Chocolate Fondue
by macobee

Comment:
Greetings from the critique club!

First of all, thank you so much for including your lighting setup. It really helps us understand what you were trying to do when we do our critiques for these types of images and helps other learn as well.

In terms of the lighting it does look a little too bright in the top left and on the upper left edge of the bowl. It almost looks like that light (the soft box if I am reading your setup correctly) was a bit brighter than the light with the snoot. I'd be curious to see what this looks like shot without the softbox. Otherwise, the lighting is pretty good.

The focus for this image might be a little soft. Or at the very least there might not be enough DOF. (I think that might be it) Composition is ok and you have your elements positioned in a pleasing way. Maybe getting a little lower would add more emphasis to the brand name on the bowl. Then again getting lower would necessitate increasing your DOF even more I think.

For the challenge? Terrific choice of subject. The textures and the colors you presented really sold the viewers and made them want to be person getting that chocolate covered strawberry out of the bowl. At the end of the day, in my opinion, that was the most important goal and you suceeded at it.

Congratulations on your personal best and I hope you didn't get too full "cleaning up your set". :)

i Drop
by phlover

Comment:
"water water every where and not a drop to drink" :) There are so many of these on this site but every once in a while one stands out. This is one of them. Well done!

Dead But Not Gone
by vlado

Comment:
I like the processing done on this. I have a similar image where I also desaturated and applied a brown overlay to make it really moody. (Not saying mine is any where near as good as this just pointing it as a possible processing alternative).

Anyways, the treatment you used works really well on this subject I think and helps create a definite mood. Congrats on the ribbon!

Message edited by author 2010-03-24 21:28:22.

The Place Where Trees Stand in the Water
by VitaminB

Comment:
Funny, I like your composition better than wolf's. I also wonder if have two similar shots in the same challenge might have hurt your score a bit. (I could be totally wrong though). In any event congrats on the ribbon!

Toronto's Event Horizon
by wolf

Comment:
interesting way of applying zoom blur to the shot. A lot more subtle and effective than other attempts I've seen. (especially my own!) Congrats on the ribbon!

Waiting for the night to end
by amateurboi

Comment:
aaah..shades of The Shining. I love it.

Martian Life Dome
by tate

Comment:
I'll have to see how the editing was done on this. Its quite different.

Winter Wonderland
by PhotoDave

Comment:
Hi Dave, where was this? I like the rainbow colored lens flare btw.

Fragile
by Judi

Comment:
Didn't see this previously. Wow. Very disturbing but very powerful. This must have been difficult to pull off for so many reasons (and most of those reasons have nothing to do with photography)

Ode to Architectonic Exterior
by Photologist

Comment:
not really a fan of the processing as it looks like noise has been introduced as a result. The building itself however is an excellent choice for this challenge.