Challenge:From the Ground Up (Classic Editing) Camera:Canon Pro90 IS Location: Paris, France Date: Apr 22, 2002 Aperture: 5.0 ISO: Auto (50 or 100) Shutter: 1/500 Date Uploaded: Apr 26, 2002
If you were able to get closer to being underneath this statue I would of liked the shot more. As it is now there is no perspective that says from the ground up.
some of the colors on the statue seem strange -- is this something natural to the statue, something your camera did, or something that happened in the computer? While some cotton candy clouds in the background would have been cool, that's just a completely personal preference thing.
I hate to harp, but OPA (other people's art) really needs to have something added by the image - a unique perspective or moment in time, perhaps - to make it worthwhile. Possibly the worst chromatic abberations I've ever seen (not your fault, of course).
Even though the angle of the photograph is up, it doesn't convey to me the impression that the camera was on or close to the ground. I know from some of my photos that it can be on the ground, and not look like it, but I think the final impression conveyed is what counts.
Interesting photo... I'm sure that this is on top of a building or something, but this particular camera angle doesn't enhnace the "ground up" concept very well. Also, where is the blue/purple outlining on the arms/wings/dress coming from? Is that sky reflection? I'm not sure but it looks a little out of place.
Thanx, all who commented. I admit that this really isn't a good photo and it deserved the average grade of 4,383. I was a bit frustrated though that nobody seemed to notice that the "from the ground up" theme was in the subject rather than the camera angle. I also have to say that there wasn't much creativity in this challenge altogether. I first shot a rather boring scyscraper photo and didn't really shoot this with the challenge in mind.
Quite few commented on the purple abberations. Partly this was deliberate. In photoshop I removed all yellow tones from the picture which I thought made it a bit more original and gave it a "otherworldly feel" as someone put it. But perhaps I overdid it...
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