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12/12/2005 10:55:16 PM |
Wanted to comment on one of your pics. Figured maybe one from a recent challenge would be helpful. (BTW your Freestudy IX is very good, couldn't find any real criticism/help to offer)
I gave this a 5 while voting mainly because it had several items, all competing for my attention. It seems a little unbalanced with the stacking of the glasses on LH side. Maybe more of a panoramic side by side treatment would have worked? I think a different color BG would have helped, Darker in my opinion. So, thats my two cents. Thanks for your comments on my hi key post. |
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12/08/2005 05:46:57 PM |
Hello from the Critique Club!
I have studied your image and have the following to offer:
Composition/perspective – right off I am struck by the illusion of leaning in this photo. This may have been enhanced by the crop/resizing, not sure. But the boot appears to be standing straight while the glasses directly behind it appear to be leaning slightly back. Placement of the glasses to the left (Paris/Australia) a little farther back may have prevented this. Not really a distraction, just a noticeable anomaly. Hard to tell exactly where the plane of focus is. The front of the boot appears to be it, but it gets lost in the clear glass with reflections on it. The glasses to either side which are farther back as well as the rear glasses all seem just slightly out of focus. The grouping is good, but perhaps if the boot was turned so the label showed, it would have helped eliminate some of the glare as well as helping the focus. The background is slightly off white. If this was whiter it might help to hide the glare on some of the glass since they all are clear and empty. Being off white, it makes the glare stand out more. However, on the other side of that, if it was whiter, the only part of the glare/shadow that appears to be an actual object (in the boot just to the right of the label) may also have been made more prominent. Tough call.
Color – the white is not fully developed and I think it would be a stronger image if it was. The control of the rest is good as evidenced by none of the green getting lost in the black around Las Vegas. Again this is evident in the London glass – the small bits of red still stand out and don’t get lost. Well done!
Lighting – perhaps could have been better. Hard to shoot clear glass against a white background, but it can be done. Overall, it appears as though this is natural light from a window (ha, just read your desc. And see it is a window, duh!). For the shot it is well done. The shadows are not overbearing and it is not so strong as to make the front surfaces of the glasses to just show reflection.
Challenge requirements – for collections this meets the challenge requirements fairly well. It is definitely a collection, but the glasses themselves, with the labels, cause you to look around the shot to read them as opposed to taking in the shot as a whole.
Overall/my opinion – the lighting perhaps is the weakest part of the shot. Using a custom white balance may have helped with the background which would have helped in this aspect. The shot has an overall ‘greenish’ tint to it. In my opinion, this may have been where it fell short with the voters.
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12/06/2005 09:12:12 PM |
| ...interesting display for your shot glasses. paris and the boot are the most visually interesting, and i think i would have enjoyed a composition that played up these two in particular. |
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12/05/2005 06:47:12 PM |
| cool subject, might have done something a little more creative with lighting (color?) to play off the subject |
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12/05/2005 10:49:46 AM |
| 6 pieces of kitsch = "everywhere" ? |
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12/04/2005 11:57:32 AM |
| Nice collection and photo. |
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12/03/2005 12:06:04 AM |
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12/02/2005 02:35:03 PM |
| I tried shooting my shot glass collection, went for quantity (approx 110) rather than quality, the pics didn't work out (your entry = less is more); anyway thought I'd title it "Need one from Iceland please ..." hehe. |
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11/30/2005 11:16:08 PM |
| very interesting shot!!!! Nice shot glasses... |
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11/30/2005 07:13:59 PM |
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