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12/02/2002 01:24:00 PM |
Greetings from the Critique Club :)
Doug, I think this is definitely a beautiful sunset photo. I definitely like the placement of your horizon low in the frame... the sky is the subject here and seeing more of that is important. As I look at the image, I think the tree could be a little sharper silhouette. F3.4 is possibly a little larger aperture than necessary for this shot. I would have started this one at F5.6 in aperture priority mode and bracketed with extra exposures one stop up and down from there. I believe that a smaller aperture would have sharpened up the tree against the background quite a bit. Metering for a photograph like this is very difficult.... The key is to take a lot of photos at different settings and do it in a hurry. Sunsets like these are constantly changing and they don't last long.
As for this photo and the photojournalism challenge, I'm not sure. I haven't read all the comments you received, but IMO, this is photojournalism, but not as much for news as it is for weather. The term 'photojournalism' usually strikes a sense of 'news' and 'action' in my mind. I have browsed many books of 'photojournalism' such as the Time/Life photo books and National Geographic as well. Your photo fits better into the national geographic schema than into time/life stuff.
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12/01/2002 11:16:00 PM |
| Don't see any connection to the theme, but man what a sunset. |
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12/01/2002 02:22:00 PM |
| Beautiful sunset. Rule of thirds does not work to your advantage here in my opinion. Your subject is the sunset but you hve more of the sky than the sunset. Should have cropped of most of the sky. The tree and the sunset are beautiful and should have encompased the photo. This is what I call good composition but bad execution. Otherwise nice shot. PTL7 |
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11/30/2002 04:31:00 PM |
| D'uh... another sunset shot. Dime a dozen. |
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11/30/2002 03:44:00 PM |
| Colors are well don, and the tree is in focus. A very pleasant photo. muckpond |
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11/30/2002 09:35:00 AM |
Composition: Subject Placement, Cropping, Background6,
Technical: Focus, Exposure, Lighting, Processing7,
Appeal: Is it Interesting, Motivating, Etc.? 7,
Total Averaged Rating7. Autool
If it would have been possible I think you should have made it in landscape view with more of the yellow and reds, and less blue sky. |
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11/28/2002 12:41:00 PM |
| I don't think this meets the challenge. But, it is a great image. |
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11/28/2002 03:51:00 AM |
| argh, not another sunset pic... |
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11/27/2002 09:32:00 PM |
| really really beautiful landscape. i only wish periodicals would report on and print articles and pictures about the finer things in life like this. not really sensationalist enough for photojournalism though, right? only it goes to show photojournalism ain't the only place to go look for beauty. |
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11/27/2002 12:18:00 PM |
| Good color, good composition. Nice yellow, for sure. Don't really have any improvements to offer, but I don't see the story. I do see it as a magazine shot, or a newspaper LIVING section shot. Therefore, you get the benefit of the doubt. 9 nards656 |
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11/27/2002 05:31:00 AM |
Nice color. I think a slight bit over saturated.
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11/26/2002 09:19:00 PM |
| Beautiful colors. The silhouette of the tree is striking. Nice shot. |
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11/26/2002 07:22:00 PM |
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11/26/2002 09:22:00 AM |
| Nice colours but just another sunset picture. |
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11/25/2002 08:41:00 PM |
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11/25/2002 07:55:00 PM |
| Fantastic colours, great composition (only complaint would be that the tree is *too* centered), can't ask for much more in a sunset shot. |
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11/25/2002 07:38:00 PM |
I really like the contrast in this one and the lovely colors. It does look like the highlights are a little blown out and oversaturated though.
Greg
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11/25/2002 06:27:00 PM |
beauty, but nothing to do with photojournalism
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11/25/2002 11:18:00 AM |
| Very pretty. Vote 7 Sonifo |
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11/25/2002 11:11:00 AM |
| This is REALLY beautiful!! |
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11/25/2002 09:18:00 AM |
| OK shot. The yellow is just a tad blown out. |
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11/25/2002 05:21:00 AM |
| Wonderful picture. Great colors and I love the tree silhouette. This is a real s t r e t c h to photojournalism IMO. It's one of the best pics I've seen so far, and probably the 2nd worst at being photojournalistic. It IS the best pic I've seen so far IMO. Too bad it won't score that way today - Inspzil |
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11/25/2002 12:59:00 AM |
| Absolutely beautiful photo, and the title makes it more photojournalistic, however I wish there was a human element, and this probably wouldn't be front page news. Good try though, and very creative! |
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