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Challenge: Chips (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS
Location: calgary ab
Date: Apr 4, 2011
Aperture: f16
ISO: 640
Shutter: 1/36ec
Galleries: Abstract, Studio
Date Uploaded: Apr 4, 2011

RONA paint chips

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Place: 53 out of 68
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04/17/2011 08:22:09 AM
Greetings from the Critique Club

First impression: I liked the slightly out of the box thinking using this subject for this challenge. I can see some may have considered it to be not meeting the challenge, but it works for me in that context.

However, what doesn't really work for me is the composition. I feel, however much effort you put into the arranging of the cards, they are just carelessly thrown and then photographed - at least this is my impression. In other words, the best has not been made of the subject material.

The lighting source you have used is also creating a quite flat light (as already suggested by Tanguera). The light source is also messing with your white balance. There is a warm tint to the image which, for me at least, feels quite wrong. If you adjusted the white balance in some post processing software so that the white of the cards is actually white, the image would have a bit more impact.

I also note that the whole image is not sharp. There are parts in the lower part of the frame that are slightly out of focus.

However, in saying all of that, I still think it was a good attempt at meeting the challenge.

Sarah

 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/12/2011 06:17:25 PM
Good use of those old paint color chips.
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04/12/2011 12:25:45 PM
I'm frustrated by this image because I never would have thought of paint chips (VERY clever), but I feel that there could have been much more imaginative ways to use them. Also, the lighting just does not work for me - it's a bit flat and murky. So, split feeling about this.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
04/06/2011 04:04:59 PM
I'm sorry but I don't see the link to chips though I like the colours
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04/06/2011 12:00:31 PM
So many colors!
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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