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08-DEC-2007 John Prichard

Down The Driveway

Allen, Tx

I think this works because it is so outrageous in colors and composition yet breaks most rules.
Proper Exposure
No blurring or fuzziness around objects
Details in highlights and Shadows
Saturated color
Correct color balance
Correct color fidelity (colors match those in the real world)
Attention-getting subject
Universal theme (intangible - ie. mother's love)
Principle of thirds (hmmmm... have I ever mentioned that one? LOL!)
Easily identifiable theme (intangible)
Easily identifiable subject (tangible)
Subject emphasis (placement, relative size, framing, converging lines, selective focus, No unnecessary background or foreground clutter
No elements that compete for attention

Canon PowerShot G9
1/125s f/4.5 at 36.8mm iso200 full exif

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ctfchallenge21-Dec-2007 16:07
Thanks Rod but I believe you are the first one to qualify. It is hard to qualify with previous shots unless you were knowingly breaking rules all the time. John
Rod 21-Dec-2007 13:21
Phew!! Well done John you did it mate. One of the first to receive a Lonnit certification...I'm impressed:-)
ctfchallenge21-Dec-2007 06:29
It does break many of the rules, you do state the rules, but your justification is weak. However, you do attempt to justify. I personally do not care for the image, as a matter of my own taste. It does happen to come close to the rule of thirds, btw. The image is qualified; it stays in. ~ Lonnit
ctfchallenge20-Dec-2007 20:20
I can tell you the major rule that it is breaking: The brick wall stops you from entering the picture, which is the exact opposite of the photographers desire to force the viewer INTO the photograph...... makes the photograph feel very "cut-off" and it works because the purpose of a brick wall is to do just that, cut you off (from your neighbors, or the road, or whatever.) The bright colors catch your attention, and then the wall stops you... this photograph creates an actual physical reaction in me because it is so wrong, it's right. Very compelling, I love it. .emileezer.
ctfchallenge20-Dec-2007 18:58
Don't know if this qualifies since it is enhanced by CS2. I took this shot while getting in my car looking down the driveway (rear entry garages in Allen) because the brick looked nice and the tree behind it was turning. It is too symmetric. It has no rule of thirds. The foreground overwhelmed the tree. The second brick fence takes away from the first brick fence and you can see all the way into the garage across the street. There is 5 lanes of road separating the 1st and 2nd brick fences by the way. So before I deleted I tried what I learned in photoshop about Lab Color and multiply a image (whoops it was soft light an image). I am keeping it to smack someone in the eye when it comes up in our year-end family slide show. The color was way over the top. At full res on a HDTV you can see the grain in the brick/grout. Only photoshop could have made such a horrific mess but that I liked. John
aam1234 20-Dec-2007 18:56
Other than over-saturation, I can't see anything wrong with it. Care to educate us, John.

Really like the 2/3 red, 1/3 green here.