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casualty of an ill-conceived feast
casualty of an ill-conceived feast
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Kitchenware (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Nikon D50
Location: Randolph, MA
Date: Apr 19, 2007
Aperture: f/16.0
ISO: 400
Shutter: 30.0 sec
Galleries: Interior, Textures
Date Uploaded: Apr 20, 2007

This is a pot turned upside down exposing the burnt and scarred bottom. I thought the pot and the food residue on it provided a nice texture. The photograph was taken at an ISO of 400 with the available fluorescents around the kitchen. I slowed the shuter speed to 30 sec.

Edits: Raw Conversion, Hue and Saturation, Gausian blur Layer Mask, Grayscale, Curves.

Statistics
Place: 140 out of 149
Avg (all users): 4.6420
Avg (commenters): 7.2500
Avg (participants): 4.5714
Avg (non-participants): 4.6750
Views since voting: 676
Views during voting: 310
Votes: 176
Comments: 7
Favorites: 0


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05/04/2007 07:35:48 PM
CRITIQUE CLUB CRITIQUE
by karmat

First impression -- Honestly, I kinda went, "huh?" Then, I read the title, looked closer at the picture, and had to laugh, more out of experience, than anything.

Compositionally, the framing you have chosen isn't really interesting to me. There is nothing really to "rest" the eyes on, and no where for them to "go" within the picture. Therefore, without the title, the viewer may miss the "story" behind the shot.

Technically, the focus and exposure is good, and the bw works well.

If you wanted a higher score, I would suggest trying a couple of things. Having some "context" in the background could add some interest to the "story" and would help to draw the viewer in. Too much, though, and it will overshadow the subject and be distracting. Another option would have been to rotate it to the right about 30 degrees so that it was in the diagonal in the frame. If nothing else, this would help to add some "motion" to the shot, and it wouldn't feel quite so static.

If I need to further clarify or explain myself, please feel free to contact me.

Karma
  Photographer found comment helpful.
04/30/2007 12:09:34 AM
Ah, and my kind of score too. Heh.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/29/2007 09:47:54 AM
i like the humour in this.
04/28/2007 09:33:01 PM
The picture is a tad crooked. Is it a bowl? If it is, great detail and contrast. If it isn't. What is this?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
04/27/2007 12:36:45 PM
Absolutely no idea what this is - certainly intrigueing and I shall revisit after voting to see if there is an explanation!
04/26/2007 10:00:03 PM
Nice concept
04/24/2007 02:28:22 AM
Yay! This is my kind of entry! Not sure what you're looking at or the relation to the challenge at first, a visual presentation that isn't too "polished" or "flashy", and a great, subtle and poetic title to top it all off.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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