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JamesDowning


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Challenge: Euphemisms (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Sony SLT-A33
Lens: Sony SAL-1855 DT 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: My
Date: Feb 23, 2012
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 0.8 sec
Galleries: Black and White, Studio
Date Uploaded: Feb 23, 2012

 No flashes used in this shot. I used a couple of flash lights, and played with their positioning. I ended up bouncing both off of the walls to get the proper lighting on the gun. The bullet is lit by using a white door as the bounce. I played a lot with positioning of this light on the door, and found a key spot that lit the bullet casing best.

I'm really happy with this shot.

Statistics
Place: 58 out of 89
Avg (all users): 5.2065
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 4.8654
Avg (non-participants): 5.3786
Views since voting: 451
Views during voting: 320
Votes: 155
Comments: 7
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 03/14/2012 03:00:26 PM
Originally posted by snaffles:
Greetings from the Critique Club!


Thanks so much for the critique Susan!!
 03/08/2012 11:03:54 AM
Greetings from the Critique Club!

I found this shot a bit puzzling as I didn't 'get it', til I realized I was looking at a bullet in the chamber of a gun. The comp is basically good, I like the angle as it adds some dimension and dynamism to the shot. The dof works in drawing attention to the bullet. The lighting is OK, though a reflector (you can make one from a piece of cardboard and heat-reflective tape from the hardware store) bouncing light into the shadow under the gun may have helped define the gun a bit more.

Overall an OK image, technically it's quite good and your settings show that you own and use a tripod. But it lacks any real pop to make it really memorable. Another bullet laying to the left of the gun may have helped especially as you're referring to multiple blanks in the title.

But most importantly, you like this shot and to me that is very important. You can drive yourself nuts trying to please the DPC vox populi. Entering images that you like and take some risks often take more of a pounding in terms of score, but when you ribbon, it is so much sweeter if you do it on your terms.

Hope this critique helps, feel free to PM me.

Susan
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/07/2012 01:27:08 PM
A bit discouraged by how low this scored, but oh well...

If anyone has any feedback on why this scored low, please share!
 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/06/2012 11:29:19 PM
Mike, that you?
 03/05/2012 12:07:24 PM
I,m just not getting this . I see thanks for the info.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/29/2012 10:38:26 AM
Love this one. Simplistic, classic feel... great choice. The detail is nice, the composition works well.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/29/2012 07:55:07 AM
Cool idea, I almost picked to do this same euphemism, but changed it later. Good job getting light into the chamber. I am just afraid some members who aren't gun nuts might not know what they are looking at.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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