Fire in a Box
by jctheartist

Comment by Arcanist:
I'll grant its low tech, lighters are higher tech, but a magnifying glass would have been super low tech. Other than that, I find the subject's presentation too simplified. The DOF is not deep enough to keep the single match head in focus on the outer rim of the field. Moving the match head to the center would fix this, but would not save the whole which seems more like a shot that would be taken in a digital camera scavenger hunt - go find some matches, not find something low tech, and still not interesting enough for a stock photograph.

Fire in a Box
by jctheartist

Comment by Keith Maniac:
i like the shallow DOF. good use of a black background with no shadows, etc. good focus, color, sharpness.

Fire in a Box
by jctheartist

Comment by colda:
I feel that this really could do with a much deeper dof, the focal plane is on the edge of the box and thus the warning becomes the prominent item in the image. Additionally a slight clockwise rotation would help.

Fire in a Box
by jctheartist

Comment by saintaugust:
i think think would have benefitted from a longer DOP.

Fire in a Box
by jctheartist

Comment by Travis99:
Good lighting the dof is a little shallow

Fire in a Box
by jctheartist

Comment by Wildpurple:
Good composition. nice lighting. 8.

Fire in a Box
by jctheartist

Comment by C_Steve_G:
Ooh, deeper depth of field would have improved this composition.