Fallen Vases, Breaking News!by
PaulComment by bspurgeon: Critique Club
Congratulations on the high finish and a fantastic set up photograph. I loved this shot during the voting. I commented during voting as well.
Composition: Beautiful concept and staging. I still feel it is a bit tight superiorly and on the right. Mostly because I'm imagining a broadcast!
DOF and focous: I suspect manipulating the distance between your anchor and the TV would have allowed geater DOF to pull in the forks, but keep the monitor blurred. However, as is, it works quite well.
Color: Always a fan of black and white. Works very well here to give an old feeling.
Lighting: This is the one area that I think kept this from scoring higher. IMO, it needs a second strobe to light from camera right. Even lighting across the face would have gone a long way to improving the photo.
Overall: Very good, love the humor, particularly since I'm in SoCal and remember that day like it was yesterday.
Cheers and happy holidays,
-BS
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