Can't Miss
by HBunch

Comment:
If this were just a bit more in focus, and a bit brighter.... Because the NS is used well here to tell the story... Good effort.

Early Traffic Light
by MarkRob

Comment:
Hi MarkRob!
This is in response to a critique request from 11-24-02 (Critique Club):

INITIAL: cool effect. catches my eye.

COMPOSITION -CONTENT - This is either shot at a diagonal, or the peppers are not really in line.. the result gives a skewed line effect. I am wondering if, since this is referring to a traffic signal, the composition in vertical would provide more impact, and strengthen the message. I like the dark backdrop, as it really makes the lit peppers stand out.. my eye esp. falls on the yellow pepper, however, the glare from the yellow pepper on the table/surface detracts from the "in a black space" effect that was obviously desired. Again, stacking the peppers vertically might further minimize this, since the glare is coming from the yellow pepper more than the others and would be in the middle of the set up, and away from the table/surface.

CAMERA WORK -TECHNICAL - The exposure of the green and yellow pepper are good. Texture and detail is visible. The red pepper loses detail - again, I think this may be caused by the angle or the pepper being out of line as it were. If it was in line, it would have just as much detail as the other two, because the distance to the lens would be the same as to the other two peppers.

DIGITAL PROCESSING - TECHNICAL - Unfortunately, this red pepper bothers me on this aspect as well. Perhaps oversaturated or post-edited in an attempt to save the focus or color or exposure of the pepper. Or maybe just over lit; there are artifacts and loss of detail in the red pepper.

YOUR OPINION ON THE PHOTO - I think this was a very creative idea. Not sure how it is connected to traffic lights, except thru imagination, but that's what pop art is about. It has a dry humor. I think the humor would be more pronounced if, again, done in vertical to more closely mimic the traffic lights. As it stands, it either takes a minute, or relies on the title to make the idea "dawn" on the viewer.

I had given this an 8 during the challenge, and my vote still stands. Why? This is not just average (5); the cleverness pushes it past that.. and could use some tweeking to give the full impact desired.

Karen Bryan

A is for Apple!
by Zeissman

Comment:
Clear focus. Looking for the child to look like she's enjoying her apple... here she looks distracted by something or someone and could care less about the apple! ;)
Nice catch lights in the eyes.

Boscs and Gourd
by mcmurma

Comment:
Love, Love, Love this.

Boscs and Gourd
by mcmurma

Comment:
Excellent. Hands down the best. I'll buy it. ;-)

fruit or veggie???
by PaulinaRD

Comment:
you have succeeded in making this look round. This was a difficult task, imo, in this challenge. A lot of times, the lighting can make the fruit look flat. Nice work.

A Long and 'Rinding' Road
by chrisab

Comment:
I would like to learn to think creatively like you. This is so wonderfully bizarre.

Watermelon Stars
by #1 Bronco Fan

Comment:
playful. like the idea of the mirror. slightly soft on the focus. if you flip this around so that it is, in effect, mirrored (no pun intended), then I think the composition would work better.

Genetic Engineering
by autool

Comment:
You are very creative. I like the curve of the peel bending to the right, and the choice of the pepper coming out of the banana. I'm not sure I am liking the background. Hmmm. Overall a good idea and shot.

Strawberry Wine
by DougPaz

Comment:
I have waited until now to comment, because I keep coming back to it. It is very interesting to look at... compositionally, and because of the colors. I like the mix of liquid and strawberries. What bothers me is the tan background. Not that everything should have a white background (I think it is becoming over-used), but here I think it would work well to show off the reds.