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The Steel of the Night
The Steel of the Night
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Challenge: Kitchenware (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Location: My house
Date: Apr 16, 2007
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/6
Galleries: Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Apr 22, 2007

 After taking photos of all my pots and pans together, this one was left hanging after I started taking them down to move the rack back to the kitchen window. I liked the way the light was hitting it so I took a couple of shots. It wasn't my favorite shot at first since my original idea was a photo of all of them together. But this one grew on me the more I stared at it.

Statistics
Place: 135 out of 149
Avg (all users): 4.6983
Avg (commenters): 4.5000
Avg (participants): 4.6667
Avg (non-participants): 4.7131
Views since voting: 798
Views during voting: 265
Votes: 179
Comments: 5
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 05/04/2007 07:32:31 AM
Hello from the Critique Club,

Obviously, from the comments you received, you know that the focus on this image was a little soft. A tripod would have helped considerably, as it is hard to get a sharp image when hand hold a camera at 1/6 of a second even with an IS lens. The soft focus on this image is by far the biggest reason your score was below 5.

Setting the focus issue aside, lets take a look at the composition. You were on the right track when you cropped the bottom of the pan at the bottom right corner. This is significantly more dramatic than if the whole pan was showing. However, some of that impact is lost with the handle being dead center in the composition. I often leave extra room around my subjects that I shoot for challenges so I can play with rotation and cropping. I would suggest you rotate this image about 35 degrees counterclockwise and crop it so the handle lands in the upper left corner and the pot in the lower right corner and see what you think (You will have some white areas in the opposite corners that will need to be filled in to get the full effect). An added benefit of the rotation and crop is that the large glare at the bottom right corner ends up getting cropped out. If you have trouble visualizing what I am suggesting, send my a PM with your email and I'll send you a quick edit over the weekend.

Feel free to PM me if you have any questions regarding this critique.

Tim
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/30/2007 08:34:14 AM
I really appreciate the comments - thanks! I think most of it was in focus but I turned up the contrast too high. I was not using a tripod which probably would've helped.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/29/2007 06:53:02 AM
well done...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/28/2007 09:35:30 PM
Very nice idea and composition, but it's a tad out of focus.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/24/2007 03:37:20 PM
Neat composition. Not very clear, though.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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