WPC 1339 - At The Museum ANALYSIS
Oct 5, 2013 02:10:47 #
lizzy5553 has graciously volunteered the WPC 1339 - At The Museum entry for critique and analysis to find out what they could have done to make it better. Be nice, but be honest as this will help everyone with their craft. Thank you lizzy5553 and thank you everyone!
from WPC 1339 - At The Museum RESULTS http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/photo_contest_ratings.jsp?pcnum=82
from WPC 1339 - At The Museum RESULTS http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/photo_contest_ratings.jsp?pcnum=82
"Upstream" - The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, Delray Beach, FL. Water drips from the upper bamboo into the lower one until the weight of the water pushes it down and then it comes right back up. Hence "Upstream".
Oct 5, 2013 05:09:42 #
would be nice to see a download here so that we could play with it. Here is my take. The left side of the photo is not really adding anything to the composition. Thinking that the lower water capture device is important, I would crop to get rid of the left side of the photo and then reposition the tubes and water droplets to be on the lower right. I might even crop the support legs to get closer to the water which, in my eye, is the focal point of the photo. At any rate, the oof leaves on the left are more of a distraction to the eye than an isolating element so I would definitely remove them.
Oct 5, 2013 06:22:04 #
ebrunner wrote:
would be nice to see a download here so that we could play with it. ...
"Upstream" - The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, Delray Beach, FL. Water drips from the upper bamboo into the lower one until the weight of the water pushes it down and then it comes right back up. Hence "Upstream".
Oct 5, 2013 23:02:08 #
Since the gist of the photograph is to demonstrate up & down movement of the lower pipe I'd have taken or cropped it as a portrait. It might have been more effective too if the downward movement had been captured as a blur, demonstrating what action is going on.
Oct 6, 2013 06:56:18 #
After looking at the photo . I cropped it down , used a method to bring out more details , darkened the area around the water to make the water pop out toward you . Just my thoughts .
Oct 6, 2013 08:39:32 #
QuickShooter101
Loc: East
I like your idea kubota king. On my monitor I feel like I can almost see the water flowing , for a still shot that is
Oct 6, 2013 10:14:26 #
I agree with others. In addition, I would question keeping that small stream of water jetting downward. To me it's very distracting.
Oct 6, 2013 12:55:28 #
St3v3M wrote:
lizzy5553 has graciously volunteered the WPC 1339 - At The Museum entry for critique and analysis to find out what they could have done to make it better. Be nice, but be honest as this will help everyone with their craft. Thank you lizzy5553 and thank you everyone!
from WPC 1339 - At The Museum RESULTS http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/photo_contest_ratings.jsp?pcnum=82
from WPC 1339 - At The Museum RESULTS http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/photo_contest_ratings.jsp?pcnum=82
It doesn't scream "At The Museum" for me-- but that's a thematic issue, for me-- and maybe just my own pet peeve....
If you had a "reshoot option", I would like to see a lower angle with the whole mechanism included. To emphasize the movement, another option would be to use "stroboscopic" setting on flash with a slow shutter speed and camera on a tripod. It might take an ND filter.
Maybe this doesn't help much... but just what I'm thinking this morning. Contests are enigmatic in that voters are responding on a personal level. Good luck
Oct 6, 2013 14:31:46 #
I agree on most counts.
The photograph was taken after the pipe had already hit the ground and it was on its way up. This was my 1st time visiting the museum and there were people waiting in line for their photo op.
I returned a couple of days later and the museum was empty but alas, the pump wasn't working and so, I called the next morning to make sure it was working and it was but not at all with the same intensity as the 1st time and here's a close up of that 3rd visit - which was on the contest's deadline, last Wednesday -.
Thank you so much for having taken the time to look and for your very enlightening comments.
The photograph was taken after the pipe had already hit the ground and it was on its way up. This was my 1st time visiting the museum and there were people waiting in line for their photo op.
I returned a couple of days later and the museum was empty but alas, the pump wasn't working and so, I called the next morning to make sure it was working and it was but not at all with the same intensity as the 1st time and here's a close up of that 3rd visit - which was on the contest's deadline, last Wednesday -.
Thank you so much for having taken the time to look and for your very enlightening comments.
Oct 6, 2013 14:40:53 #
ebrunner wrote:
would be nice to see a download here so that we co... (show quote)
Here you go EbRunner - you wanted to see the whole contraption...
Oct 6, 2013 15:53:50 #
lizzy5553 wrote:
I agree on most counts. br The photograph was ta... (show quote)
I think that bottom image really tells the "story" of what's happening - the blurred droplets make a nice touch.
I do feel that the tube blurred as it lowered on the way down or even multiple exposures on one image would be even more effective.
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