OFFICIAL Eorzea's Next Top Model Discussion Thread

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ENTM Prelim Round 3 - Ifrit Shot

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Let me start out by saying this shot had a major problem with it- I probably don't even need to mention the main issue in it, I'm sure your already well aware of it. Nonetheless, everything else in this shot was done meticulously so I wanted to give a vote in attempts to see more from you in the future. Your one of the few who I thought did a back shot very well, still keeping your face in frame, and you also accomplished getting a nice pose out of the NPC ifrit which is hard at times to get the shot right having no control over him. The MNK effect, and fist of wind vortex around your bottom half is a nice touch, and the small details of Ifrit's glowing effect around his upper body from when he casts Eruptions really complete's this shot. I gave you a vote because I thought everything was set up extremely well and I want to see a good deal more of it- I'm sure the player running through the front of it was running from an eruption and probably got in the way of a perfect shot (the fact you had your players probably be in front of you so the eruptions didn't end up in the background was brilliant)- but if time permits next time try to replicate it and shoot again and retake if something like that happens, because that nearly ruined the shot completely.
~Nari <3

Many thanks for this feedback Nari. I knew I was taking a risk with this pic, and the votes thus far may have proven it to be too great a risk, but the flaw (and I too saw it as a flaw, at first) over time grew on me and then I began seeing it in a different light. Although the tank in the foreground can be viewed as messing up the shot, so to speak, it also told the most amazing story and I guess the writer in me valued that more. Here is a tank being blow back with a grimace on her lips and a friend, a monk no less, dashing in ahead of her, while glancing back with an "I got you!" expression. It was one of those pics I was about to throw out immediately, but believe it or not, it was that little grimace in the top right hand corner that told me wait, you actually captured something pretty amazing here. Most probably wont see it unless they study it a bit, but that's art I suppose. But I just wanted to clarify that I didn't throw in a shot with a flaw unknowingly. I took a risk and went with it. But the fans and judges will be the final verdict on if the risk paid off. Here's to hoping it will! ^^