Memories
by Oddfrog

Comment by alexgarcia:
Hello from �lex, CTP MkII

First Impression: Good idea for the challenge with a poor lighting
Composition: Composition works for me, it's a good cropping.
Subject: meets the challenge. The circles of coffe add interest to the shot.
Technical: here is the main flaw, the lighting. This is one of the harder things for us the beginners in order to score high, IMO. It's very clear in interior shots when your lighting is not good and that affects a lot to the score. Sorry. The colors are a bit dark.
Improvement: Obviously lighting.
Summary: Good composition. Keep working on improvement.

�lex

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by Oddfrog

Comment by Dave Gordon:
Very cute idea. I think I would have cropped it tighter to make the ant stand out more, especially as the top half of the roll is overexposed.

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Comment by lucifero:
high lights burned

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Comment by Nikonian Ninja:
LOL! 9!

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Comment by hotpasta:
fun shot

Memories
by Oddfrog

Comment by yanko:
Greetings from CTP2

Just as a side note, I like the coffee stains. That's just classic to me but I think I would have just went with one instead of the two rings.

Technicals:
The lighting and color is good. Maybe a tad underexposed but overall it has a nice moody feel to it. The image is also nice and sharp.

Subject/composition:
This might not have been what voters wanted to see as a still life and as such you got a much lower score than what this images normally would have gotten, IMO. As for the photograph itself the subject works well in the composition. I really like how the cup and paper contrast well with the background and the focal point is off-center.

Suggestions for Improvement:
Nothing really technically other than go with something more traditionally still life. What you shot would fit the description of still life but for the challenges it apparently didn't.

Memories
by Oddfrog

Comment by NoellaSue:
So how IS Oscar? (smile) Nice photo

Memories
by Oddfrog

Comment by Dr.Confuser:
I gave this photo a 1 because it didn't seem to me to fulfill my expectation of a "still life," a classic form of artfully arranged objects. Call me narrow minded but that's the way I see it.

Memories
by Oddfrog

Comment by sherpet:
This would have been so much better if you didn't have the coffee or tea stains on the notepaper, as it makes it look dirty.....If there was to be a mark/stain, one should have it in the bottom right corner.....

The Gift of Love
by Oddfrog

Comment by karmat:
CRITIQUE CLUB CRITIQUE
by karmat

Just scanning your comments, I see that you are a member of one of the comment traders, which is great. Having said that, you have probably gotten some great feed back on this shot already, so I will just leave you with my impressions.

The composition and set up is definitely eyecatching and pleasing to me. One thing that helps it in my opinion is that the namecards, box, and people form a triangle which is a "stable shape" of sorts. For me, personally, I would like less foreground and more space at the top and maybe a slightly tighter crop on the left and right.

I saw your comment about white balance adjustment and I think that would have done wonders. Barring that, perhaps converting it to black and white and adjusting the contrast may have help hide the initially obvious flaw in the picture -- the color cast.

Where is Witbank? My foreign geography is terrible, but I have family (actually husband's family) living in Klerksdorp (sp?) right now.

Please don't take this the wrong way, but since you have 8 or 9 people guaranteed to give you good comments, it would help the Critique Club's load if you would not check the box next time. I promise there is no hard feelings (my husband actually started the first one), and I understand that it could have easily been an oversight, just wanted to drop that!

Best wishes in your future challenges!
karmat