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04/22/2003 05:09:32 PM |
Greetings from the Critique Club!
I agree with all of the compliments below!
This is a fun image that is very clear in its communication. The mass of yellow candies and the solitary red one makes a nice juxtaposition that is clever and fun. The lighting, along with the use of the bowl, further indicate the clique nature of the yellow candies. In a way, the fact that that they are all kind of blurred together gives them even more of a group mentality in the photo. You've chosen a very dark background, which really makes the Lemonheads and the red candy stand out. While it's a dark world, the yellow candies seem to be having their own fun! The solitary red candy is still enshrouded in darkness. I also like the little glares of light coming from the candies. This harsh lighting was, I feel, a good choice.
To improve the shot, many of the comments below are worth exploring. The main thing I would suggest would be to sharpen the focus on all of the candies--especially the yellows. Though being muddled together does give them a groupish feel, I think that this feeling would be accomlished even if they were in sharp focus. Other things to try: a lighter background may give a happier, tongue-in-cheek feel to the image while still making your "lonely" point, and a wider cropping may make the image easier to look at and navigate with the eye.
Hey, nice work! I look foward to seeing more of your images in the future!
Thanks,
David |
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04/20/2003 04:39:01 PM |
| Better focus is need on the yellow candy. Good choice of frame and vey good lighting. I would be too easy to blow the candy out. |
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04/20/2003 12:05:06 AM |
| I like everything except the amount of glare on the yellow candies. Diffusing the light might help. |
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04/19/2003 11:16:38 PM |
| Nice color and clarity, love the border, not crazy about the composition. |
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04/18/2003 01:49:45 AM |
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04/17/2003 09:57:39 PM |
| Fun idea! Yellow is very saturated and difficult to focus on. Thankfully, there is a red candy there too. Very clear communication of this archetypal situation. |
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04/17/2003 01:47:29 PM |
| Really neat idea! The yellow candies are very bright (so much so that it's a bit hard to find their edges, a tad darker might have helped). My eyes keep being drawn to the little red guy (nice job!). 7 Rob the Swash |
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04/17/2003 08:57:21 AM |
| The shine and soft focus of what I believe to be a bowl of lemon sour balls made them look wet, gooey and stuck together. Other than that, I really like this shot. Appears to show a mood with the simple use of candy. You had a really good idea in using the "intruder". The border is nice too. It pulls in the yellow color, making the red loner even more out of place. |
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04/17/2003 12:30:06 AM |
| good use of contrasting color here... I think this image would have a little stronger impact with some visible surface to keep it from looking like it's floating in space :) - setzler |
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04/16/2003 09:08:22 PM |
| set your white balance for tungsten |
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04/15/2003 07:59:02 PM |
| Creative title and idea! Composition works well, nicely focused. Good job! |
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04/15/2003 05:07:01 PM |
| Awwww! :( Way to capture a mood with inanimate objects! |
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04/15/2003 03:53:40 PM |
| Kinda like me in some of these challenges! Great focus. The yellow reflection on the bowl rim is a little unappetizing on the dark background. Perhaps some other background would have been better. |
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04/15/2003 11:57:48 AM |
| Nice concept. Much like my stranger in a strange land entry. Your composition is very pleasing. I think the saturation of the yellow may be a little high, but still makes for a nice picture. High marks! -danny |
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04/15/2003 11:16:35 AM |
| very clever and well composed...the dark background and foreground set the mood. |
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04/15/2003 09:50:46 AM |
| Very clever! You have a very good imagination, someting I lack completely! Very crisp and saturated colors. The composition is excellent. A very tight crop but it does work here. Just a tad too much glare from the lighting/flash on the tops of the candy. Be proud! |
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04/14/2003 10:53:51 PM |
| Nice use of a color accent. |
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04/14/2003 10:33:13 AM |
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04/14/2003 05:18:18 AM |
| A little overexposed for my personal tastes. THe yellows are just a little too bright. The color of the red is good now. I wonder if the red would stay the same or even close if the exposure of the whole pic was turned down a bit. |
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04/14/2003 02:25:47 AM |
| Excellent use of color and composition. Like the whole. |
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04/14/2003 01:39:23 AM |
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04/14/2003 12:44:57 AM |
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