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Stuart Thomas
Joined: 09 May 2012
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Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 4:31 am
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Any feedback welcome, thank you. |
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digigandalf
Joined: 11 Jun 2005
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Location: Twinsburg, OH
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Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 7:26 am
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There are a number of problems that could be mentioned.
1. We need a crop of a small portion from the image at 100% to evaluate focus, lack of noise, etc. See the sticky at the top of the Critique forum.
2. Composition has several problems: 1, Horizon is almost dead center, leaving the top half of the picture nothing but brown sky. 2. Worst problem: The railing (uninteresting) is blocking the view of the foreground buildings - a big no-no. The dark walkway taking up most of the lower right adds nothing of interest. 3. Buildings and spires at the sides are leaning in unacceptably.
3. Lighting issues. Blown highlights in some areas, lost detail in the dark spots.
Hope that's not too discouraging, but afraid a shot like this would never fly. |
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ruxpriencdiam
Joined: 07 May 2009
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Location: Third Stone from the Sun
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Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 7:28 am
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Ken covered it pretty well. |
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jhuls
Joined: 02 Jan 2012
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Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 8:14 am
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I'm assuming this is a fish eye lens, the only way I can account for all the distortion. If so I'm not sure it was the best way to go with this type of shot. I think the distortion distracts rather than enhances this photo. |
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Stuart Thomas
Joined: 09 May 2012
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Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 3:06 am
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Funny how I won a competition with this photo then isn't it. I'll get up to that roof again and try again sometime without a fisheye. |
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antoine2000
Joined: 17 Sep 2009
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Location: London
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Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 3:10 am
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competition and stock is like comparing grass to bananas.
it's a good photo, no one is questioning that, but whether it's stock quality is debatable. some fish eye photos will get accepted, but because this has too much 'distortion' then it probably wouldn't get approved. submit it if you feel confident tho. |
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semmickphoto
Joined: 12 Feb 2012
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Location: Stuck between a shutter and a hard place
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Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 3:10 am
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| Stuart Thomas wrote: | | Funny how I won a competition with this photo then isn't it. I'll get up to that roof again and try again sometime without a fisheye. |
You cant compare fine art competitions with stock photograpy. So it isnt that funny, its just the way it is :0)
Congrats on winning the competition. |
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matthi
Joined: 30 Sep 2010
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Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 3:18 am
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| Stuart Thomas wrote: | | Funny how I won a competition with this photo then isn't it. |
Totally agree, funny !
But unless it wasn´t the world press photo award or something similar I wouldn´t give too much on any competition.....
Who were the competitors ? How much entries have been there ? Who was in the jury ? Was it a social media voted thing ? What was the theme ? Etc pp.
For me the subject of this photo is this metal "knob" in the lower left of the railing... |
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cpaulfell
Joined: 07 Dec 2011
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Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 10:26 am
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| matthi wrote: |
For me the subject of this photo is this metal "knob" in the lower left of the railing... |
+1 my eyes struggle to get past it. |
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rinder99
Joined: 12 Jul 2005
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Location: Contact www.rinderart.com/Books and Workshops www.rindersmithphotography.com Youtube/rinder
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Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 10:51 am
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I judge all kinds of stuff. Whats the subject?? The railing or the city? And what would a potential buyer use this for?This is a commercial Stock site My friend, Not flicker.What else ya got? |
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dmvphotos
Joined: 05 Sep 2008
Posts: 2158
Location: Virginia, USA
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Posted: Sun May 13, 2012 1:49 am
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| rinder99 wrote: | | I judge all kinds of stuff. Whats the subject?? The railing or the city? And what would a potential buyer use this for?This is a commercial Stock site My friend, Not flicker.What else ya got? |
When he says "what else you got" that means don't quit! |
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robhainer
Joined: 03 May 2010
Posts: 2743
Location: Dallas, GA, USA
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Posted: Sun May 13, 2012 8:27 am
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I won $200 for a photo I put in a county arts photo contest, but I couldn't get that same image accepted here.
They want a certain type of image here. |
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