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Challenge: Things That Go Together (Advanced Editing I)
Camera: Minolta DiMAGE 7Hi
Location: My Apartment
Date: Jan 29, 2004
Aperture: F4.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/3
Galleries: Sports
Date Uploaded: Jan 30, 2004

My .40 Beretta on a black felt background.

Statistics
Place: 81 out of 164
Avg (all users): 5.4253
Avg (commenters): 6.2500
Avg (participants): 5.3524
Avg (non-participants): 5.5362
Views since voting: 1134
Votes: 174
Comments: 14
Favorites: 0


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02/12/2004 08:04:41 PM
*Greetings from the Critique Club*

A very nice picture!

Composition:
Wow, a very nicely composed shot! But I would have to agree that the crop on the left is a tad bit tight. I enjoy the velvet background actually, enhances the feel of a nice gun becuase that's about the only place you see a nice gun like this. I particularly enjoy the sharpness, and the crisp detail in the gun. A photogenic gun indeed. I think there could have been a little bit more bullet though because there isn't enogun emphasis on it in my opinion, it's just kind of a quick blurb of the shot (if that makes any sense). I think that adding more bullets that were obvious to see would have made this shot a little stronger, that's my own personal feeling. As far as the gun "issue" is concerned, I have absolutely no problems with it. It is my personal opinion that it is kind of silly to vote a gun down low because its an..."Oh my gosh, a gun?!! To me, thats not taking any consideration into the actual photo, and in your case here, a very fine one at that, that shouldn't be overlooked because it's a gun and those are "bad." Apparently, some voter haven't ever been to Idaho. :)

Lighting:
By far the strongest part of this image. It brings out the details is the gun very nicely. It was used very effectively here, nice work.

Overall:
A very nice shot! Just take into consideration that some voters aren't too savvy on the gun thing, even though they really shouldn't, just something to keep in mind in the future. Just a few minor compositional errors that could be fixed, those are what make the difference between a really good photo and a WOW photo. Good luck to ya!

~Matthew (goinskiing)

If you have any comments, questions, or concerns, feel free to PM me!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/05/2004 03:04:53 PM
Nice sharpness and use of light. But always when I see pictures of guns or knifes think I just think HOW LAME!!! This what I did think here. I tried to look on it from another way but I still think how LAME is this :( Sorry man just have to say this. I´ll give 7 for this either way

Message edited by author 2004-02-09 07:07:37.
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02/05/2004 01:25:29 AM
It's a touch too dark and too soft...
TC
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02/04/2004 01:17:15 AM
Not too keen 0n the topic but a great image nice crisp and clean well done
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02/03/2004 08:08:02 AM
Nice photo, scary subject
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02/03/2004 04:59:52 AM
I would have made the background totally black in the top left in post editing.
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02/02/2004 10:03:43 PM
What a great shot of the Beretta. Nice gun. Maybe if there was a couple bullets showing instead of just the clip.
Just an idea. Awesome shot though.
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02/02/2004 11:57:01 AM
Very good lighting! The crop on the left side is a little close to the edge.
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02/02/2004 11:12:19 AM
no.
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02/02/2004 10:19:37 AM
Nice choice in gun.
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02/02/2004 08:18:05 AM
cropped a bit too tight on the left side and a bit tto dark on the ammo. good idea
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02/02/2004 06:24:47 AM
Nice piece! Good photo!
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02/02/2004 12:46:25 AM
Gun shots always bother me. No matter how well this one is taken, I can't find myself wanting to vote highly on it. Besides that, I think that 2 items which rely on each other is a weak interpretation of the challenge theme. 3
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02/02/2004 12:13:53 AM
That's a very photogentic gun. Crisp work.
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