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Greensquared · October 4, 2007

Hello all,
I'm having a bit of a rough day today. The kids are sick, I'm feeling run down and I just had to put my cat to sleep. :cry

I took these the other day but would love some input. Thanks a bunch, Emily

#1 Persistence

#2 Extreme

pyroPrints.com · October 4, 2007

Greensquared wrote:

Hello all,
I'm having a bit of a rough day today. The kids are sick, I'm feeling run down and I just had to put my cat to sleep. :cry

Poor kitty =c(

Persistence, to me has a much better feel to it.

The Curious Camel · October 4, 2007

Ok, here goes...
I haven't commented on anything in here before so here goes assuming this is open to anyone?

I agree with pyroPrints but it seems like it needs more contrast maybe?

Maybe even a steeper or closer angle. I love your ideas, your so creative.

So sorry about your babies. Sick kids is hard then you pet to. God bless. Hope you have a better day.

HoofClix · October 4, 2007

The Curious Camel wrote:

I haven't commented on anything in here before so here goes assuming this is open to anyone?

Curious, it's open to not just anyone, but open especially to YOU! We want to hear ALL of the opinions out there, then decide which to listen to and which not....

Emily, I had to look close to see what your idea was. Cool! First one does look more compelling as I suppose the "face" is looking up and visible.. Assuming that you have some 10 days to enter, you might try doing this at a time of day when the sunlight is hitting the tree, so you can not only brighten up the subject but to perhaps deepen the darkness of the shadows in the bark, thus accentuating the cragginess of the tree. This might even be a good idea for a composite, superimposing the tree and climber on another background..

DaddyO · October 4, 2007

Know what you mean about having a rough day. Hope your feeling better in no time at all.

Very creative pictures. Love the idea. Took me a minute to figure out what
was going on. I like the perspective in #1. Can't say just how it might be
improved though I personally might try a little rotate right and decrease the
DOF (or blur) just a wee bit so as to be unable to see the grass et... for what it is. Don't think the base of the mountain has to be seen so well to know its one heck of long way down there. Lastly if we can see less "face" it would
be even harder to tell it from the real deal.

Nice stuff.

DaddyO · October 4, 2007

PS. Really liked your entry in #13. I'd like to pull something as cool as that
off sometime.

Greensquared · October 4, 2007

Pyro, Curious, Hoofclix and DaddyO,

Thank you so much for the input. I will definitely be attempting a reshoot in the next few days.

Emily

LiquidAir · October 4, 2007

Sorry to hear about your cat. That's always hard. I hope you and the rest of the family start feeling better soon.

As for the photos, I'll join the club and say I prefer Persistance. As a photographer and sometimes climber, I am usually trying to avoid butt shots like Extreme because they feature the rock rather than the climber. That said, given the theme maybe featuring the "rock" isn't such a bad thing here...

Some thoughts... a climber dressed orange or yellow might give the shot a bit more pop of you have one available. Other than that, I'd be inclined to set up a flash to create some artifical sunlight in the scene. Of course dramatic light is my answer to almost anything so take that advice for what it is worth.

richtersl · October 4, 2007

Hi Emily,

I'm sorry to hear about your cat.

As for the photos, I'm afraid that neither one does much for me.

I've seen your work and I know you can do better.

If you want to stick with the little climber, LiquidAir's idea thoughts on lighting bear some merit.

Hope your kids feel better soon.

Greensquared · October 4, 2007

LiquidAir wrote:

Sorry to hear about your cat. That's always hard. I hope you and the rest of the family start feeling better soon.

As for the photos, I'll join the club and say I prefer Persistance. As a photographer and sometimes climber, I am usually trying to avoid butt shots like Extreme because they feature the rock rather than the climber. That said, given the theme maybe featuring the "rock" isn't such a bad thing here...

Some thoughts... a climber dressed orange or yellow might give the shot a bit more pop of you have one available. Other than that, I'd be inclined to set up a flash to create some artifical sunlight in the scene. Of course dramatic light is my answer to almost anything so take that advice for what it is worth.

Thanks for the input! I am going to try a reshoot with hopefully some dramatic lighting. Maybe that willl give this idea the push it needs.

Greensquared · October 4, 2007

richtersl wrote:

Hi Emily,

I'm sorry to hear about your cat.

As for the photos, I'm afraid that neither one does much for me. I've seen your work and I know you can do better.

If you want to stick with the little climber, LiquidAir's idea thoughts on lighting bear some merit.

Hope your kids feel better soon.

Linda,

Thank you for your honesty, and I understand what you're saying. I'm having to look at LPS differently these days since I've put my all into shots before, neglected my duties and family, came up with a shot I was happy with and still got nowhere. Now I shoot things that I really enjoy and feel can be a learning eperience for me. I think I can take this idea and end up with something kind of fun that has a message.

Of course, I may come up with something totally different and ditch this altogether, but in the meantime I'll keep working it!

Emily

richtersl · October 5, 2007

Emily, you are one of the most creative people I've seen here. If anyone can figure out how to make this work, it's you.

As for "not getting anywhere", don't worry about it because this is not the only photo contest around. :photo There are plenty of others you can enter and I know your photos would do well. Very well, as a matter of fact.

You can always view the LPS as a means of weeding out which photos to enter into other contests/exhibits. The feedback here is excellent and if your work attracts the attention of folks here (official / non-official feedback and the whipping thread) then it just may attract the attention of others somewhere along the line. This has been my mindset.

I can't wait to see what you come up with!!!!

HarleyPugs · October 5, 2007

Cool idea....

Greensquared wrote:

Linda,

Thank you for your honesty, and I understand what you're saying. I'm having to look at LPS differently these days since I've put my all into shots before, neglected my duties and family, came up with a shot I was happy with and still got nowhere. Now I shoot things that I really enjoy and feel can be a learning eperience for me. I think I can take this idea and end up with something kind of fun that has a message.

Of course, I may come up with something totally different and ditch this altogether, but in the meantime I'll keep working it!

Emily

I was thinking maybe some ropes to make it seam more "real"????

Cool idea...

Jon

Rockporters · October 5, 2007

Sorry to hear about your cat :cry. It is very difficult to lose a pet.

Neither picture is really jumping at me either. It's a cool idea, but would be better if the optical illusion was more believable. The 'cragginess' of the rocks could also be more pronounced. As it is, the doll draws your eye not the rocks, which isn't necessarily as on theme.

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