Post Box Red
by Oddfrog

Comment by Tygerr:
Reminds me of the post boxes I used to use growing up...

Memories
by Oddfrog

Comment by DigiFotoBuddy:
Greetings from your own critique club.

First Impression
Not an ordinary "Still Life", but nice shot.
Composition:
Good Composition.
Subject:
Not usual but really nice
Technical (Colour and light):
Very good focus and color. Lighting needs bit improvement IMO. How about another light source to lit the BG and the table. Or may be step up the exposure a bit with the same light source.
Improvement:
Lighting.
Summary:
Out of the box for "Still Life", still meets the challenge. Bit enhanced in PP or different exposure or another light source would have helped scoere better.

Cheers!! Keep shooting.

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by Oddfrog

Comment by DigiFotoBuddy:
Greetings from your own critique club. Sorry, I was off the hook for a while.

First Impression
Nice idea, not so good execution.
Composition:
Needs improvement. Instead of shooting from top, I will sit down and just shoot the Ant. It's not required to have whole bread in the frame. Just the close up of Ant with bread in the back ground would have worked better.
Subject:
Subject is creative and fits the challenge.
Technical (Colour and light):
Lighting is bit harse on top of the bread. Colors are fine. Don't like the shadow of Ant and Bread.
Improvement:
Composition, Comosition, Composition...
Summary:
Good creative idea, needs better perspective and composition.

Cheers!! Keep shooting.

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by Oddfrog

Comment by margiemu:
Hi from ctp2:

This is a really cute idea. The biggest problem I see is the lighting. The top of the bun is blown out, and the texture of the bun looks a bit funny. Also, the eye isn't immediatly drawn to the ant. To make this really effective, the ant would need to be more the focal point. The title is great, though, and brings the impact of the photo up a bit.

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by Oddfrog

Comment by alexgarcia:
b]Hello from �lex, CTP MkII [/b]

First Impression: Nice idea but needs improvement.
Composition: is OK
Subject: Good, very clever for the challenge
Technical: it has major technicals flaws IMO: lighting is way too harsh, with parts blowned up; colors are a bit strange, maybe for the strong light
Improvement: lighting basically
Summary: good subject but needs better realization. Don't stop shooting

�lex

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by Oddfrog

Comment by yanko:
Greetings from CTP2

Great idea but the execution is lacking a bit. The highlights are too harsh but more than that the ant is just not prominent enough in the frame. For an idea like this it needs to hit you square in the face and this falls short in that area. Just as a quick fix putting that ant on top would have sold the idea much faster in my opinion and probably would have automatically gotten you a higher score.

As for improving the technicals I think if you just got down even lower the highlights problem wouldn't have been an issue plus the ant would take on more of a central role in the frame itself. Another thought would be to spin the bagel around so the ant is receiving the direct sunlight and that way you would be shooting with your back to the sun, which would also help you avoid those blown highlights.

Message edited by author 2006-06-02 18:11:35.

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by Oddfrog

Comment by Rebecca:
Hi Laura -

This is a unique take on the theme, but I'm not sure I would get the idea of "Success" from just looking at the photo. I actually think, "How sad, someone dropped their bagel!" Technically, there are several problems. First and foremost is that the top third of the photo is tremendously overblown. Besides that, the color seems off, perhaps too red. I think much of the light and color issues is due to the light source being behind the subject, so my main suggestion for this shot is to light it more from the front, but diffusely to avoid glare since the bread (bagel?) is a bit shiny. Also, the bread/pastry is not well-centered, and is on the verge of being cut off on its rightmost edge.

It does look like you got some good DoF along the cut edges of the bread, which works well for the ant.

Benji
by Oddfrog

Comment by cryan:
Being a VW fan I find this shot really funny. Good job on finding humor in the ordinary.

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by Oddfrog

Comment by rox_rox:
Technical issues aside. I love this shot and the title. I remember that it brought a smile to my face during voting. Nice capture!

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by Oddfrog

Comment by love:
this is SO bad..it's good hahaha