Greetings from Critique Club:
The challenge was Light On White II and you provided exactly what was asked for with this entry. However it meets the challenge brief in two ways, the literal sense - a light on white - and a light coloured object on a white background.
Technically it is very crisp and clean. Not a great DOF used, but it has the desired effect, there was no need to have the whole torch in focus as it is prefectly obvious to the viewer what it was. Also, had you used a deeper DOF you would have brought the background material more into focus and destroyed the softness of the material. Shooting an object like a Mag-Lite using strobes or any other kind of lighting will always give the highlighted area on the body, yet you managed not to blow it out.
The composition will be disliked by some voters due to it being centred rather than Rule of Third, which seems to be vogue at the moment. Using an object like a torch means you can't avoid leading the eye towards the centre of the image. The colour of the torch gives it a hint of an advertising image, which is no bad thing.
My overall impression is of a simple, clean image that meets the challenge head on. I like the way the torch comes into focus so the writing is sharpest. Using Neat Image has produced a smooth look and it is not over sharpened. A worth entry that should, IMO, have scored 5+. I hope this is helpful and constructive.
Steve |
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