Challenge:Travel (Classic Editing) Camera:Sony Mavica FD-92 Location: New York Date: Dec 29, 2002 Aperture: F/5.6 ISO: ISO-80 Shutter: 1/30 Date Uploaded: Dec 29, 2002
This shot was probably taken perfectly level, but the change of colour to the water in the background means that the far bank is exaggerated, making it seem as though the shot has been rotated too much. Again, this feeling is emphasised by the reflection of the lefthand side bank in the water. The flowers in the foreground are nice, but the centre of the shot is taken up by the very dark trees, which overpowers the foreground.
Background:
This is a beautiful location, but to me the background to the shot (the lake/river, the mountains, and the sky) is more interesting than the foreground :o)
Camera Work:
Since the shot was done at ISO 80, I can only assume that the grainyness of it is due to the high compression / post processing. The focus of the shot feels slightly off too, as though this is a photograph of a reflection rather than of the real thing - easily corrected by sharpening in post-processing.
Post-Processing:
Since you've not provided any details, I can only guess at any post-processing work that you have done. The image has been saved to only 71Kb, which is less than half the maximum size - you should always try to get as close to 150Kb as possible, since you lose more detail to the compression the smaller the file is. Another suggestion (apart from those listed above) would be to adjust the levels and colour balance, as the colours of the foreground flowers are quite pale, yet the blues and greens are very bold, almost unreal.
My Opinion:
Like some other photos in this challenge, this one to me signifies a travel destination rather than travel itself. The (misleading) feeling of offcentre rotation, combined with the grainy sky and odd colours, really pulls this shot down, which is a shame, since its a really beautiful location.
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This is a very pretty photo - I love the colors, but something looks unnatural about the trees on the left and the right. I see a horizontal light/dark streaking on them. Comments about what might have caused this? Perhaps oversaturation?
On one hand, it's a very pretty scene, but there are a couple things that bother me here. One, it seems tilted too far to the right (the water looks like it could spill off the side of the frame), and there's something disturbing about the quality of the image -- it almost looks as though it was scanned on a poor scanner rather than as a digital camera image. At 72K, it's only 1/2 the compression quality allowed on the site.
But for the grain in ths sky and the slightly overly blue (cyan) sky this is a fantastic photo! I started to offer this a 10, but those two factors wouldn't let me. Beautiful 9. Swash
You went for the esthetic shot, didn't you. Hoping for high scores on beautiful scenery, which i'm a sucker for. But how does this say travel? For all i know you may live there and be taking this from your front porch. If you are, you can expect overnight guests this summer. Of course this photo is a 10 for it. I just don't know that it says travel. So here is an 8. PTL
Where is this located? Quite beautiful for this time of year, lots of green....looks higher up in elevation (evergreens) but no snow...(except for what looks like a few peaks)
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