DVD Garbage: Good Looking Uselessness
by seebrown

Comment by phatphoto:
Very creative, but you can always use them as coasters! I do! :) Good luck.

DVD Garbage: Good Looking Uselessness
by seebrown

Comment by cheegirl:
Good shot but I wouldn't have thought of garbage

DVD Garbage: Good Looking Uselessness
by seebrown

Comment by JunieMoon:
Loved this image. Nice rainbow effect. For me, thought, I do not see the connection to garbage. For the single light source challenge, I would give this one a 10, but as a garbage photo I have to bring it down to a 7

DVD Garbage: Good Looking Uselessness
by seebrown

Comment by tpoc:
it certainly is! lovely rainbow capture.

DVD Garbage: Good Looking Uselessness
by seebrown

Comment by Ivory:
Nice colours but I am not sure it clearly meets the challenge.

DVD Garbage: Good Looking Uselessness
by seebrown

Comment by Tammer:
I think you have a nice shot, well done and interesting, but for me it simply doesn't work in this challenge and therefore I've given it a lower score.

DVD Garbage: Good Looking Uselessness
by seebrown

Comment by Mr_Pants:
A pity about this being an open challenge, the couple of blotches on the disk spoil the simplicity a bit.

A Couple of Funky Strings
by seebrown

Comment by Commando303:
I don't see how this uses shutter-speed in a creative or interesting way. It's a very nice photograph, but I don't think you can get away with submitting it for a challenge that has nothing to do with it.

A Couple of Funky Strings
by seebrown

Comment by rick13601:
Why are guitars photographed more than any other musical instrument in these challenges?

A Light On White
by seebrown

Comment by CEJ:
Hello from the Critque Club!

First - I don't know if I should feel honored to critique your first challenge entry or if I should chalk it up to bad luck of the draw. But I have studied your image and have the following to offer:

Composition/perspective - the amount of space in your image that your subject occupies is great. Really puts the focus on the subject. The shot is straight on though so it appears a little flat. If the shot had been cropped so the bulb was tilted or off center or the camera angle was like at 45 degrees, it would help the bulb pop out of the shot and give it a little more of a natural look. It is hard to make a lit bulb show its shape. The contact part of the bulb (the metal) has clear 'round' definition. But the bulb part (the glass) appears flat.

Color - obviously it is b/w. But you have some shades of gray that appear around the edges. Your image almost appears to be the opposite of the challenge requirements - white on light. This is not necessarily bad, but it should be consistent. A low light behind your background may have helped this. You would have kept the 'light' while also keeping the white. This may be more difficult since you may then lose definition of the bulb shape, but lowering the subject wattage or using a softer light bulb could overcome this.

Lighting - ha...obviously the bulb. You did a very nice job maintaining definition of the shape of the bulb while at the same time not blowing out the center portion where it is brightest - well done! It is a bit bright, yes. But does not apper to be blown out at all. You can clearly see the entire bulb shape. The above comment in color pertaining to the background and this one would be the hardest part of the image to control. As it is you did a nice job.

Challenge requirements - meets the chalenge very nicely. You definitely have an imagination and are creative and this will always help you.

Overall/my opinion - this is an excellent example of control and you have pulled it off nicely. You took a concept and produced and image that is reflective of that which is very apparent. You obviously thought about this before shooting and it shows. It is a clean shot with clear definition. I just would have liked to have seen it a little less staged and more haphazard. Overall you did a very nice job on a not so cooperative subject. Well done!

Message edited by author 2005-11-05 01:03:51.