I have been viewing every single top 3 entry made on DPC for around 4 years, but I have never made a submission - I guess I put it down to lack of confidence! However, I having taken some sage advice and I am going to have a go every now and then and I am certainly going to start getting more involved with voting.
To the photo: This was taken in Mullion Cove, Cornwall, UK on a beautiful summer's day. The subjects are my Wife and 7 week old son. I took dozens of photos (mainly for the unusual object competition) with big ideas of what to do with them, but ended up flummoxed on account of my lack of gimp 2.6 skills! This shot was one I took just because I liked the composition and I wanted it in my album.
It turns out that I think it would go well in the Friends competition. All that has been done to the image was a channel mix grayscale in UFRaw, square crop, sharpened and added a border - I'm pretty sure that I have complied with the rules, I read them a dozen times and kept going back to them at each stage of the image.
I'm not expecting a lot from this image, I just wanted to make the first step!
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hey - you entered a challenge - congrats! I'm not a big fan of the angle either but it does force one to look around the photo. I think without the title, one may not really notice the mother and child - mostly because they blend in with the wall. I'm thinking the contrast does not help them stand out either. Why not a tighter crop to bring us in closer to what they are doing? :) Look forward to seeing more pics!
Why the extreme angle? The main subject (based on your title) is very dark and hard to see. Almost looks like the foreground rope is what we're supposed to be looking at.
very interesting shot, but the focus is on the the bricks and rope. The person is too small and dark to see if it is a mom and child, pregnant person, etc. If it were in a free study, I'd give it a 7. But I'm sorry, I can't score it high on friendship.
If the title didn't tell me what to look for, I'm not sure I would of found them. Your subjects are a bit dark and blend in with the bg.
I appreciate pictures taken at an angle, and I commend you for the try - unfortunately I don't feel it did this picture any justice.
Image is too dark. Hard to see mum n baby. They blend in to the back ground. Mum n babe are too small, they get lost in the image. The extreme tilt doesn't help IMO. The processing looks overly done.
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