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 Atmospheric Space

Kevin Mobbs The Snapshots Back to list Title: Purple Haze Tags: fog, trees, mountain, skyline, overlook, haze

=Self Critique  = = = I waited and waited for the trees to turn in order to have good pickings for the scenic photo. Around my house and on my drive into work, there are numerous places with beautiful scenery, especially as the leaves turn in color. Now as the leaves ripen, it rains and rains. I had considered for some time, too, this particular spot as a place to get a nice atmospheric photo. Especially as the rain and fog continued, I thought this could result in a hazy, on top of the world type shot. This picture was taken in late evening in very foggy and rainy conditions with no flash. Color and brightness were adjusted slightly.



 * Category || Strong || Adequate || Weak ||
 * Concept || Does an outstanding job of communicating the concept. || Does an adequate job communicating the concept. || Does a poor job communicating the concept. ||
 * Composition || <span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; background: yellow; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Photograph uses composition principles very effectively. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Photograph does a good job using composition principles. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Photograph does a poor job using composition principles. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Focus || <span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; background: yellow; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Focus is a perfect match with the concept of the shot. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Focus is an adequate match with the concept of the shot. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Focus is a poor match with the concept of the shot. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Technical Aspects || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Shutter speed and aperture were perfectly chosen to match concept. || <span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; background: yellow; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Shutter speed and aperture were adequately chosen to match concept. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Shutter speed and aperture were poorly chosen and do not match the concept. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Depth of Field || <span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; background: yellow; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Excellent use of depth-of-field. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Adequate use of depth-of-field. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Poor use of depth-of-field. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Title/tags || <span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; background: yellow; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Title and tags were perfectly chosen and written to express the content and concept. Spelling and word choice are excellent with no mistakes. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Title and tags were adequately chosen and written to express the content and concept. Spelling and word choice are good with only minor errors. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Title and tags were poorly chosen and written to express the content and concept. Contains multiple spelling errors or wrong word choices. ||

Peer Critique Name: Michael Peer Comments: Mike - Kevin, this is a great shot. In my opinion, the title "Purple Haze" (thanks, Jimmy) fits. I think your photo does an excellent job of communicating atmosphere and the focus is perfect ( a little fuzzy because it is "hazy"). You said that you adjusted the color and brightness slightly. Could you have achieved the same or better results by opening your aperture up and using a longer exposure? I know how you feel about the rain. It makes it difficult to achieve a shot that we have been hoping for. I like the depth of field. The mountains in the far-off distance are perfect. Being a realist, I wonder what the image would have looked like if the foreground trees were more in focus. Your photography continues to be great.
 * Category || Strong || Adequate || Weak ||
 * Concept || <span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Does an outstanding job of communicating the concept. || Does an adequate job communicating the concept. || Does a poor job communicating the concept. ||
 * Composition || Photograph uses composition principles very effectively. || <span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Photograph does a good job using composition principles. || Photograph does a poor job using composition principles. ||
 * Focus || <span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Focus is a perfect match with the concept of the shot. || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Focus is an adequate match with the concept of the shot. || Focus is a poor match with the concept of the shot. ||
 * Technical Aspects || Shutter speed and aperture were perfectly chosen to match concept. || <span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Shutter speed and aperture were adequately chosen to match concept. || Shutter speed and aperture were poorly chosen and do not match the concept. ||
 * Depth of Field || Excellent use of depth-of-field. || <span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Adequate use of depth-of-field. || Poor use of depth-of-field. ||
 * Title/tags || <span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Title and tags were perfectly chosen and written to express the content and concept. Spelling and word choice are excellent with no mistakes. || Title and tags were adequately chosen and written to express the content and concept. Spelling and word choice are good with only minor errors. || Title and tags were poorly chosen and written to express the content and concept. Contains multiple spelling errors or wrong word choices. ||

Emily-Kevin, I love your "purple haze!" I, too, have been disappointed by all the recent rain. I have seen several shots that I would have liked to take, but I couldn't get the shot I wanted because of the rain. I especially like how the fall colors some through the fog in your picture. The only suggestion I have is to possibly get closer to your object to make the focus better. I'm not an aperture expert, but I think Mike's comments regarding aperture would also be beneficial. Nice job once again. :O)

Jacki - Kevin, I really love your shot! I love your title as well, it fits perfectly with all of the rain that we have had lately. The only suggestion that I have is to maybe make more of a contrast between the colors of the trees and the sky. But I really don't know how you could do that with the haze in front of the camera. Great shot!

Donna- Kevin, this picture looks like a background shot for an advertisement, perhaps for a resort in the Georgia mountains. I believe that you did an excellent job with this assignment because your photo is all about the atmosphere. Although it would not fit the assignment, I would love to see this same shot in bright daylight.