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06/30/2003 07:39:57 AM |
| Thanks BigSmiles - you make a lot of very good (and helpful!) points. I worked on the photo a bit and have posted a new version in my portfolio. |
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06/11/2003 09:47:00 AM |
| I'd like to offer a little insight as to why someone might feel this is worth a 1 or 2 or 3 (even if I did not give this score). The idea and the composition are pretty good, but the image is lacking technically. Some people on dpc feel that if you're lacking in technics on your shot, it doesn't deserve higher than a 5. There's a short list of small stuff that could be improved upon...some of which I already mentioned in my previous comment. The lighting isn't bad and I wouldn't change too much about it except to make it a little tiny bit more towards the back to get rid of the glare on the berry (you can use a reflector or white cardboard to get some of the excess light to fall on the front of the picture) You might want to check the white balance on your camera before you shoot like crazy (it looks a bit yellow.. not major and you can probably fix it in photoshop or whichever program you use). Helping the lighting out a little and checking the exposure (it is a bit dark) will help the saturation of your picture a little too since it is undersaturated right now. I would use the unsharp mask on this at a lower level since it doesn't look really sharp (minor fix). And just make sure if you dont have a strawberry with a nice green top, to try and hide the drying out brown part by tilting the berry a bit further back. All in all I like your picture and this is why I decided to come back and leave a lengthier comment (i am not part of the critique club)however I think you're lucky to have gotten 15th because voters are usually a whole lot harsher. Congrats! |
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06/11/2003 12:17:18 AM |
Wow, I'm really surprised this didn't place higher. I just wanted to say this was my favorite of the photos I'd seen and while I suppose 15th out of 202 is not a bad place (top 10%!) I liked this considerably more than the winners (no offense to the winners).
Also, who the HECK voted this a 1? They're on CRACK. Heck, even the 2s and 3s I don't really get. |
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06/10/2003 07:40:12 PM |
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06/09/2003 11:42:12 PM |
| mmmm...yummy!! <-- my first reaction. These are the kind of photo shoots you love, where you can eat the props afterward! :) I like the lighting on your subject, there are no weird shadows, and the chocolate looks marvelous! |
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06/09/2003 11:20:32 PM |
| Oh yum! Now I want this. THANKS. There are a few stray reflections from the lighting, but otherwise this is great. I like the way the chocolate is flipped over on top. |
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06/09/2003 07:53:28 PM |
Look, I'm producing some liquid of my own! *wipes drool away*
Wow. That's, um, EXTREMELY appetizing-looking. Well-framed, good close-up shot, nice that the chocolate is dripping from the bottom to help emphasize it's in liquid form. The fork is nicely non-intrusive. My only complaint here is I don't get any. Oh, and the border's a touch distracting. |
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06/08/2003 01:47:16 AM |
| Very nice shot... but in my opinion, the bright red border detracts from the overall quality. --7 |
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06/08/2003 12:50:12 AM |
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06/07/2003 10:52:57 AM |
I have 2 words for this: "Oh, yum!!"
nice macro.. I like how the chocolate swirls, and how there is only a hint of the fork, yet enough to know what it is. nice job! |
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06/07/2003 09:40:41 AM |
| Nice work, I would have liked it with a little more light under the berry. 6 |
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06/05/2003 04:39:04 PM |
| Oh this made my mouth water! Well done. Now I have to go buy strawberries.=9 |
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06/05/2003 01:38:33 PM |
| I love the idea! The composition is great! Too little light on the left though. Top mark anyway! |
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06/05/2003 11:20:46 AM |
| Shame the strawberry isn't sharper. Great colours, very visceral. 9 |
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06/05/2003 08:28:46 AM |
| This is brillaint - I could eat it now. Love the crisp presentaion, catchlights on chocolate of strawberry and on strawberry are ver effective. |
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06/04/2003 10:09:13 PM |
nice shot, could perhaps have been a little brighter perhaps. But it is a nice composition. I think this should do quite well this weel. I'm not marking you down on the border, but I would ditch it personally....
Good luck, Todd. |
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06/04/2003 09:26:17 PM |
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06/04/2003 06:10:06 PM |
| Very nice entry. Great composition, color, and focus. The black background was a good choice but I have one problem with the picture... it wasn't my entry. :) Just kidding, very well done. |
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06/04/2003 05:44:28 PM |
| don't like the border. did make my mouth water a little bit looking at it |
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06/04/2003 03:32:10 PM |
| There is something quite retro about this photo and it makes my mouth water.....syamjonimi 10 |
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06/04/2003 12:11:49 PM |
| your image looks too dark and therefore the red in the strawberry is undersaturated. also you could have picked a better specimen to work with (the greens at the top of the berry look dried out and brownish) |
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06/04/2003 09:37:43 AM |
| Like the pear with chocolate...LOL...on the publicity!! |
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06/04/2003 09:20:32 AM |
| Yummy subjects!!! Only gripe is the strawberry's stalk(?)/sepal area looks brownish rather than a nice green :P |
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