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06/08/2009 01:21:36 PM |
Thank you Susan for your in depth analysis, you are 100% right about everything mentioned in your critique, thanks once again and all the best,
Ameed, |
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06/06/2009 07:40:00 PM |
Greetings from the Critique Club!
Initial Impression: very good conceptual shot but falls short in some areas, most already pointed out by commenters. And you are dicing with death by inventing an acronym to go with the BMW. I worked as a copywriter in advertising, and you unless the client is launching a brand extentsion, you NEVER, ever, ever mess with their brand name! Everyone knows BMW is a primo product. No need to invent an acronym to support it.
Technical: the lighting is quite good, composition is acceptable car ad 3/4 front shot. You did a lot of pp, which means your pp is way better than mine - but remember you must have a good shot to work with in the first place! This is a good shot, but could be better.
Artistic: Shot cluttered by the trees. Eliminate the trees and white thingys and shot would be much stronger. Hood of car too dark, maybe try a strobe on the left. I have to agree that too much light on hubcaps. Show more car, less hubcap.
Overall: A very good effort but needs work (see above)
If you have any questions feel free to PM me,
Susan
Remember what I've always said: if at least 50% of your commenters say the same basic thing about your shot, they're probably right! |
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06/01/2009 12:09:56 AM |
| i gave this an 8, without the txt it would have been a 10, alot of car ads are dark! |
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05/30/2009 01:14:06 PM |
| Pretty cool, nice setting |
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05/30/2009 11:22:53 AM |
| If you had a babe in there... |
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05/30/2009 11:06:27 AM |
| from my son: that's a cool picture :) guess that's it then |
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05/28/2009 10:47:23 PM |
| A great idea, however the lighting on the car is not even enough. Too much of the car is too dark, while the wheels are well lit and bright. The setting of the photo is really good, and with a well lit car, this would have been very good. |
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05/28/2009 11:04:54 AM |
| i like the car a lot. but i dont like how dark the photo looks. |
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05/28/2009 10:53:59 AM |
| Wow i mean i'm not in to cars but that's gorgeous.Nice lighting and background. |
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05/27/2009 04:40:11 PM |
| Moody! Color & Sheen are Amazingly Superb! Great Work! 10!!!!!!!!!! |
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05/27/2009 04:11:33 PM |
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05/27/2009 02:46:28 PM |
The main subject and the background are interesting enough to achieve a good ad image. I would give this a 5 though, because (IMO) a few technical and concept issues have ruined that object:
1.- The worst mistake is conceptual: the use of a kind of "motivational poster" design with fonts, color and a slogan that this famous brand (or any other brand)would never use.
2.- On the processing: you could have (and should have) used the advanced editing rules to solve these issues:
a)compensate the (under) exposure of most of the car...and maybe get some very subtle detail on that tree. Dim a little the excess of light on the grass.
b) clone out those two distracting whitish things on the grass: one in front of the car, the other one below the rear wheel, close to the lower edege of the image.
3.- On the shooting: you could have solved part of the issues mentioned above by moving the car 2 or 3 feet closer to the camera position. |
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05/27/2009 02:02:24 PM |
| lovely image..not sure about the text..the two don't jive in my mind |
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05/27/2009 06:54:56 AM |
You've let down what could be a potentially good ad here.
I think you're exposure, which admittedly must have been tricky, has left the car a touch dark. Also, the car itself feels out of focus, I'm not entirely sure if that's the case, but the back part definitely feels like it's not as sharp as it could be.
Now the biggey, the text ruins this add. What is otherwise a nice ad with some good scenery is completely ruined by the text. If I saw that by the side of the street I definitely wouldn't want one of those!
Giving this a 5, would have been a 7 if it wasn't for the caption! |
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05/27/2009 03:04:21 AM |
| a simple "B M W" would've been better. Photo is awesome though. |
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05/26/2009 12:35:31 PM |
| lovely the colors and the sunset behind - really well positioned shot - but I don't understand the wonderbike thing - its a car not a bike....not voting |
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05/25/2009 01:26:21 PM |
nice picture
(never park a convertible under a tree!) |
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05/25/2009 02:27:48 AM |
| I love the image but the text seems a little out of place. |
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05/25/2009 02:07:56 AM |
| photo great, not a fan of the text |
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