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Postby sirhc55 on Thu Mar 17, 2005 10:12 pm

I know I have been there before but I can’t resist the compositions I can get from my computer seat :D

Sigma 12-24mm
F/8
1/4 sec handheld
12mm
iso 200

Critique welcome - helps me improve

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Postby Geoff on Thu Mar 17, 2005 10:32 pm

Hi Chris,
Someone once said it's hard to improve on perfection. Lovely shot, I can't really critique it, as I think it's great. Keep them coming champ!


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Postby big pix on Fri Mar 18, 2005 8:09 am

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Chris very very vogue.........but I took the libity of re croping your image {sorry}.Also if you try this it will give you a different look, overall lighten to blow out the background a bit and add contrast more like a pencil drawing with a little tone

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Postby sirhc55 on Fri Mar 18, 2005 10:32 am

Big Pix - you can repost any of my pics anytime no problem.

My comments on your suggestions, and looking at your repost side-by-side with the original, is as follows:

The reasoning behind the use of 12mm was to produce a vanishing point accentuated by shooting low into the subject which I feel has been lost in the repost by you having straightened the left hand side to be parallel to the edge.

I agree to the crop and now realise that some light painting into the statuette would have made a more powerfull impact, but not overkill so as to keep some of the mystery.

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Postby the foto fanatic on Fri Mar 18, 2005 10:39 am

sirhc55 wrote:Big Pix - you can repost any of my pics anytime no problem.

My comments on your suggestions, and looking at your repost side-by-side with the original, is as follows:

The reasoning behind the use of 12mm was to produce a vanishing point accentuated by shooting low into the subject which I feel has been lost in the repost by you having straightened the left hand side to be parallel to the edge.

I agree to the crop and now realise that some light painting into the statuette would have made a more powerfull impact, but not overkill so as to keep some of the mystery.

8)


Yeah, Chris - that's how I see it too. I think the vanishing point is important, and a little reflected light at the front may have created a bit more depth to the statue.
A nice image :)
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