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Steve
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It has been a few weeks since the last round of the competition has closed and unfortunately nobody has offered any critique or comments on the entries My main reason for setting up the competition was to help people improve and add an element of a challenge at the same time, nobody will improve without feedback so below are my humble opinions on the entries.
These are just the first few, Ill continue with the rest during tonight. If anyone else feels like they could also add some comments on the photos, I would be very appreciative.
Pic 1 PeteMC
This is a simple idea that obviously relies on some competent post processing to make the final image seamless. For me it could have been improved by having the escalator more central and the subjects at thirds on each, a third up on one and a third down on the other. I think that the idea works better than the final image overall.
Pic 2 Steve Ill leave the critique for this to you guys
Pic 3 Feeson
A strange one this, are we going for shock value, innuendo or maybe some other deep meaning? What ever it was, I am afraid it was wasted on me and as such I can only critique on the picture from a purely photographical point of view. Technically it is ok but the horizontal shadows running across the picture coupled with the almost grey uniform of the whole picture inc. subject just add to the confusion. Sure I had to look twice but only to try to see the subject. Sorry, I just cant see this shot at all.
Pic 4 PhaseK
I liked the idea of this shot very much but think it misses the mark as it has many more reflections than the two that would say to me double take. I would have cropped the half framed original girl completely out of frame and also cropped the remainder of the picture just to show both the front and back of here either once (to make me double take as to how I can see both the front and back of her) or done a different crop to show all of her twice, thus giving a better theme relevance. Having her hat almost covering her eyes has also not helped here, by lowering your camera position you could have drawn us more into the subject.
Pic 5 Dave
Interesting subject with lovely subtle colours, the use of the very popular Lomo effect once more said to me that this picture belonged to either you or Pete. Although technically nothing much wrong with the shot I failed to see the double take theme relevance.
These are just the first few, Ill continue with the rest during tonight. If anyone else feels like they could also add some comments on the photos, I would be very appreciative.
Pic 1 PeteMC
This is a simple idea that obviously relies on some competent post processing to make the final image seamless. For me it could have been improved by having the escalator more central and the subjects at thirds on each, a third up on one and a third down on the other. I think that the idea works better than the final image overall.
Pic 2 Steve Ill leave the critique for this to you guys
Pic 3 Feeson
A strange one this, are we going for shock value, innuendo or maybe some other deep meaning? What ever it was, I am afraid it was wasted on me and as such I can only critique on the picture from a purely photographical point of view. Technically it is ok but the horizontal shadows running across the picture coupled with the almost grey uniform of the whole picture inc. subject just add to the confusion. Sure I had to look twice but only to try to see the subject. Sorry, I just cant see this shot at all.
Pic 4 PhaseK
I liked the idea of this shot very much but think it misses the mark as it has many more reflections than the two that would say to me double take. I would have cropped the half framed original girl completely out of frame and also cropped the remainder of the picture just to show both the front and back of here either once (to make me double take as to how I can see both the front and back of her) or done a different crop to show all of her twice, thus giving a better theme relevance. Having her hat almost covering her eyes has also not helped here, by lowering your camera position you could have drawn us more into the subject.
Pic 5 Dave
Interesting subject with lovely subtle colours, the use of the very popular Lomo effect once more said to me that this picture belonged to either you or Pete. Although technically nothing much wrong with the shot I failed to see the double take theme relevance.