Challenge:Rain (Advanced Editing IV) Camera:Kodak CX7525 Location: Gallivan Center - Salt Lake City Date: Aug 11, 2005 Aperture: F/4.1 ISO: 200 Shutter: 1/91 Galleries:Water Date Uploaded: Aug 12, 2005
Attended an outdoor concert looking for a "live music" entry and found urban rain instead. Used sport setting on my camera w/flash and caught this little girl dancing through the drizzle.
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I like the stop-action of the rain, well captured. It looks like the focus is on the rain and not the girl, which imo works here. I think a non-centered crop would make this photo pop. Good luck
The clear water droplets are good, but the stark shadows that they're casting on the girl are distracting. Using a light source closer to perpendicular relative to the camera would have reduced this.
edit - I'm 99.9% sure this is not rain, but rather a fountain of some sort. If I'd taken this shot and was concerned about appearing to meet the challenge, I wouldn't have submitted it. But that sort of thing hasn't stopped me in the past, so I'm not saying you shouldn't have entered it. I'd certainly be very happy if I'd got a photo like this, it is very nice. The centered composition doesn't work for me, though, I'd prefer to see it panned more to the left, to give some running room. My favourite thing about it is the silvery water drops on the black background, very cool.
The flash in this shot makes the photo very uninteresting. The glare of light in all the drops is very distracting, and im not exactly sure what the little girl is doing. Also, the centered composition of this just doesnt work here.
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