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10/04/2006 10:52:52 AM |
CRITIQUE CLUB COMMENT
IMAGE QUALITY
The nice clean, crisp image on the left is visually applealing. I think because of it's sharp focus the image sort of popped for me when I first saw it. The blurred image of the second lens doesn't really help this shot though. Your use of lighting is excellent here.
CHOICE OF SUBJECT MATTER
The subject matter (lenses) is ok, however, because the challenge is ABSTRACT it is too easily identifiable. The primary point of abstract is that it is not at easily recognizable for what it really is. The instant I saw it I knew it was a lens and using a lens for your subject in a group of photographers probably was a bad choice.
COMPOSITION
The composition is nice in my opinion, but again, the challenge is MACRO and while technically this probably qualifies as a Macro shot...it's just not close enough for us to feel a true macro feel of the shot. If you had gotten in MUCH closer you would have better met the Macro part of the challenge and probably the abstract part as well.
CREATIVITY
Unfortunately it's not overly creative...again because you're shooting a lens for a group of photographers. Obviously we're all interested in the subject matter but ESPECIALLY in this case you want to surprise the voter when the find out what it really is. If you're going to shoot a lens for your subject it should be so close up macro and so abstract that the voter slaps themselves on the head when they figure it out and say, "I should have recognized that!" I often vote a picture not just on it's technical aspects but on its creativity so I would have dinged this picture a little for that.
POST PROCESSING
Your post processing is fine...I think there wasn't a lot you could have done with this to make the actual image better. I think adding the border in post processing was a good choice...your use of the yellow border helps enhance the photo. Excellent job!
As I voter I would have scored you around 5. Though I lean toward 6 because the image is very good, I just don't think it meets the challenge of being "abstract" or "macro" enough and would have compensated by giving a 5. |
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09/28/2006 04:58:55 PM |
| This does not seem like an abstract to me. |
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09/28/2006 06:40:13 AM |
| wouldn't really class this as abstract macro...sorry |
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09/26/2006 07:26:02 PM |
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09/26/2006 04:19:23 AM |
| i don't really like the composition on this one but the left of the picture looks great, nice focus, and the lighting here is very nice |
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09/25/2006 08:41:42 PM |
| Nice and clear but I don't think this is an abstract. |
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09/25/2006 01:42:42 PM |
| This is possibly macro but not abstract. |
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09/25/2006 02:03:52 AM |
| Canon ... haha! too easy to see ... should have been closer, I think. |
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09/25/2006 12:42:32 AM |
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