I've been lurking, and very occasionaly posting, on dgrin for about 3 months now. I'm thinking about entering this image in round 15. Any constructive criticism would be appreciated.
You've already taken the first step - ask for advice and critiques, be open to constructive criticism. While it can be harsh at times, it is also valuable. Lastly, do it because you love to shoot and with the end goal of improving your skills. (otherwise refer to the first comment). Good to have you delurk,
I've been lurking, and very occasionaly posting, on dgrin for about 3 months now. I'm thinking about entering this image in round 15. Any constructive criticism would be appreciated.
Nice first entry! Definitely in the theme, and take your pick which side...
I'd make the copyright much more subtle, in much smaller white letters. It takes away from the image as is it now.
Thanks for the compliment and the advice. Right now I just have it linked to my standard image with my standard watermark in the lower right corner on smugmug. I'm going to get rid of that and do some form of smaller copyright text on the version I post in the entry thread.
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Nice shot, agree with making copyright a bit smaller and less obtrusive, and remember always...."Resistance is Futile, you will be Assimilated" :ivar Have that drink now, cuz by the end of this, you'll want to pull out your hair.
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Your silhouette is very nice but seems a bit soft. Was it cropped quite heavily?
Emily
It is from a single shot, so the vertical was cropped about 50% to get the panormaic aspect ratio that seemed to work for this shot, horizontally was minimally cropped. I shot it using a 70-200 2.8 with a 2x extender so I figure a fair bit of the softness is coming from the extender as well. I was actually about to pack it in for the evening as the light was pretty well gone when I took this shot, so I didn't really have time to get closer and get rid of the extender.
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Nice shot--agree about lessening the intensity of the siggy/copyright. Keep on posting
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You've already taken the first step - ask for advice and critiques, be open to constructive criticism. While it can be harsh at times, it is also valuable. Lastly, do it because you love to shoot and with the end goal of improving your skills. (otherwise refer to the first comment). Good to have you delurk,
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Can't see the image. You sure your smugmug has outgoing links enabled?
Edit: i can see it through the link, it's nice, though i would make the copy right text slightly less intrusive, maybe a 25% opacity white text
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Yeah, I can't see it either, I thought I had external links enabled, trying to figure out what I did wrong, I've linked to a few images before
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Think I have it fixed now, copied the image URL wrong...
I'd make the copyright much more subtle, in much smaller white letters. It takes away from the image as is it now.
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Thanks for the compliment and the advice. Right now I just have it linked to my standard image with my standard watermark in the lower right corner on smugmug. I'm going to get rid of that and do some form of smaller copyright text on the version I post in the entry thread.
Nice shot, agree with making copyright a bit smaller and less obtrusive, and remember always...."Resistance is Futile, you will be Assimilated"
Emily
It is from a single shot, so the vertical was cropped about 50% to get the panormaic aspect ratio that seemed to work for this shot, horizontally was minimally cropped. I shot it using a 70-200 2.8 with a 2x extender so I figure a fair bit of the softness is coming from the extender as well. I was actually about to pack it in for the evening as the light was pretty well gone when I took this shot, so I didn't really have time to get closer and get rid of the extender.
I would enter it with no problem...
Jon
Nice shot--agree about lessening the intensity of the siggy/copyright. Keep on posting