pleased with the result.
As others have noted - critics are sure to notice a tilted horizon - especially when there's a straight line involved like water or a flat field. The secret here is to use a tripod whenever you can, use grid lines in your viewfinder if you have them - and be extremely careful.
Even if you do end up with a crooked one, you can rotate and crop - even in DPC's basic editing scheme.
You may also want to try using a polarizer in shots like this to reduce some of the glare on the water and also pop out the white clouds from a blue sky. It works best when the sun is at a 90 degree angle to the film plane - but will also work at the angle here.
I suspect the reason it did not score as high as you'd like is that you entered it in the "extraordinary" challenge - which had a ton of great images. Not only that, the voters were really expecting to be totally "wowed".
So - keep shooting and sharing - you have a good eye and just need more experience. It should come quickly if you keep hangin' out here.
-Tom-
Edit for spelling....
Message edited by author 2004-07-13 23:23:16. |
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07/06/2004 09:39:45 PM |
| It's a pretty plain old snap shot of some waves. With the sun glare, it's not even very well taken. |
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07/05/2004 08:34:17 PM |
| The horizon is a little crooked. Nice pic otherwise. |
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07/04/2004 07:23:21 PM |
| Um, that ocean is truly extraordinary. It's going down hill! Seriously, you might want to check your horizons really carefully in water images. But colors are nice and surf is beautiful. |
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07/04/2004 11:44:18 AM |
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07/04/2004 05:24:44 AM |
| beautiful, shame the horizon is a tad off though. |
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07/03/2004 06:24:22 PM |
| Camera is not level, very overexposed, and it seems you oversharpened, too. |
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07/01/2004 08:21:55 PM |
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07/01/2004 02:51:52 PM |
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07/01/2004 12:31:52 PM |
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07/01/2004 09:38:22 AM |
| I like the glisten on the water. The image lacks that little bit of something more to make it just right... there's a lot of water and nothing for me to rest my eye on |
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07/01/2004 07:32:07 AM |
| Hmm, too common of a pic. |
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07/01/2004 01:47:48 AM |
| I tend to agree that oceans can be extraordinary things, but I don't think this image conveys a sense of that. The waves look to be the primary subject here, and there doesn't appear to be anything extraordinary about these. |
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06/30/2004 06:22:37 PM |
| Eeek! Too Bright, Too Sharp. Not a great challenge entry. |
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06/30/2004 04:19:10 PM |
| Nothing real special about this photo. A polarizer would help the foam, but detract from the nice sparkles. Maybe a little level work to darken the sky and water? |
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