Do You Want Some T?
by Hoghemaru

Comment by smardaz:
Hello, Critique Club again :)

I'll get right to the point since you ask why the placing is so low. I hope you don't mind my being so blunt but my guess is the voters simply found this an unintersting shot. It is very mundane, and people are looking for something that catches their attention more than a close up of a drawer.
If you're going to take a picture of an everyday object you need to really knock it out of the park with the processing. If I were to redo this shot I would say take a shot of the entire cabinet, perhaps converting to black and white or using a filter to really bring out the grain of the wood. Don't be discouraged, this is how we learn. Keep Shooting! :)

J

B is for Bending
by Hoghemaru

Comment by motterbein:
Perfect composition, well done

Do You Want Some T?
by Hoghemaru

Comment by Hoghemaru:
I can't explain to me a rating so low... what's wrong?

Originally posted by Falke: W

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Do You Want Some T?
by Hoghemaru

Comment by Falke:
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Try to Walk in My Shoes
by Hoghemaru

Comment by Hoghemaru:
thanks for the welcome! :)

a great problem with this shot was the light: it was taken near to the sunset, I had a very short range of color and the high ISO generated the noise (next time I have to go out earlier :P )

post processing for me is a great lack and I have to work a lot to learn it well (indeed, this is my first experiment with B/W PP)

contests are a great impulse to improve my skills and learn from my mistakes! ^_^

Try to Walk in My Shoes
by Hoghemaru

Comment by smardaz:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

First and foremost, welcome to DPC!

My first impression of the image is that I like the lines and angles and perspective from which you shot. I like the tones of the black and white conversion but there is something about the processing that is not setting right with me. I can't tell what it is, like, maybe there was a lot of noise in the shot and a lot of smoothing was applied. Hard to say without knowing your post processing steps, but it may be part of what kept this image from scoring a little higher.
I think also it was hurt by the crop, I feel like if I saw all of the antenna and a little more of the roof or window that it would connect with me more.

You should be encouraged by the avg score of the commenters and from the fact that your first entry was a 5.3 which is not always easy to do your first time. Also, 12 comments is a good showing, your picture moved people to comment and that is more important than the score!

Keep submitting and learning, and if, after entering a few challenges, you feel DPC is a good fit for you and you would like to become a member, send me a message. I can help :)

Try to Walk in My Shoes
by Hoghemaru

Comment by posthumous:
welcome. dpc needs you

Try to Walk in My Shoes
by Hoghemaru

Comment by Hoghemaru:
thanks to all for comments and votes

this is not a good placement, but there was so many photos of very high level!

it was a good way to brake the ice anyway ;)

Try to Walk in My Shoes
by Hoghemaru

Comment by Alex_Petrini:
Not so bad, it's your first challenge :)

An interesting BW!

Try to Walk in My Shoes
by Hoghemaru

Comment by tnun:
what posthumous said. the lines are elegant.