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10/22/2007 05:31:40 AM |
Deb - salt is a very touch subject for photography - especially without very well controlled light and a good macro lens. Salt itself is very cool - it looks like little grains but is not uniform or cubic like you think. If you were to use a significant magnification (reverse lens mount or higher power macro lens) you would be on to something.
Salt is a rather plain target for a shot and the technicals (lighting, color, focus, composition, etc) all have to be outstanding to really come off.
Things I noticed:
1. The noise problems that others have commented on really impacted the score. The image appears muddy throughout
2. Your image has a very shallow DOF that made the image appear very muddy and the area in-focus was not extremely sharp. By shooting at the low angle, you have added to the shallowness of the DOF.
3. The composition really does not draw me in - there are no specific lines to pull the eye. By taking the salt an manipulating it so it forms a specific shape may have helped - say an s-Curve where the in focus salt is right in the foreground and the "S" leads your eye away
I hope this stuff helps!
Peter
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10/22/2007 12:18:16 AM |
| I agree about the noise but I do love your background color against the salt. Well you can laugh at all the low voters when they are out slipping on the ice and you are out tossing the salt hehe. |
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10/15/2007 05:51:51 PM |
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10/15/2007 07:17:28 AM |
| too much noise in the unfocused areas |
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