Life Without Color
by tristalisk

Comment by Zoomdak:
The rocks stacked up confuse me. The edge of the lake (?) distracts my eye. Image seems a bit busy. But it is a cool concept.

Too litttle time
by tristalisk

Comment by Quadrajet:
Greetings from the critique club!

A few of the things I�ve noticed have already been commented on, but I�ll still mention them along with what I feel are acceptable solutions to the issues.

The first thing I noticed was the softness of the clocks inner workings. The intricate golden metal screams for sharp detail and while I can see some of that detail, it isn�t quite as sharp as it deserves to be in my opinion. This appears to be caused by a fairly shallow depth of field (DOF) which keeps the hands sharp, but drops off from there. While a shallow DOF works in some situations, it seems a bit distracting with this particular subject. I�m not sure what your f-stop was set to, but by opening it up a bit more (larger number) and adding a bit more light you would create a deeper DOF and easily get the whole image in focus.

Another thing that I noticed (which could also effect the sharpness), is the lack of contrast in the golden inner workings. I see light and medium tones, but nothing that gives this image a nice dark contrast to the lighter tones. By stopping down as mentioned above and moving the light a bit further left, you could increase the contrast on the edges and within the inner workings. It looks like you might have had a reflector or fill light filling in the shadows; you could decrease this a bit as well. I guess experimentation would tell if my suggestions are pertinent to your image or not.

One more thing that noticed right away was the fact that the tip of the minute & second hand were cut off. It�s an unwritten rule that most clocks or watches be set at 10:10, I have no idea why, but this would have helped keep all of your hands in the image while keeping it fairly well balanced. For some examples of what I�m talking about, check out ROLEX and TIMEX for examples.

I have to say that I really like the fact that you centered the subject, normally people would try to mess around with the �rule of thirds�, but I�m glad you didn�t. Overall, with a few minor adjustments, this could easily be ribbon material, nice work!

I hope this helps,
Quadrajet

Life Without Color
by tristalisk

Comment by Logarithim:
NiceNice

Life Without Color
by tristalisk

Comment by ajschmidt:
a higher aperture around �8 or more would help to bring this image into focus. 4

-= Image viewed on professional calibrated/color graded monitor set to Web Gamma range.=-

Life Without Color
by tristalisk

Comment by LalliSig:
Life withouth colour indeed. The problem with this shot for me personally is that there is nothing really interesting here and there is no real subject. My eye just wanders and just to be frank (hope you don´t take offense for that is not my goal) this is just boring to look at.

Too litttle time
by tristalisk

Comment by eugene:
u should use USM...

Too litttle time
by tristalisk

Comment by gloda:
It's not your fault, but I'm getting tired of inside views of clocks. Don't worry, I took a shot of a wristwatch. Just like ten other people.
You shouldn't have cropped the pointers, and the upper right corner is motion blurred.

Too litttle time
by tristalisk

Comment by scottwilson:
For me this would be better with a bit more DOF

Too litttle time
by tristalisk

Comment by dbush:
Most creative clock/watch in the bunch.

Renewed Love
by tristalisk

Comment by tristalisk:
This was my first attempt at a DPC challenge. Personally I'm confused at the 10's I received. Its an old rusted emergeny gear box for an old truck. I wanted a red rose but only had yellow left in the garden. My thought was to have a fresh lively rose hanging out of and old rusted chest. I though the candle light would add some atmosphere to the photo, and hide the fact that the Box wasn't hollow. I was not happy with this shot but I think I might try the concept again with a beetr box and lighting.