I think you knew your own problem ahead of time. "Camera was handheld at 1/15 s." This picture needs a bit more DOF so that the subject are in focus from front to back. It looks like you didn't do a bad job holding, but I'm sure even at this aperture, the pic could have been sharper on a tripod. Abstract, to me, doesn't have to be OOF. Rather it's a picture which relies on shape, pattern, or design as its own subject. The pattern the fork makes is interesting; the spoon, less so; and the knife, even less.
I wonder, and I'd have to see this, if you upped the DOF and pushed the spoon and fork closer together, what you'd come up with. You'd have an abstracted "x" and that might be visually pleasing. I'm just guessing here.
We also know the CW says "abstract doesn't do well at DPC", so maybe a 5 was good... :) I gave it a 5 myself.
Message edited by author 2005-12-12 16:32:49. |
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