Challenge:Blue (Classic Editing) Camera:Nikon D1X Location: portland,MI Date: Nov 30, 2002 Aperture: f-11 ISO: 800 ISO Shutter: 30 full seconds Date Uploaded: Nov 30, 2002
daughter in hot tub. 30 full second exposure. no minip and no crop. off camera fill flash only, from the side. and the blue hot tub light from under the water
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Place: 125 out of 243 Avg (all users): 5.0197 Avg (commenters): 6.1250 Avg (participants): 5.0738 Avg (non-participants): 4.9429 Views since voting: 1734 Votes: 254 Comments: 20 Favorites: 0
This photo grows on me. Goodtempo did a very good job with the second critique. I agree with every point. I initially gave you a 7 on this, with the cropping (or porch light off!), I could easily see this being a 9! Camera envy!
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COMPOSITION/CONTENT: Very interesting and unique blue glow over the hot tub. The two lights on the right side of the piture are what my eyes see first, since they are a contrasting color and are in a dark background. With cropping them out, this photograph becomes an excellent work and completely different. With cropping, the blue glow becomes a halo, with the center of the halo over Jennifer's head, making the blue and Jennifer the focal point of the picture rather than the lights on the right. With cropping this picture gets an 8 or 9 from me.
BACKGROUND: would benefit greatly with the right side cropped.
CAMERA WORK/TECHNICAL: unique and creative use of exposure to create the blue glow over the hot tub.
DIGITAL PROCESSING/TECHNICAL: does not need post processing other than crop.
MY OPINION: By looking at this photograph a second time, I have learned to look closer at the photographs that I am commenting on and that making comments on a first glance doesn't do anybody justice. You have a very creative and excellent photo that would have scored much higher with one little tweak. Great job!
Very nice! That water looks really.... blue! Its a great idea, and I've never seen it tried before. Maybe the framing could be a bit better but I really like it anyway how it is. 9.
Not sure it's necessary to include the exposure time in the title... but it is an interesting effect. This depicts the way I envision Michael Jackson spending his day (in some sort of hi-tech glowing bubble thing)!
nothing interesting for my eyes. does nothing for me. the girl is not clear and her face is only partially lit up. the orange light in the upper right looks out of place in the photo. the other brighter light on the right of the photo is also distracting.
Great idea and I love the blue. This would have been so much better if you had either cropped off the yellow part or had just turned off that light. The rest of the shot is great.
WOw she held really still for the shot. The radiating blue looks neat. I like that effect, but the patio light should hav ebeen off. the top right corner is a little distracting.
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