Persian Pedistal at Dusk
by chalice

Comment by FocusPoint:
Corner of a room, but still pretty good photo :)

Persian Pedistal at Dusk
by chalice

Comment by Kronus:
not much of a room, shadow is distracting

Persian Pedistal at Dusk
by chalice

Comment by Bud:
Maybe a bit of color on the pedestal or a different background, but this is just a tad too monochromatic for my taste.

Architectural Colors
by chalice

Comment by kirsty_mcn:
Composition
Very nice shapes/angles, maybe would have suited a slightly tighter crop on the righthand side, so the transition wasnt right in the middle. Whilst I love all the lines and shapes and colours, the angle does make the righthand side a little busy (aat 640*480ish at least) just because there is so much detail.

Technical stuff (exposure, dof, lighting etcâ€Â¦)
Exposure and lighting seem good, I like the brightness of the reds against the duller blue glass.

Post-processing
n/a, all is fine and dandy imo

Message/atmosphere portrayed
very nice study of shapes and colours, with the juxtaposition of different styles of architecture

Meeting the challenge
Nice take on architecture - a real study of details rather than "a picture of an impressive building" (for example)

My personal opinion
This was underrated by far - I didn't vote on this challenge, but would probably have voted 7/8

A Glass of Wine with a Bottle to Go
by chalice

Comment by General:
i hope it does well, pretty creative lighting, kudos on good work, 10

Persian Pedistal at Dusk
by chalice

Comment by kiwinick:
just live the warmth of this image I would have mved the pedistal in line with the corner to ehhance te composition 7

Persian Pedistal at Dusk
by chalice

Comment by MrXpress:
Not enough clarity in the pedestal, in my opinion

Failure: Another Loser DPC Score!
by chalice

Comment by kirsty_mcn:
Composition
composition is good, in terms of the "baghead" in the upper left third, and the laptop in the bottom right. The home/offic-ey environment makes it a more cluttered composition though, especially with the detail in the blinds.

Technical stuff (exposure, dof, lighting etcâ€Â¦)
wb seems a little off, but exposure and focus seem good. You may have been able to isolate the subject from the b/g more with a shallower dof though

Post-processing
I'd like to see a little more contrast in it, to make it pop more and be less snapshotty

Message/atmosphere portrayed
Well, you did kinda bring it upon yourself with that title! :P Although the paper bag fits, another way of "hiding" from your score may have been better, so as to make your expression visible and give more emotion.

Meeting the challenge
Yeah, sure

My personal opinion
I wouldn't have expected this to score very high, just because its quite a familiar idea - not necessarily exactly that idea, but in terms of comments on scores/people at laptops etc. Would have needed an extra creative something to bring it further

Message edited by author 2006-06-05 05:16:46.

Architectural Colors
by chalice

Comment by littlegett:
not sure which one im to look at, but both are kinda boring to me. Not much there for attention grabing.

Failure: Another Loser DPC Score!
by chalice

Comment by DanSig:
[[trading post]]

I didn't vote in Failure, but I think this image would only get a 5.

what I found wrong with it.. the Crop, it's in portrait mode, so you cut a part of the right hand, and a part of the computer, a full square crop could have included those.

the lighting is ok, but the whitebalance is wrong, the arms are really red, and the blinds seems a bit too tan.

you show a piece of one eye, to show the whole eye would have given the viewer a better connection with the subject.

and there is a small gap between blinds just above the computer screen.