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12/11/2005 11:04:19 AM |
Hello from the Critique Club!
I have studied your image and have the following to offer:
Composition/perspective – at first look it is very busy and the face is a bit of a distraction. All the dispensers appear just slightly out of focus. However, the edges of the dispensers are still fairly clean. This tells me the image needs to be sharpened a bit. Tried this and the difference is amazing. All the face detail on the dispensers comes out crisply and the whole image takes on a different look. I think it is nice you included the collector. But not sure it was necessary. Maybe in a different setting. Here I think she presents a conflict to the camera – being so close, the difference in height from the floor between the top of her face and the top of the dispensers is enough to affect the DoF. It appears as though the plane of focus is on her face which leaves the dispensers in the background. This takes away from them as the main subject. The dispensers themselves are a very strong subject as a collection with something almost everyone can relate to in the variety of figures. An adjustment in levels would help to minimize the floor and maximize the dispensers. A lot of the dispensers are yellow on the base, and even some of the red and green ones present and awkward contrast to the overall hue of the floor.
Color – there are a lot of colors in this shot. I think the hair color and the floor color present a hard contrast to the bright colors of the bases. After a levels adjustment, contrast adjustment really made a lot of the duller shades here stand out and made the stronger ones even richer and fuller. This also helped with the floor coloration.
Lighting – except for the bright spot which appears to be a flash or at least a single bulb, the overall appearance is a little on the dark side. The colors are so vibrant I feel a different setting with different lighting and this collection would be a lot stronger as a subject. Using a solid white or black background would have allowed a more complimentary lighting to be used.
Challenge requirements – excellent representation of a collection. The set up shows a creative idea that is well represented.
Overall/my opinion – I really think this collection has a lot of photographic potential. They are such great subjects and offer so many possibilities that I just don’t feel this scene meets that potential. I find the woman a distraction and as stated above really feel she presents a big conflict for the camera that didn’t need to be.
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12/06/2005 09:10:18 PM |
| great photo! a different background would have helped reduce glare and have the colors pop. love how you've included the collector in the image. |
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12/06/2005 02:38:18 PM |
| I would have left the woman out of this picture and focused more on the pez collection |
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12/04/2005 06:39:49 AM |
| Nice collection of PEZ candy holders. The face in the photo was a nice touch. |
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12/04/2005 02:36:22 AM |
| Full marks for originality. I wish the Pez dispensers were more in focus. |
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12/03/2005 12:53:36 PM |
| There is a lot of unrealized potential here. I am imagining all these pez standing up on a monochormatic background. Either they are all facing the same way, lined up in a grid, or they are grouped into cliques seemingly chatting. The wood pattern is distracting here as is the flash. |
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12/02/2005 12:37:53 AM |
| That's pretty sweet! Pez Rocks! 7 |
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11/30/2005 11:14:44 PM |
| Looks like you have some good old ones. I bet you could sell that spiderman one for good money. |
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11/30/2005 10:52:54 PM |
| Nice Pez collection and arrangement - more DOF, and a Pez between the teeth would help. |
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11/30/2005 08:13:07 PM |
| LOVE THIS IDEA~!! good job! |
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11/30/2005 05:15:28 PM |
| 3 - A lot of potential here. Criticism; in my opinion, if you really wanted to include this lady in the shot, then she should be 'placed' secondary to the dispensers. The 'set up' potential you have with all those dispensers, including their variety - is vast. This just looks too 'snapshottish'. The background and lighting also needs attention in my opinion. |
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11/30/2005 08:42:49 AM |
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11/30/2005 07:44:30 AM |
| good idea, good collection. but over exposed and composition could be better. Suggest you do quarter face with focus on the eye at the bottom right might have more interesting effect. |
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11/30/2005 02:19:14 AM |
| She should have giant pez candy coming out of her mouth. ;-) |
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11/30/2005 02:16:31 AM |
| That face is rather distracting... |
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11/30/2005 02:15:04 AM |
| I like the human touch here. Good idea. It really makes the photograph mean something. |
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