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Tragedy.

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What's the point in ever trying?
Nothing's changing anyway.
They press their lips against you
And you love the lies they say
And I tried so hard to reach you
But you're falling anyway
And you know I see right through you
What's the point in all this screaming?
You're not listening anyway.

Acoustic #3- Goo Goo Dolls.
Yeah, that's a church in the background.
A picture for :iconspfx-junky:
Image size
3072x2304px 2.2 MB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon PowerShot A470
Shutter Speed
1/202 second
Aperture
F/9.0
Focal Length
6 mm
ISO Speed
100
Date Taken
Jul 24, 2009, 5:06:15 PM
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:star::star::star::star: Overall
:star::star::star::star::star-empty: Vision
:star::star::star::star::star-empty: Originality
:star::star::star::star::star-half: Technique
:star::star::star::star::star-half: Impact

This is a very rare example of a photo that was clearly well thought out and planned, but also comes off to the viewer as appearing to be very spontaneous. The impression I instantly get from this photo is one of small town comforts and a playful atmosphere. This jars slightly with the title you have chosen, as I am not sure how to interpret the supposed tragedy in this photo.

I would like to start by saying that I absolutely adore this photo (clear bias on the part of the critic I know). Your framing, use of colour, focal range and the use of the model are all very good, I would almost say some of it is at the professional end of photography, especially the use of objects and the model in the foreground. The sky is not quite as good, but it does not really damage the overall impression of the photo.

My favourite thing about photography and the first thing I look for when looking at a photo for the first time is framing. To me a well framed photo will often be brilliant without worrying about most other things (light level aside of course). This photo is spectacularly well framed, the bench frames the model, just off centre of the photograph, the model frames the church in the background and the trees and the field frame the sky. This before even looking at the actual edges of the photo. You have done what I believe is very important and that is provide more using less, you have not included the whole bench, you have not shown the whole church, you have not given us good view of the field or the tree and yet anyone looking at this photo can instantly tell what they are and you are able to use them better for framing and mood than you would have been able to if you had tried to show us everything.

Colour is also very well used here. While you have created quite a pale image the colours are still clear and not used too much. When you look at this photo the first colours you notice are the greens in the field and the grass, the pink of the cushion and the pink in the model's shoes. These are fairly heavily contrasting colours, but their positioning within the photo make sure that they are not jarring with one another or drawing focus from one another.

Your focus is very interesting. You have used quite a high F number, which brings both the foreground an background into quite clear focus, thus spreading the focus throughout the image and meaning that the church is just as important as the model and equally the field, the clouds and the tree are important focus points in your image. This, unlike most images cantered on a model, means that the scene its self is what you are trying to convey, not just the pose and the emotion of the model.

The general impression I get from his photo is one of calm, not tragedy, an image of childish happiness and country life. I can only assume that your tragedy is focussed on the church in the background, either representing the model's seeming ignorance of its existence, or the number of people buried there, or a statement against organised religion.

Either way this is a very well taken photo. The only thing I would change is the sky. The clouds are very clear, but they are not very distinct colour-wise from the sky, which flattens the background. I realise it is a very difficult thing to get a blue sky in a photo where you are trying to focus on the foreground and middle distance, but I have found that a very low ISO, maybe as low as 100 when you are looking directly at a bright sky often creates a deep blue, which I think would work better here. Obviously to correct for the darkening of the foreground and any shade you would have to decrease the shutter speed slightly, but I think you should experiment with this more.

This aside I do love this photo and I think you are a very talented photographer.