Challenge:Macro III (Classic Editing*) Camera:Sony DSC-V1 Location: University Park, PA Date: Dec 15, 2003 Aperture: 4.0 ISO: 100 Shutter: 1/30 Galleries:Macro Date Uploaded: Dec 19, 2003
It was absoultely freezing when I was taking this one, but I really like it. It was a variation on a similar picture I had taken a few years back of an ice covered link which I really liked.
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The image, decidedly, appears not too dark at all on my monitors (Apple Powerbook G4 LCD and Apple eMac CRT). A shame, really, that some voters missed out on the pleasure others derived from this shot.
I like the textures of metal and snow - you really captured the crystalline structure of the snow and avoided the common problem of having it go all white. I think the composition would be more dynamic if the chain were placed diagonally across the picture; this is kind of static.
Flawless, aesthetically satisfying entry.
The straight-on perspective makes for a less dramatic perception of the narrow depth of field than as if taken from an angle. Such an emphasis would, IMHO, contributed interest to a subject which is both worthy and appealing (due to the textural interest and an apparent tension of the chain at a temperature conducive to snowfall) but also one lacking spectacularity. I doubt, however, that such observations will influence its score in the context of DPC.
Among competing entries in this challenge, it should, desevedly, ribbon. But then again, -ribbon- is not a verb. ;-)
Mmm - so many contrasts. Warm colour of the chain but cold metal. Soft fluffy appearance of the snow but actually cold wetness. I like the simplicity of composition and background.
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