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06/12/2004 04:05:15 PM |
Greetings from the Critique Club.
OK lets first review some of the comments given during the challenge marking. Most commentators have mentioned the 3 second exposure and the sweep of the second hand. I agree, I really liked this when I saw it, and marked it highly for just that reason. However, it is true also that this element is not obvious enough, and probably lost a few votes because of this.
Lets move onto the watch itself now. Because you are in close with a macro lens, you need to make sure the object is very clean, any dirt or inperfection shows up here. I think a good clean might have helped, just take a look at the outer bezel, just above the 30, Its not clean and contributes to the overall reduction in sharpness. On the chrome pieces I think I can see reflections of the room too, this can be avoided by using a light tent (see the link here for details of how to construct a very cheap light tent Light tent article). Of course it might be that the reflections are not the room, in which case I stand corrected.
Moving out the background has some grain, which people have commented on below. A good clean background together with the light tent would help massively here.
Finally the crop/composition. As remarked below the image relies on symmetry, and the crop has just managed to miss this. Its almost but not quite there, which is a shame.
Having said all that, I would like to say I am amazed that it ended up in 77th place, it deserved a much higher position than that, simply for the second hand sweep.
I hope some of the points I raised here will help when you come to some future challenge. If so then its been worthwile taking the time to have a deeper look into your entry.
Good luck with future challenges.
Keith
Message edited by author 2004-06-12 16:13:20. |
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06/06/2004 11:25:04 PM |
| I love the three shadows from the second hand. :) Nice grain to the image, and excellent showing of threes. Beautiful image. 9 |
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06/04/2004 09:09:52 PM |
| Great detail on clarity. I like the time-lapse effect of the second hand.... 7 |
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06/03/2004 01:19:41 PM |
| Nicely done. I like the subtle three shown by the moving second hand. You could probably crop tighter- maybe even into a horizontal format. |
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06/02/2004 09:41:20 PM |
| I knew I liked this shot when I first voted. Now that I'm revisiting it to comment, I noticed (for the first time--duh) the 3 second hands. I like it more now, and I'm upping my vote. Only complaint would be - starting the exposure 1 second earlier would have centered the second hand on the 3 mark. |
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06/02/2004 05:58:28 PM |
| Took me a while to figure out the moving hand. It's not obvious enough, it looks like a watch picture. Not a bad watch picture, but still just a watch picture. I do like the slight graininess. 7 |
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06/01/2004 01:43:12 PM |
| Very good take on the challenge with very sharp contrast effects. It could have been cropped a bit more evenly. Compare the space between the buttons at 2 and 4 and the distance to the frame. There is much more space above 2 o'clock than at 4. Also, the background shows lots of compression and noise probably due to the long exposure. |
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06/01/2004 08:54:47 AM |
I think if your lighting was better, you'd have less noise in this shot.
good composition - the curve of the watch makes it interesting, yet the 3 always attracts my attention. cool about the little movement in the second hand. |
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05/31/2004 05:28:09 PM |
| Nice catch of the three-second hand. |
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05/31/2004 04:19:45 PM |
| just brilliant, i love it. my personal pick thus far :) |
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05/31/2004 10:32:50 AM |
| Very smooth...hope this one does well! |
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05/31/2004 12:49:07 AM |
| Very clever. I hope it's not too subtle for people to notice at quick glance. A 1Hz strobe flash, I assume? Must have been frustrating to wait a whole minute between tries. |
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