Foursome
by niwedimages

Comment by sylandrix:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

COMPOSITION... I really like what you did in composing this shot. A square frame, a square shape on the outer edges of the leaves, and on the inside... giving the image strong adherence to the week's theme and also makes an appealing composition. Not only does the image enforce square shapes, but the curves in the leaves imparts graceful lines and curves, which usually aren't found in square objects at all :) Very good background... all in all, very well done.

TECHNIQUE... I'm a little unsure of what manipulation was done to the photo, but it doesn't seem like a straight black and white conversion of the taken image. I look at the histogram and there's barely any information in it... If you did some extreme editing, I think it should have been just converted to black and white, and perhaps a contrast adjustment, and that's it. Your subject is beautiful and interesting enough on its own without enhancement. The contrast on the finished shot does need improvement. Try a levels adjustment and bring the left and right sliders closer to the area of the histogram that has information (the black bars). You'll see an overall improvement in the photo's contrast.

OVERALL... It would be nice to see what the original image straight off the camera looked like, and how it can be converted into a stunning black and white that retains a little more tonal information in the leaves than what was presented here. You have a very interesting composition and subject matter - be weary of any extreme image manipulation.

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Comment by Anachronite:
interesting idea for a shot, but I am not sure how cliche that is.. anyway, with the back can out of focus, the foreward can should be super sharp... and as we see it needs a bit more focus... nice composition though and great use of black and white

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Comment by PaulMdx:
Composition: Left-hand tin seems slightly too close to the left hand edge for me.
Technical: Lovely DOF and choice of B&W. Is the very thin line around the edge because of sharpening? Might have benefited from cropping a pixel on each edge.
Meets challenge: Not sure where the cliche is, sorry.
Overall impression: Nice interesting pic, but composition lets it down a little for me. 6

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Comment by LobsterClaws:
Cute idea.

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Comment by JamieWillmott:
Nice DOF. Would have liked to see string a bit better.

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Comment by cmcvety:
very good use of depth of focus and B&W. 8.

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Comment by Becky:
the texture that the lines in the can gives is good. The black and white is a nice effect.

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Comment by Gracechild7:
I think there are some boarder issues, but I like the focus

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Comment by PTLParsons:
Great title. Very ingenius. I really like the photo and the concept of it. But personally, and I said personally I have some problems. I don't really go for this DOF thing so many like. To me this whole thing should have been in as good of focus as the can on thel eft. It is great. Also the rounded background leaves dark triangles at the top two corners, very distracting. The shadows on the focused can are too dark, as is the end of the can. I realize you went with a loft of "correct' photography techs. This is why I believe they are rules of thumb and not laws, as do a lot of people. To me this one, because of the concept and your obvious photographic abilities, could have been a 1st place winner, with a score of 10. As it is it really should be scored very low. But I am going to give it a 6 because the concept is so good, it meets the challenge, it is different and unique, I really do love the whole idea, and I can see a lot of potential that is obvious you have thea ability to do. This is not my norm on comments or score but feel is warranted by this photo. I really wish you the best. This one is a perfect example why we should shot what we really like.

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Comment by magnetic9999:
this is a great idea done very well. it doesnt fit the challenge but because it's so original, im giving you a 7 :)