Hello, Greetings from the Critique Club.
As requested, here is an indepth critique of your submission. Please keep in mind this is a personal opinion.
First Impression - the most important one:
Nice shapes in the candle. The colors work for me.
Composition:
You used the 1/3 rule in your photo, but it looks a bit dull to me.
Subject:
It fits the challenge, but you might have played around with the suet (?), bend and shape it, so it becomes a bit more interesting for the voters.
Technical (Color, focus, and light):
Focus: focus looks good, allthough it might have been better to use a smaller aperture and have the flame in focus too. But I'm not sure, and you've probably tried that too.
Color: colors look allright to me. The pure black background works great with your image.
Light: The light of the candle is ok, and you did good to not use another fill-light or something like that.
I think this image looks good enough as it is, but it might have been a bit boring for the voters. A little experimenting with the candle (if you'd like to do that, of course) might have worked.
I hope you've found this critique helpful. Good luck with future challenges! |
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