Hot and Cool Complementary Peppers
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Comment by DanSig:
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this is an interesting subject, but I think the image is to crowded, I think the minimalism way could be useful in an image like this, just 3-4 peppers.

what I noticed instantly when I looked at your image was that the peppers are getting old and wrinkly, to fix that for a photoshoot you can put them in icewater for 10-15 minutes before shooting, that usually straightens the wrinkles. and the downside of the pepper is usually prettier than the stem.

lighting is pretty good, but there are small spots that are blown out.

hope this helps a bit and you'll do another shoot just to practise and show us the result.

Hot and Cool Complementary Peppers
by chalice

Comment by tngrndream:
hello.

i thought it was just a bit ordinary. it was a great shot of peppers. ifn you were trying to show people what a pepper looks like you got it straight on.

the photography is well done. i can see nothing wrong with it. the composition is maybe, just maybe, too much of a good thing. sorry that is all i have, that maybe, just maybe, you got too many peppers in it.

Hot and Cool Complementary Peppers
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Comment by Louis:
Impact on first view of this for me was high because of the nice vibrant colour. I like how you've arranged everything to give a nice even distribution of the two colours. Focus is great, lighting is good as well, with some interesting shadows that I think could even have been played up with curves perhaps.

The state of the vegetables should be pristine in a shot like this I think. :) I might have decided to crop lower from the top, to leave a kind of crowd of peppers at the top with no background visible, and an empty space at bottom. Might have been an interesting effect. Nice soft shadows down there.

Hot and Cool Complementary Peppers
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Comment by timfythetoo:
I gave you a 6 on this one. I think it was just a bit too busy. You probably could have gotten away with a couple less bell peppers - maybe stuck with just one of each variety. Overall the colors seem a bit dull. Brighter colors and a different arrangement of the peppers would have given you a better score in my opinion.

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Comment by Kelli:
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I like the composition, but the reds seem a little muted. DOF is excellent as is focus. The crop works well except for where the stems are cropped off. I think maybe if you had sprayed these with a little water it might have given it some "wow" factor.

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Comment by GuGi:
A little more light maybe, it is hard to make out what is there.

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Comment by goc:
is this rally a prison ? i don't think so :-)
about the photo: not bad, reflection is okay and fence silhouette is okay

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Comment by nards656:
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Wow, this is really clean and focused exceptionally well. The DOF is perfect, because I only see one spot of softness (upper left corner). The colors, though, somehow come across a little dull. I like the fact that there's no glare, but it might have been a good trick to "wax" them and eliminate some "flatness". The composition is good; I'm not sure I would have had the nerve to "cut" them with the edges of the frame, but it works well here and I'm going to learn from that. I did not vote on this particular image, but I probably would have given this a 6, maybe a 7.

Message edited by author 2006-05-03 07:18:16.

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Comment by arvinder:
nice shot .... could have cropped more to hide the top background...

Hot and Cool Complementary Peppers
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Comment by ericwoo:
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The lighting seems a bit flat. I see that you adjusted curves, maybe just a bit more on the adjustment would have really made it pop. The square crop works really well in this image, and that's not always easily pulled off. A small criticism with the composition is the placement of the long green pepper standing. I think that you should have included all of it, including the stem. Chopping it off kind of leads the viewer's eye up and out of the frame. Its leaning position really helps as a leading line, but just ends too abruptly. The same is true for the small, red pepper on the left. We see so much of it that it looks like an accidental omission to leave off the stem. I gave it a 6 in the challenge, and stand by that still.

Message edited by author 2006-05-03 01:19:34.