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05/21/2003 12:40:39 PM |
A Comment From The Critique Club
Hi Anona,
a little late, but I finally finished the CC comment on your photo. Sorry about that. Sometimes, work just gets in the way when I've just requested an image ;-P
Anyhow. Let me start by telling you that I'm impressed as to how many challenges you've participated in, more than twice as much as me and you joined later. Wow.
CHALLENGE - This entry fits the challenge - there's a glass bowl in the photo - but it's really the fish that grabs the attention, not the bowl.
COMPOSITION / CONTENT - I like how you positioned the goldfish in the upper right corner so that he has room to "swim into the picture". The background/water/bowl also create some interesting patterns which I like.
CAMERA WORK / TECHNICAL - The biggest challenge about glass photography are reflections, I know I struggled with them for hours for my entry for the secondary color challenge. You did well here, because there are very few light reflections, nothing that's distracting. The goldfish seems overall a little dark to me, I think you used backlighting to illuminate this photo? Plus, I know this is normal for an aquarium, but the "stuff" in the water is a little distracting, too. Replacing the water before taking the photo probably would've done the trick.
POST-PROCESSING - I just opened your photo in MS Photo Editor and played around with the brightness, contrast and gamma a bit, and it's possible to make the whole image a bit brighter and the color of the fish pop a bit more without really blowing out the light background. I think that's the biggest change that would've increased your score a bit.
Overall, this picture definitely has several things going for it (the abstract background, the lack of reflections), and with a bit more care before and after taking the photo (clean water, post-processing) would've done better in the challenge. I personally don't think it's one of your best, but you have some great stuff in your portfolio and your submissions to the challenges. I especially like "Red One" from your recent portfolio additions. Good luck in the future challenges :)
Please let me know if you have any questions or comments about this review.
Franziska. |
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05/13/2003 02:12:33 PM |
| Nice image, but the glass is not very clear. I think that the lighting needs to be better. |
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05/11/2003 11:15:51 PM |
| Given a little more exposure to the fish with additional lighting would've brought more of his vibrant colors out and really helped this photo. Photos of fish are pretty tough to do though, especially in larger tanks where its much more difficult to manipulate a substantial amount of light in to the tank. |
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05/11/2003 04:27:49 PM |
| Hey, cool name for a fish, and it's a beautiful fish too. I like the swirling lines on the glass. I wish it were a bit lighter, but that's just my taste. |
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05/10/2003 01:59:39 PM |
| Interesting choice of cropping, it works in your favor. |
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05/09/2003 04:42:30 PM |
| Poor guy. How dull for him. |
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05/09/2003 10:54:40 AM |
| Need to brighten fish a little. |
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05/09/2003 09:23:09 AM |
| Awesome detail in the fish and the texture of the glass in the background is cool. The front glass is dirty though, was there no way of cleaning it up a little first? |
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05/07/2003 11:53:23 PM |
| the glass really doesnt seem to be the main subject here |
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05/07/2003 06:27:49 PM |
| The siamese fighting fish looks nice, but there seems to be a lot of dirt on the bowl which spoils the picture... |
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05/07/2003 02:27:24 PM |
| i'd love to know how you SFF got the name Mr. Swiney. Mine's names are Dave and Mildred. I'd be tempted to cheat on this picture and beef up the color a bit...Mr. Swiney looks a little duller than he probably is in real life. |
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05/07/2003 12:04:51 PM |
| would've been even better if the fish was more lit up and the specs on the glass gone....good idea |
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05/07/2003 10:54:11 AM |
| The fish is the star. IMHO, in a 'glass' challenge, the glass should be the star. |
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05/07/2003 12:39:11 AM |
| The shot looks a little messy to me, lots of specs (fish food?) the glass gives a neat curvey background effect . I think if you put fresh water in teh fish bowl, then shot it, and adjusted the contrast a bit it would look much better. |
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