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Critiques From Wigwam Jones
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Critique By:
Wigwam Jones (K:70)
11/21/2004 11:39:40 AM
Karen - you're welcome! My shirt says "I'm not very smart, but I can lift heavy things."
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| Photo By: Karen Ferranti
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Critique By:
Wigwam Jones (K:70)
11/1/2004 2:15:20 AM
Maybe something more along the lines of this. However, you have to be the final judge, it's your photo!
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| Photo By: Karen Ferranti
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Critique By:
Wigwam Jones (K:70)
10/31/2004 10:20:50 PM
Very nice. I would consider removing the twig or whatever it is from her shirt (you can photoshop that out with the clone tool). Consider cropping more closely - trim right where the subject's hair stops. The focal length you've chosen makes her right arm appear to be as wide as her head, so cropping here would be helpful. Consider cropping the background on the right - the shadow that comes in an an angle is a tad distracting.
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| Photo By: Karen Ferranti
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Critique By:
Wigwam Jones (K:70)
10/31/2004 10:16:03 PM
I respectfully disagree about the lighting. The lighting on her face is uneven. This would call for very very light fill flash, a reflector held behind the photographer and to your right, or a slight change in the subject's position. Excellent otherwise!
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| Photo By: Karen Ferranti
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Critique By:
Wigwam Jones (K:70)
10/31/2004 10:11:26 PM
Per your request!
I like this photograph very much - great composition, unusual, very creative - congrats! If anything, I would consider cropping this one from just under his armpit and just over the top of his fingers - bring the attention to his actions.
Another trick to do that is to throw the background out-of-focus. When you have a bright day and an automatic camera, it choose an appropriate f-stop to keep everything in focus if possible - that means the bushes, the sidewalk, the street beyond, etc. As viewers, we're not interested in those things and they distract us.
How do you do this? Well, first you have to take control of your camera. If you can choose 'aperture preferred' mode on your camera, you can select a nice open aperture - say f3.5 at around 85mm. This should force your camera to choose a faster shutter speed to compensate, so you still get a good exposure, but the focal plane consists of just your son and his actions - not much in front, not much in back.
You have to watch out with automatic cameras when you do this - they will focus on what 'they think' is the object of your attention, and it may not be what you think it is. Sometimes you have to fool the camera by putting your son's face or hands (in this situation) in the center of the viewfinder, half-press the shutter release, let it focus, then recompose the shot without letting up on the shutter release. Then release the shot. A tripod and a remote release can help when it seems like you need four hands.
Lighting on this is OK, notice his right hand is very nearly overexposed, otherwise I'd say try some daylight fill flash. However, from this angle, a camera-mounted flash is just going to make deeper shadows on his face and overexpose his hand. If you wanted to go with flash at all to open up his face, you would almost have to try setting an off-camera strobe off to your left, pointed at the brick and bouncing it up and under his right arm onto his face. Probably a bit of an iffy experiment even then. If he turned his face and body just *slightly* towards you while still looking at the brick he's wrestling with, you'd have a slightly better shot.
However, with all that said, bravo! Nice work!
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| Photo By: Karen Ferranti
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Critique By:
Wigwam Jones (K:70)
10/29/2004 1:32:13 AM
Incredible sharpness, detail, intensity and passion. I love this, thank you!
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Photo By: Giuliano Guarnieri
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