I had other plans for these little Indians but decided to go in another direction.
I chose some rocks from our garden and put one of my sunsets on my computer monitor and then arranged the rocks in front. My little Indians in the meantime had been drinking and didn't want to stand up...until I brought out the hot glue gun. That fixed them.
So I took a series of shots and chose this one as the keeper.
I hope you all see it as a fun shot the way it is mean to be seen.
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Wow, this is twice today that I've pulled pics from very eminent members of the DPC community. This is kinda cool! OK, here goes...
This shot is definately in the spirit of the challenge, but there's just too damn much going on in the shot. There's just too much detail. Too much texture. Too much to take in. Your eye is just totally overwhelmed by what is there and doesn't know where to land. I have found that the best photographs (generalizing here I know) are the simplest ones. They don't have anything going on that doesn't add to the shot. In this example everything adds to the shot but the end result is kind of a jumble.
This shot also appears to be quite soft. It may not really be soft. It's hard to tell with all the minute details that are at 640 by whatever resolution. At 8x10 this may look just fine sharpness-wise. This is one of the things that I had to learn the hard way myself.
The tonality of this shot kinda puts me off. It doesn't quite look natural. I'm assuming that you were trying to match the white balance of the foreground with the tonality of the sky on the screen, but to me it just doesn't look 'natural'...
I think if you put all this together, you'll see why you scored in the low fives. Personally, I would probably have given this a 4 or a 5 because of all the above reasons.
I know that this may seem a little harsh but it's the way I see the shot. Hope you take it in the spirit in which it was given!
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