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01/27/2007 12:22:08 PM |
Greetings from the Critique Club
by strangeghost
The first three parts of this critique are written based purely on examination of your photo. "Final thoughts" is written after reviewing your score, photographer's comments, and voter comments.
TECHNIQUE
Your conversion to BW has left a fairly flat and uninteresting image. Sure, there are white whites (top edge of the seat) and black blacks (shadows between tank and bowl) but the overwhelming feeling of the pic is gray, gray, gray. Focus is good and I think you've made very nice use of a shallow depth of field. I think the lighting is the big downfall here - the image just feels to blah.
COMPOSITION
What's the best way to shoot a toilet bowl? You obviously want to stay away from the sterile "catalog" type shots and your unusual crop and perspective work well for you. You've captured the concept behind your shot nicely, with the seat not up but also not down.
EMOTIONAL IMPACT
Hmmm. I "get" the idea (I think), but it's not a real eye grabber, is it?
FINAL THOUGHTS
It looks like your commenters (and voters) had similar reactions to mine. I didn't vote this challenge and so didn't look at many of the shots (and therefore wasn't distracted by looking at lots of toilet shots), but I agree that this shot needed something to give it some wow (better lighting) and eye appeal (maybe a model lifting the seat, or whatever). As shot, it doesn't hold the attention or inspire questions, humor, or wonder. Doomed to the middle ground of the voting wasteland! |
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01/22/2007 04:14:02 PM |
| I agree that enhanced contrast could bring higher votes, but I actually like the edit as simple as it is. Best shot of its kind in this challenge, imo. |
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01/20/2007 09:20:16 AM |
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01/17/2007 10:27:07 AM |
| cool angle shot. very interesting |
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01/16/2007 11:28:46 PM |
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01/16/2007 10:48:57 PM |
| I love how you took a different perspective of the toilet idea and got right in there - great work. I'd suggest that you brighten it up slightly and possibly increase the contrast though. ;) |
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01/16/2007 09:21:28 PM |
| really like the technical aspects of this shot, the DOF is great! 8 |
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01/16/2007 12:40:05 AM |
so many toilets in this challenge eh? ..
like your perspective and composition .. |
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01/15/2007 11:45:06 AM |
A better perspective and crop on the most common of themes. Lighting quality hurts this image, it seems grey, not black/white. Leaving a feeling of flat lighting where it actually appears there may have been better dynamics in color. Nice use of DOF and good execution on the crop/angle/viewpoint.
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01/15/2007 12:31:13 AM |
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