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ctfchallenge | all galleries >> Challenge #7: Portraits In Black and White (or Sepia) >> Critique Gallery > Triathlete

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04-APR-2002	Gordon McGregor

Triathlete

Canon PowerShot G2
1/200s f/3.2 at 14.6mm (35mm equivalent: 55mm) hide exif

Full EXIF Info
Date/Time	04-Apr-2002 17:55:16
Make	Canon
Model	PowerShot G2
Flash Used	No
Focal Length	14.6 mm
Exposure Time	1/200 sec
Aperture	f/3.2
ISO Equivalent
Exposure Bias	-0.30
White Balance	sunny (1)
Metering Mode	matrix (5)
JPEG Quality	normal (2)
Exposure Program	aperture priority (3)
Focus Distance	0.784 m

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Guest		18-Apr-2002 02:19
I thought you did intend to be in the reflection because of your comment in the other gallery about how hard it was to balance the reflection. This was my 4th favorite picture in the eligible gallery. It would have been higher, but the bright background on the left side does bug me. Overall it's wonderful though. I'd be really happy with it if I were the subject which is always a good thing for a portrait.

Guest		12-Apr-2002 10:20
I really like this image, I like the composition and also the warm tones. I agree too with above the shot is a picture in itself nothing more need, love the goggles could be an ad shot for nike! keep on shootin nessa

Guest		11-Apr-2002 17:42
yeah, I have to admit it was a mistake that I'm in the shot, rather than something intentional. As it isn't exactly 'posed' I didn't have a lot of opportunity to go back and correct it. I quite like this one as well http://www.pbase.com/image/1584995 But it is more of an 'environmental' portrait, and the focus is a bit off.

cgesteland		11-Apr-2002 16:10
I agree with most of the above comments. To make this an effective double portrait, you should step closer and let the goggles take up more of the frame. I can see on this shot that there are quite a few details to explore, like the partial view of her eye through the goggles, the water droplets, her quirky smile. Stepping closer would only create more details to entertain the eye. As it is, this shot is a great portrait of her. But I have to agree that the teeny reflection of you disrupts the intimacy of the photo, kind of the way a reflection or shadow of a camera would in a movie.

ctfchallenge		11-Apr-2002 14:51
I like this photo a lot. I like the warm tones and the way you can see the water droplets on her face and on her hands. I don't mind the dichotomy between the intensely white left and the darker right background...it gives an idea of where the light is coming from that highlights the left of her face. I don't mind the asymmetry either, as it gives the impression that she's moving (walking) towards the camera. I'm not convinced that the "double portrait" feature works that well, though. It's a creative idea, but it just seems like this photo is so much about the girl coming out of the pool towards the viewer, that to have the photographer in the picture takes away from the sense of "intimacy" - it puts distance between the viewer and the subject by reminding the viewer that there was a photographer at all :-)