Your Photo: Our Critique
Randy Ennis submitted this image taken with a Sony A100, with an exposure of 1/1.3sec at f/22, ISO 100. This is the original composition without cropping and it is obvious Randy put some thought into his composition. The placement of the moving water in the frame works well. Despite the partly cloudy conditions Randy made the most of the light. The slower shutter speed created the smooth water flowing through the rocks. Randy did use a circular polarizing filter, avoiding any unwanted glare from the water.
—Melissa Macatee
Contributing Blogger
This photo gets five stars on the PopPhoto Flash rating system.
The PopPhoto Flash rating system.
*= This part of the camera is called the lens
**= Don’t quit your day job
***= Good, but not yet great
****=So close you can taste it
*****= Yes, a thousand times yes!
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Congratulations, Randy! This is the first 5* I’ve seen posted here. Too bad you handed it over to Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., Inc. on a silver platter.
Terms and conditions, guys. Read’em
Posted by: Tom Thumb | June 24, 2009 at 11:24 PM
what a five???
melissa need to go to photo school
Posted by: paul william | June 26, 2009 at 01:28 AM
How could I miss this one. When I think Melissa is using her head she does this. Melissa you must be blond.
I might give this a 3, because Randy must have given lots of thought into shooting this by using a polarizing filter. But the cropping could use some work. To many trees for my taste, could have cropped at the top of where the water starts, of course giving some room, and give more attention to the running water, I mean that is the reason to use a slow shutter speed, right. Also crop in from the right, cutting out that lower boulder, it really doesn't help having that much water flowing off the page.
Posted by: Justin | July 02, 2009 at 12:24 PM