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08/26/2003 06:33:24 PM |
Hello from the Critique Club Gordon
I ... well, I don't quite know what to make of this image, certainly for this challenge. Ordinarily I wouldn't like the lighting at all - that harsh flash flattening everything - and my first reaction was to be perplexed about the negative space aspect.
What I see now is quite a mournful photograph - the darkness that surrounds the insect suggests the end of the day, and somehow one doesn't expect a butterly to survive the night (I've no idea of their actual lifespan, but I'm sure it's numbered in days rather than weeks). The broken stick adds weight to that impression. So in that sense it's almost an ideal photograph - the three elements combine perfectly to produce the impact of the picture, no wasted information, little complexity: a declarative statement.
But I do dislike the lighting: almost all texture has gone from the wings, they could almost be cut out of paper, and likewise for any depth to the twig/stick. Any improvement would be tricky to achieve for sure - what possibility of using a handheld flash in that situation? Something at least to get the light away from the plane of the camera, to give some light and shade to the subject?
Good work nevertheless - and for me a very good score for the image.
Ed |
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08/24/2003 03:07:31 PM |
| This is beautiful. Nice compositon, texture and colors. Excellent use of negative space by keeping the background dark and blurred. -T |
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08/19/2003 02:47:02 AM |
| 9. This is a great shot. The exposure and DOF are just right. The wings look like paper! The only reason I'm giving this a 9 and not a 10 is that I don't really get the feeling that it was taken FOR the challenge. The negative space is definetely not really what comes to mind as the power of the shot, it's simply a well blurred background as created with the proper aperature. Still, I can see why you submitted it, the negative space is pretty interesting and I wouldn't have been able to not submit such an amazing shot either! Good luck in the challenge. |
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08/18/2003 01:15:34 PM |
| Nice shot, but I think the butterfly is too prominet it overwhelms the negative space. |
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08/18/2003 12:39:35 AM |
| Neg. space here suggests that the butterflyis part of a larger world. Nice. Lighting is slightly harsh on the butterly--but only slightly. |
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08/18/2003 12:36:34 AM |
| nice shot but the surrounding space does not create the wow. |
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