As much as I enjoy the concept of this image, something just does not sit right with me. From the looks of it, this image was lite with natural lighting from a window? To me, the lighting appears a bit flat, or some of your post work to decrease highlights flattened a bit much.
Looking at the distortion in the bottom left corner as I see it with the foliage, that area distracts my eye because it is not constant with the rest of the image. The other corners do not have that same distortion.
One thing I am indifferent about here is the use of dirt/grime, for me I think you did not push the dirty aspect enough with amount of dirt and it doesn't seem clean. Clean, not in the aspect of sweeping up a mess but in the aspect of balancing the image. There appears to be slight dust on the film, a bit of dust and lent on the camera and lens but a bunch of crunched up dried leaves in front, and nothing behind or on the top of the film container. Balancing out the dirt to make a cleaner composition and perception I believe would have granted an even higher score.
The White-space and angle I believe are workable as long as the rest of the image is balanced.
Lastly, and I have myself complained about this being told to me, the image could use a bit more sharpness. It appears just a tad soft along the edges. After looking more in depth at my own images and others, the view I had of sharp was not really sharp at all.
Andrew |
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