Adult Playtime
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Camera Model: NIKON D70
Lens: Nikkor DX 18-70 Wide-Zoom
Exposure Time: 1/160 sec
F-Number: f/4.5
Exposure Program: Shutter Priority
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Metering Mode: Spot
Focal Length (35mm Equiv): 69 mm
Covered boulderactive 06 for the nus team quite some time back at plaza singapura. The event proved to be quite an experience as i monkey myself around the structure behind and get some top down shots. Initially i was totally freaked out when they brought me behind the structure which was nothing but railngs. I thought i had the luxury of a nice ladder and huge platform on top for me to work on, but i thought wrong. Anyway, i submitted this photo for the dpchallenge on "playtime", not the most appropriate photo but that was the only one i had on hand. Below is the critique from the club. Comments anyone?
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On first view, your image has an immediately strong impact. Colours are vibrant, and composition is interesting, with the subject occupying the right half of the picture and the entire portion of the blue background. The face, arguably the main subject of the image, is a great portrait of struggle. The material on the hands add much interest, and cause us to want to know more about the subject.
After viewing for a while, several issues come to mind. Would it have been better to put the strong colour into more pronounced bokeh, having the depth of field proceed from just in front of the subject's hands to just behind his head? This may have had a stronger impact. This would have also blurred out the visible patches of white from chalk(?) that appear on the red mat, which detract slightly. Although the composition works well for me, it could be argued that a tighter crop of the face and right hand might have made this a more dramatic image. Sharpening and contrast to enhance the features of the face, truly making this a portrait of struggle, would have helped this image.
This criticism pretty much flies in the face of what the challenge is about, however. Making this a better image in terms of what the picture seems to be about would make it less about "Playtime". For that reason, in my opinion, your image doesn't really stand up to the challenge, it being quite difficult to discern that this man is playing.
1 Comments:
Colours are damn great, must have secretly replaced your D70 with the S3.
The blue and red floor mats made a really great background with its bright and strong colours. Nice job there.
But you know what, I had alot of trouble comprehending what was this picture about until I read your post. It did not occur to me that it was a top-down photo. I was horrified - what is a man doing stretching his hands on a table and make a funny face like that.
Contrary to the comment given, a tighter crop would have left me absolutely baffled that he was actually rock-climbing and not acting gay with that "pose"!
But perhaps, as he/she puts it, the features of the face did not evoke as much of a struggle as we would expect from rock climbing and consequently the super tight crop had rendered it less apparent (at least to me) that he was actually rock climbing on first sight.
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