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08/24/2006 12:44:58 PM |
Hi! Hereâs a comment from the Critique Club.
Iâm going to break from my normal form for critiquing for this shot. I normally use a template to cover the different aspects of photography, but a more informal approach may be more effective here.
First, welcome to DPC! This is a great site, and you have the resources of so many excellent photographers to draw upon.
Make sure you enter as many challenges as you can. Learn from the feedback, try to incorporate the learningâs into your future shots. Practice, take lots and lots of shots, try new approaches. Thatâs the beauty of digital! But most important âHave funâ!
You have already received lots of good feedback on this shot. Poor depth of field, out of focus, grainy, blurry and centered. No need to repeat.
Given your idea, here is how I may have approached it.
1) The sparkler is so bright that it will be totally white with no detail, so ignore the âsparkleâ when setting your camera. Set your camera, pointing at what ever else you want to be in focus and properly exposed. (Assuming you are using auto focus)
2) Put the sparkler in some sort of context, totally isolated, in the hand of a child, (show the glow in their face and the sparkle in their eyes), be creativeâ¦
3) The wire rod around the sparkle itself will have a nice red/orange glow, try to capture the âheat.â The spent part of the wire will be nice and black with interesting texture. (Play with B&W but see what colours you can capture)
4) DPC voters typically like sharp photos that âpop.â Blur and out of focus need to be done very carefully. Donât forget the basic rule of thirds. In most cases itâs a safe technique to follow.
Good luck in future challenges!
Please PM me if you have any questions. (â¦There are no dumb questions!!!)
Bruce
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08/20/2006 05:12:23 PM |
| Nice concept, but seems slightly washed out. |
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08/18/2006 06:42:22 PM |
| That's a nice shot. Good job. |
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08/17/2006 06:45:51 PM |
| B&W doesn't help this shot |
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08/17/2006 02:19:36 PM |
| Not too sure about all of the noise/blur in the background |
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08/15/2006 06:08:16 PM |
| Not bad, but the OOF hand takes away from the pic... also a bit less centering would be nice. |
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08/15/2006 09:39:30 AM |
| Too much grain and blur for my taste. Maybe in color, this shot would have been a little better. Good luck. 5 |
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08/15/2006 09:07:03 AM |
| OOF and possibly noisy unless thats a filter you used. not my cup of tea. hope that helps. |
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08/14/2006 10:30:29 PM |
| I would like to see a wider crop and less image noise. |
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08/14/2006 08:47:50 PM |
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08/14/2006 05:08:20 PM |
First this really should be in color. The image is out of focus and not much WOW going on. I will not be as hard on this image as some. 4
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08/14/2006 10:30:59 AM |
| in my opinion, sparklers don't really produce fire, but sparkles ... none the less, I like the photo ... 6 |
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08/14/2006 02:13:20 AM |
| Honestly, this one hurts my eyes. |
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