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01/13/2004 06:53:48 AM |
Greetings from the Critique Club
Initial thoughts/My opinion
The snowman is to me one of the tackiest items of the whole show, but the finger spoil the image. Also has some light issues.
Content/Composition
No question: as it has been commented by others the marshmallow snowman is reeeealy tacky but also cute. One sees that it has been handmade and that is nice. Arranging it in the tree was also a good idea, although the tree itself seems to be covered with snow-spray and thus the contrast to the snowman is not as high as it could be.
Main issue to me (as to others) are the fingers (probably needed to keep the snowman from rotation). They disturb so much, because they are as well focused as the snowman and thus attracts the viewers eyes as much. However, they are not important at all. Fixing the snowman from the back with a wooden stick or so would have been way better. Also the brown cookie in the back is not so well placed and thus disturbs.
Camera work -technically
Focus is just right and the narrow DOF works well to make a blurry background. The light is of course an issue: macro or closeup using flash rarely work and your image is a good example for this statement. Things turn out to look flat and cold, and the background gets usually way to dark (here it's the middle portion). Using a tripod or a solid support and a small desklamp to experiment with shadow and light is not only a fun thing to do, but one is always amazed how simple it is to set completely different moods by just moving the light around.
Digital Processing - Technical
You have might considered to change the tint of the image digitally to a warmer colour. Also a tacky border might have been good here.
Fits the challenge
Good luck for your further submissions
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01/06/2004 07:26:10 PM |
| While the photo is rather harsh (bright flash, shadows) I cannot think of a more tacky Christmas decoration. I just might have to make one of these for the office tree next year! lol |
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01/06/2004 01:01:52 PM |
| Nice manicure. French nails are so sexy! |
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01/06/2004 12:04:09 PM |
| No offense to the hand, it just seems to take away from the shot. |
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01/06/2004 02:38:16 AM |
| I think the fingers in the photo detract from it. Pretty tacky ornament though. |
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01/05/2004 10:18:57 PM |
| Would have been better without the fingers in the shot. |
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01/05/2004 12:30:25 PM |
| Marshmellows? What is this hand doing there? the photo of this taacky decoration would be better with out these fingers. |
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01/04/2004 11:58:43 PM |
| The hand is distacting and it could be sharpened up a little. cute though 5 |
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01/04/2004 10:32:02 AM |
| That's Nasty ! 9 :) Jacko. |
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01/03/2004 11:48:03 PM |
| Even though he's tacked together, that's actually pretty creative, I think. Looks like you used a flash, making a harsh shadow, but it makes it possible to see the detail that way. |
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01/03/2004 10:10:43 PM |
| again, cool idea but bad focus and lighting, plus the woman's hand doesn't fit either |
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01/03/2004 07:09:42 PM |
| uhhhhhhhh...why are you holding it??? I think thats a little odd and not that is not tacky its cute it looks like a little kid spent a lot of hard work on it!!1 |
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01/02/2004 04:36:35 PM |
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01/02/2004 06:16:40 AM |
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12/31/2003 09:02:05 PM |
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12/31/2003 08:31:02 PM |
| the fingers take away from the photo |
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12/31/2003 12:29:34 PM |
| would be better without the hand in the shot...are they holding it together?? |
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12/31/2003 12:04:10 PM |
| Cute idea to use marshmallows to make the snowman. Surely your creativity could have extended to a way to hang him. The hand in the photo ruins the illusion and contrasts badly with the desaturated tree needles. |
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12/31/2003 10:14:03 AM |
aaarh.. fingers!!!
original snowman but.. why the fingers on the picture!? |
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12/31/2003 08:07:50 AM |
| This is tacky, particularly those nails |
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