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12/29/2007 07:57:38 PM |
Shannon,
As the rest have mentioned quite accurately , the lighting can be improved further. You top lighted the image and caused
very harsh shadows. Try to diffuse your lighting. If you used flash , use a diffuser (if you don't have one just cover the flash head with
tissue paper - use 1pc. to start with).
By the way I did PM you hope it helps.
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12/29/2007 07:38:51 PM |
The pin is perhaps too ordinary (I think the key to this challenge was to take something at the exciting end of ordinary). But apart from that, there are some things you could have done to make it more interesting:
a) more interesting background (eg. place is on a wool sweater which has a pronounced texture, or on a blanket that looks like it could be of Hopi origin; or place it at an angle on a mirror so you can see both top and bottom of the pin)
b) change the composition so that it is not right in the middle (consider the rule of thirds, for example)
c) add other items to the image that either complement or contrast with the pin
I also agree with the previous comments about glare/lighting
Hope this helps.
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12/29/2007 12:12:07 PM |
| Okay.....this image is clean and decent, but it doesn't really grab you and make you want anything from it like more of a description, or the pin itself; the back ground is a little flat, and it's just kind of too ordinary. Maybe had it been brighter, or on a brighter background..... |
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12/23/2007 12:22:08 PM |
| Nice detail and tone. It would make a fine illustration to show it in a book or on Ebay. I just don't find much to hold my interest in the view of it. A little too plain a view of an interesting item. |
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12/22/2007 03:05:19 PM |
| poor choice of background |
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12/21/2007 05:39:06 AM |
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12/21/2007 05:03:26 AM |
| Nice object. I think the lighting is not very appropriate, the reflection is too strong. |
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12/19/2007 11:46:48 PM |
| Try softer lighting to avoid such a hard-edged shadow and such a hotspot in the middle. |
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12/19/2007 10:20:40 AM |
| A sentimenal thing, very intricate. |
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