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Planned Parenthood Protest
Planned Parenthood Protest
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Challenge: Photojournalism (Classic Editing)
Camera: Olympus C-2100UZ
Location: Planned Parenthood, NY
Date: Nov 23, 2002
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/800
Galleries: Emotive, Candid
Date Uploaded: Nov 23, 2002

An ongoing planned parenthood protest.

Statistics
Place: 37 out of 147
Avg (all users): 5.7292
Avg (commenters): 6.2222
Avg (participants): 5.7547
Avg (non-participants): 5.7135
Views since voting: 1155
Votes: 277
Comments: 21
Favorites: 0


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12/02/2002 01:18:00 PM
Andrewm
Critique Club


I enjoy the composition of your picture—it is unusual but it works. ones eye seems to be led around in a square reading the signs and I find that I go back to the focal point which is the woman’s face.Having said that I think this works in the context of this challenge—it is a very newspaper image-packed with information so that the copywriters don’t have to do much work!
In the background the spikey fence fits well into the image of an angry protester.

Your photo seems well exposed although I notice criticisms of overexposure—but I think you may have oversaturated the colour or used levels too much or used a small part of the picture –blown up-- because there are chromatic aberrations all over the photo-in the leaves along the sign and these may be exacerbated by the over saturation.

However I think the strength of your subject – the owl like spectacles peering defiantly from a white face enveloped in a black anorak – This is an image that the viewer remembers for a long time.


 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/01/2002 01:34:00 PM
Good subject. Photo too sharp and bright with all the white on the signs. The leaves in th background actually hurt my eyes, as well as the fence. Good subject but poor execution. PTL4
11/30/2002 12:11:00 PM
Good shot.
11/29/2002 07:52:00 PM
This is a great shot. Can I read more? Vote 9 Sonifo
11/29/2002 12:40:00 PM
very well framed
11/28/2002 09:57:00 PM
this is a lot like the firemen picket line picture that got submitted this week - you got great compositions that include all the signs - at the same time you can tell the woman's got a real compelling look on her face, and that's where the real sweet rectangle's gonna be, when you look at this shot you want to be close enough to really see her.
11/28/2002 08:35:00 PM
You could make it focus a little more on your subject if you used the narrower aspect ratio -- it still retains the entire sign but gets rid of anything extraneous.
11/27/2002 05:42:00 AM
Who has not seen this. Very dramatic.
11/27/2002 04:59:00 AM
Yeah, Planning to be a parent is just the stupidest thing anybody could do. I say just stick it in and see what happens!!!!
11/27/2002 12:59:00 AM
A real live news story!
11/26/2002 10:14:00 PM
Powerful catch...
11/26/2002 09:05:00 AM
Good picture for the challenge. Slightly overexposed.
11/26/2002 07:51:00 AM
Good eye! A typical journalistic photo and ready for print. 8
11/25/2002 10:52:00 PM
would be better without the trees blocking out the signs
~anachronite
11/25/2002 09:39:00 PM
good composition. slightly over exposed. i like it.
11/25/2002 09:15:00 PM
A tragic photograph, I can hardly bear to look and think about this girl.
7 JEM
11/25/2002 09:11:00 PM
Betcha you cursed the presence of that tree!...Good image.
11/25/2002 03:12:00 PM
I don't agree but will put that aside and say the shot is pretty good. The perspective could of been a bit improved and the crop on the bottom is not even.
Over all- nice job and on topic! Justine
11/25/2002 01:50:00 PM
I don't think the tree has helped here, obscuring the sign and placcard. Maybe there was a better shot a few steps to your right? Could have done with a few more protesters too, but that's not really under you control!
11/25/2002 11:05:00 AM
I know balancing the components of this photo may have been difficult. Have the sign partially blocked by the tree takes a little away from the overall feel.
11/25/2002 02:12:00 AM
Good content, exposure is about 1 stop over exposed and try not to cut a sign in two with a tree


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