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06/14/2007 04:18:15 PM |
Greetings from the Critique Club! Welcome to DPC and contgrats on your first entry. It's one I like a lot!
Pros:
Beautiful subject; beautiful composition. The water drops do stand out nicely. I'm personally a fan of B&W florals; I think it forces one to look beyond 'pretty colors' to get to what a flower has to offer, and leads to subtly beautiful images.
Cons:
Unfortunately, subtly beautiful images don't score off the charts here; the ribbons tend to go to very eye catching images. This is simply a factor of the number of voters and the number of images they're going through; there's generally not time to really commune with an image.
Some people complained about the darkness of the image; I see their points though I don't personally agree; I might consider cropping some of the dark area from the bottom which feels heavy and slightly distracting. Without seeing the original it's hard to comment, but some playing around with the B&W conversion might add more contrast without compromizing the dark feel.
The water drops are great, but a few are a little smeared; it's nitpicky but tidy perfect drops are going to do better here too.
Challenge:
This is where I would comment on how you met the challenge, but as it's a free study there's not much to say! ;)
Congrats again on a great shot and welcome to DPC. Free studies are a tough place to get started but you did well, and I look forward to seeing more of your work. |
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06/08/2007 12:06:02 PM |
| Thank you for all of the great advice, votes and comments! I do have it in color but no matter what I did to it I couldn't get the water drops to stand out the way they do in this one. I'll keep playing with it though. |
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06/08/2007 12:50:55 AM |
| Screw everyone who though it was too dark and would be better in color...it's beautiful and should have done much better. Don't change a thing. |
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06/07/2007 10:58:52 PM |
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06/07/2007 09:37:55 PM |
| pretty image - the drops are so shimmery and bright |
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06/05/2007 11:28:35 PM |
| lovely. you almost redeem water drops. 7 |
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06/05/2007 08:44:10 PM |
| beutiful low key. i like the focus on the water drops. |
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06/04/2007 09:11:33 PM |
| Love the droplets. Great detail -- love the crop. Great job. 8 |
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06/03/2007 03:30:30 PM |
| I like the use of B&W for this. |
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06/02/2007 08:38:57 PM |
| This is a little too dark. It has a lot of potential though. |
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06/02/2007 04:32:14 PM |
| So pretty and strong in b/w. |
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06/02/2007 11:14:16 AM |
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06/02/2007 10:19:10 AM |
| Would be better in color but that is JMO |
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06/01/2007 07:30:30 AM |
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