Not Chicken but Definitely Yellow.
by eschelar

Comment by JH:
I really like this, and think it was underrated - I thought it would have scored at least a 5.0

The composition and the simplicity work very well, I like the black background which helps the yellow stand out.

The only technical flaw I can see is the bright light coming in from the right. This causes a highlight which is a bit distracting.

Oh, I only realised this was tweety when I read your comments! - I originally thought this was a rubber duck.

Not Chicken but Definitely Yellow.
by eschelar

Comment by Melethia:
I'll admit I missed the obvious play on words connection and I usually pay attention to titles after the initial viewing of the picture. I do like the negative space and the bright lighting creeping around the side of Tweety's head. Reading your description, nice work using curves - the colors are spot on to me and the background is indeed quite black (which isn't always the case.) I thought it a unique take on the challenge and don't agree with the number of scores 3 and below awarded here. I will say that some don't like the "corner" look - I don't like it all the time - but it's well justified here by your intent, and I thought it worked even though I missed the play on words.

Not Chicken but Definitely Yellow.
by eschelar

Comment by nards656:
Maybe a little too much pure black space. Some kind of gradient work or a bright to dark fade on the actual background (achieved with lighting) would have really brought some life here, I think.

Not Chicken but Definitely Yellow.
by eschelar

Comment by Cooz:
Cool idea...

A tighter crop might have helped a little...

I've found that images of toys or kids things usually scores low here, so that probably hurt you more than anything...

Creative and well done

Not Chicken but Definitely Yellow.
by eschelar

Comment by elee3009:
Read your forum post and your helpful comments on mine - thanks a lot. So here's returning the favour. First of all, I like the composition and the idea. I would also crop out the top tighter to his head so that the overall framing is more of a horizontal rectangular form but that's just me. What really spoilt it for me is the lighting. Tweety looks flat IMO, making him look rather like a cheap plastic or paper piece (sorry!). Since he's your main subject, it really doesn't help. I can't tell what the white outline is but it's very distracting and marrs the main subject even more.

You've chosen a very simple idea which could have been powerful. But the problem with simplicity IMO is that you really got to get it awesomely clean because it's the only thing that will hold the attention of the viewer. Hope that makes sense somehow.

p/s tweety was one of my favourite cartoon characters 'coz he always outsmarted Sylvester. As for him running away, I think it was more a case of smart survival skills rather than being a coward, don't you ... :p

Message edited by author 2006-04-10 14:34:15.

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Comment by theSaj:
Too bad you didn't enter this into the Square Crop challenge!

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Not Chicken but Definitely Yellow.
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Comment by olddj:
Well, I like it too, but IMO you may want to try to get rid of the reflection on tweety's left side, right side in photo, and could try it with just a TOUCH of the other eye showing, not all of it, but just a sliver, think that would help it, but that is my opinion only, and we know how good I have been lately!! LOL

Jacque

Not Chicken but Definitely Yellow.
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Comment by rachelellen:
I think that's a cute idea, well-done, that should have scored higher. Hmmph. You were robbed.

Not Chicken but Definitely Yellow.
by eschelar

Comment by GuGi:
Highway-robbery, this shot deserved to be among the top ten. I came back to look for it, couldn't believe that I had to scroll through 75% to find it. DPC'ers are a strange lot.

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Comment by hotpasta:
eeek! they are uuuuuuugleeeee! Great shot. Liked reading your thread on how you did this. Will need to give it a go myslef. Now...where are the flies????