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10/14/2007 04:21:42 PM |
| A very good effort. I really like the Texas outline. Colors seem a little muted. I'll bet this one could be bumped up and be a great image. |
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06/02/2006 12:56:57 PM |
Hello from the Critique Club, I'm Jon Rowe, and I will be looking at your image today :)
Great challenge to enter something like this in. I LOVE the composition of the peppers in the shape of the Texas. Me being from Arkansas (SOOOEY) i found this quite amuzing, and such a great use of space. great creative flow here.
as stated earlier by others, i think the only thing really wrong w/ this is the lighting. it's a rather "flat" lighting, which doesn't give any contrast whatsoever, leaving it with blown highlights and rather harsh shadows. you can really work with things like this for not very expensive at all. when i first got into lighting, i purchased a set of halogen work lamps at wal-mart for around $30 (came w/ 2) and it came w/ a nifty little stand, with a swivel mount. they were great, i really liked them. just an idea, you can mess around w/ some types of diffusers over them, just be careful w/ the heating, for they get very hot. that will give this the soft lighting this type of shot really needs to make all the darks/mids/highlights really pop.
once again, this is a great image, and very well placed. good score, and leaves room for improvement for the next challenge.
keep on shooting, and good luck on your future challenges :)
-Jon Rowe
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05/29/2006 01:04:32 AM |
| Brenda - I love this idea! Perfect arrangement of the peppers, and those of us in Texas can truly appreciate it! It is a little flat, meaning it needs a bit more light/contrast. It may have been a little underexposed when you took it, but you should be able to "pep" it up a bit in post processing. Try posting in the forums and I'm sure people can help you more than I can in things you can try. It's all a good learning experience here. |
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05/27/2006 04:19:53 PM |
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05/25/2006 01:39:32 PM |
| Like that composition but the image isn't sharp. Those peppers should be vibrant and attacking the viewer! |
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05/24/2006 08:49:52 PM |
| The white point correction seems way off here. |
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05/23/2006 07:34:02 AM |
| Seems underlit and the composition is not very good in my opinion |
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05/22/2006 06:44:03 PM |
| very creative, maybe some sharpening to bring out more details |
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05/22/2006 06:09:11 PM |
| Great idea - don't mess with Texas (isn't that what they say?)... :) |
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05/22/2006 06:01:08 PM |
| This is a very nice still life arrangement of chiles. Glad you resisted the unreal flames to show they are hot. |
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05/22/2006 04:09:15 PM |
| A good idea for this challenge but overall it seems dull and flat and too soft of a focus. |
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05/22/2006 01:58:41 PM |
| image seems a bit out of focus to me ... |
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05/22/2006 12:42:01 AM |
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05/22/2006 12:35:49 AM |
| Nice idea. I little dark (at least on my monitor) but I didn't mark it down for that. |
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05/22/2006 12:23:13 AM |
| that's just way too creative!!!! awesome...the only thing I would suggest is to clean up the background a little so it's consistant black (might be my computer screen) and sharpen it a little! |
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