28 Competition Sins
28 COMPETITION SINS
https://ppmag.com/news/28-competition-sins
Adrian Henson, M.Photog.MEI.Cr., CPP, has made a study of image competition. If you’re looking to rack up PPA merits in the International Photographic Competition, he says, avoid the following 28 sins, then find something in your image that really knocks you back in your seat. “Then you have the beginnings of what might be a great competition print,” he says.
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1.Sensor dust 2.Halos 3.Over-sharpening 4.Crooked horizon 5.Color banding 6.Out of focus 7.Bad composition 8.Bad posing 9.Poor skin tone 10.Clone tracking 11.Poor presentation 12.Over-retouching 13.Too processed 14.Artifacting |
15.Depth of field too shallow 16.Boring subject/no impact 17.Too many subjects 18.No subject or center of interest 19.Bad print quality 20.Blocked up shadows 21.Blown highlights 22.Too easy 23.Repulsive subject matter 24.No color harmony/balance 25.Improper lighting 26.Wrong technique for subject matter 27.Poor choice of media type 28.Too much contras |
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