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06/06/2008 07:20:26 AMPost actions
Greetings from the Critique Club -
Just read your description - "best of a bad bunch". LOL - We have all been there for sure. Though I don't think this is as bad as the score you recieved.
You easily met the challenge. The HDR treatment may be a tad heavy on this shot. What I tend to do when I do editing similar to HDR is bump up the blacks a bit afterwards. In this shot everything comes off as almost too pastelly (is that a word). I think if the blacks were a bit more black the image would have popped a bit more.
Really not a horrible shot - just one that didnt reson te with the DPC crowd. We really are a finnicky bunch arent we.
Tim
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Comments Made During the Challenge
06/01/2008 08:19:02 PMPost actions
It's my impression that boat marinas are a popular subject for painters -- impressionistic and otherwise -- and I think your photo captures that feeling well.
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05/30/2008 10:58:13 PMPost actions
The processing gives this a bit of a look that I have done with some of mine, but I don't find it works well with this particular scene.
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05/29/2008 07:19:53 PMPost actions
A tad sharper and that thing in the sky cleaned and I'd give it a 10 for sure. As it is, I still like it and I'll go with a mediocre 7.
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05/28/2008 02:33:39 PMPost actions
Has a neat south Florida pastel-ish kinda thing going on. Great sky, cool bird.
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05/28/2008 01:20:17 PMPost actions
This sort of seems snap-shottish to me. Coloring is bland, lack of focal subject etc.
On a good point, I can see your effort in composition...amount of sky vs. land line.
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05/27/2008 09:33:29 PMPost actions
perhaps a bit too much sky here, and focus appears too soft for these subjects.
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05/27/2008 04:09:18 PMPost actions
lol thanks to an ex-bf who repaired these babies for a living, I can guess exactly how much $$$ is floating there on the water! 7
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05/26/2008 10:13:12 PMPost actions
looks overprocessed...more contrast or darker would have been better...too light i think...
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05/26/2008 08:04:19 PMPost actions
Very, very nice... I'm a pushover for this type of processing! 9
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05/26/2008 01:00:23 PMPost actions
Nice effect. Like from the 50's. I like the water surface.
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05/26/2008 09:36:05 AMPost actions
Nice processing - the only thing that may be overdone is the amount of sky featured.
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05/26/2008 04:27:00 AMPost actions
Composition: 5 - Technical: 4 - Creativity: 4 - Appeal: 5 - Challenge: 5 - Overall Calculated Average Score: 5
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05/26/2008 02:56:57 AMPost actions
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05/26/2008 01:29:45 AMPost actions
i found this picture a little confusing there seems to be no focus point
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05/26/2008 12:56:39 AMPost actions
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05/26/2008 12:22:52 AMPost actions
has a nice old postcard look about it...nice
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