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Critique By:
bill heckel (K:384)
9/24/2004 2:05:27 PM
Take advantage of depth of field to improve the composition. Focus on her face or ever so slightly in front of her face. ( You can lock the autofocus on her face and move back a foot or so ) Then set the shutter speed as high as it can go ( Open up the lens ) to softly loose detail in the background.
If your camera is mostly automatic, use the sports or fast motion setting but with a low ASA if possible.
I like the natural setting but it does begin to overpower the subject when the detailed riverbank in in sharper focus than the subject.
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| Photo By: Lynn Cason
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Critique By:
bill heckel (K:384)
11/9/2003 4:10:15 PM
Well to improve this picture I'd point the camera at something else. 
FWIW, I like the textures but the image seems to lack a subject almost as if someone was there and just jumped a second earlier.
To improve that image the lighting needs a bit of help, either with a strobe off to one side or even a big reflector to help pull the texture of the roof tiles out of the greys.
It also seems as if the image should be shifted, maybe left or right. Either center the defect in the roof tile a bit better or move it more off center so it seems more deliberate.
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Photo By: Jim Gamble
(K:12164)
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Critique By:
bill heckel (K:384)
11/9/2003 4:05:39 PM
The image is a bit disturbing. ( that is a good thing )
One thing to note is that the image seems quite busy. It also appears that you left out the 'frame' segment along the bottom of the photo to balance the ones on the sides and top.
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| Photo By: Andrew Polushkin
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Critique By:
bill heckel (K:384)
11/9/2003 3:54:33 PM
This photo made me laugh. As an artistic image it's a bit flat but it might make a great postcard or something.
It did make me smile though so that is worth something. 
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| Photo By: michael rose
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Critique By:
bill heckel (K:384)
11/9/2003 3:52:20 PM
I think this image could be improved by reshooting on a day with less cloud cover ( or a couple of powerful strobes ). The extremely flat lighting is good for showing detail on the plane but it doesn't do anything for the image.
A nice impressive hammerhead or cumulus cloud on a clear blue sky for a background or maybe lightning and rain, anything but the flat grey sky.
That and the title is evocative but not too relevant to the subject
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| Photo By: Clive Goff
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Critique By:
bill heckel (K:384)
11/9/2003 3:48:33 PM
This photo is quite good!
I like the texture of the flower juxtaposed with the aged wood and hard bracket. Nice composition.
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| Photo By: Jim Gamble
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Critique By:
bill heckel (K:384)
11/8/2003 12:29:32 PM
Now this image is more artistic. The egg sits vulnerable with its protective shell behind. Nice composition.
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| Photo By: alex hodges
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Critique By:
bill heckel (K:384)
11/8/2003 12:27:19 PM
Not meaning to offend but what are you trying to express or did you just not have a subject?
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| Photo By: alex hodges
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