Your Photo: Our Critique
Jeff Lawler submitted this image taken with a Sony A300, with an exposure of 1/40sec at f/22, ISO 400. This image has great perspective, the depth of field from the aperture of f/22 keeps everything from the car to the house in focus. The antenna in front of the house being cut off across the top is distracting and could have been included with a little more slant upwards. The light coming in through the door of the car does a great job showing detail in the dashboard. The placement of the car in the corner makes this a strong image as it creates a diagonal line to the house. Also the black and white works beautifully.
—Melissa Macatee
Contributing Blogger
This photo gets four and a half stars on the PopPhoto Flash rating system.
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*= This part of the camera is called the lens
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***= Good, but not yet great
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Melissa it's a barn and I would guess that's a weather vane, and it would be to high to include with a slight angle up. Also it would throw off the perspective.
I agree with Melissa on the rest, except for one thing. I think the crop is a little tight, you just about cut off the roof of the barn.
Maybe I'm being hard but I don't see anything "wow" about it. I give it a 3.
Posted by: Justin | July 02, 2009 at 12:34 PM
Over-photographed subject to say the least. Could this B/W trend (by frequency of appearance lately) that gets so much praise be nothing more than an easy way out of color imperfections of the originals? Something like "good composition, bad color, make it B/W and pass it as "art" "? Just curious!
Posted by: Homer | July 02, 2009 at 01:52 PM
I agree the crop is a bit tight on top but the angle of view and perspective are very creative. Great use of depth of field and the leading line of the car takes the eye right to the barn. I agree with the score.
Posted by: Bill | July 02, 2009 at 02:05 PM
hi I had to but in. Im 76 and know its a house, big doors on barns, small doors and lots of windows down and up in houses. dont let the hip style roof fool you. That antenna is more likely a wind mill, wrong era for HDTV, lol ) and it would have added to the photo. i think crop bottom and right side of car, that would raise the photo enough to include the wind mill and that darker thing on roof is probably a chimny, the other who knows.
4 its good I would reprint it and hang is on my wall.
thank you
jack
Posted by: Jack Weiso | July 02, 2009 at 02:08 PM
justine ,jacks right it's a house
jack it's not a hip roof
it's a mansard or dutch colonial
barns also don't have chimneies
thats a tower for a antenna
either TV or Ham radio i think the picture would have been better taken fromthe
inside of the vehicle exact center down the hood with more evevation of the structures
deke
Posted by: deke | July 02, 2009 at 05:11 PM
Bit of a cliche... Might be better with strong morning or evening shadows.
Posted by: D.Smyth | July 02, 2009 at 10:50 PM
Agree that the crop is a tad tight. The tower/antenna/windmill/whatever forms lines that lead the eye out of the frame. So does the black stuff on the perimeter of the truck window. It is usually wise to avoid including lines that lead the eye into the never never land of out of frame.
None of this stops it from being a good photograph. Keep shooting and sharing!
Posted by: David Deitsch | July 02, 2009 at 10:53 PM
Seems like I've seen a b&w with a pickup before. Maybe Saturday Evening Post or Life.
Posted by: Ron | July 03, 2009 at 07:45 PM
It's what it is ! I like it.
Posted by: jim | July 03, 2009 at 11:19 PM