I had this idea for a few days but it has been raining all week. Finially I saw a break in the clouds, so I rushed outside, to try and take some picks. It's hard to find a firehydrant without buildings (or other) in the way. They just don't put them in open fields. I wonder why.
Anyways after laying down in the muddy grass at differnt locations (and a few stares), I got some ok pics. Used PS7 to emphisize the color and sharpness, to give the hydrant an surreal, almost superimposed look. Rotate, Crop out most of the extra stuff I could, and frame it with a simple border.
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Initial Impression:
Colorful, A bit too processed for my tastes.
Challenge:
Certainly meets the challenge
Compostion:
This is rather weak in my opinion, but I'm not sure there's much you could do to improve it. For your subject and the surroundings it's decent. Maybe some clouds in the sky would have helped add some interest to the photo.. Not sure really.
Technical/Post-Processing:
This was the first thing I noticed about this pic.. The colors are very vivid and sharp, making the subject look fake. From your comments I can see that's what you intended and you succeeded well. However, from a score standpoint really manipulated photos tend not to do well here.
Overall:
Good job in achieving the affect you desired! Good luck in future challenges and don't let low scores stop you from developing your style.
Nice perspective. Would be more effective if we wouldn't see the buildings in the background, though this almost impossible in a city setting. Good luck.
Wonderful perspective and color. The background stuff is too distracting. :( I wish that you could have gotten a litttttttttle lower and only had sky in the pic. :)
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