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02/01/2010 12:12:12 PM |
Greetings from the Critique Club ;)
Artistic Merit
Pros:
* Natural whites and blacks work very well. They are the strongest source of contrast that you can access. Like soft and sharp.
* This composition is an inverted triangle which is more adequate to dinamic photos where there is more visual energy flowing. Here it's a bit unstable and uneasy.
Cons:
* Failure to satisfactorily isolate the subject from the leaves in the background demands a different framing. Like  kellyo mentioned, a much closer crop would have solved a lot of the issues with this photo. Loosing the saturation would also work almost completely in hiding them also. Remember that presented with an almost B&W scene, our eyes will scan for color.
Technical Merit
Pros:
* Lighting on the subject is well controlled and very even.
Cons:
* There isn't enough DOF to cover the whole subject. What little is focused is almost on the edge of the frame where the eyes don't rest easily.
* A bit more constrast to darken some visible elements in background might have given the photo more POP!
Emotional Merit
Pros:
* Fresh subject. Definitely delicate and inline with the challenge.
Result
As you might already know, the lack of DOF is a serious issue with this picture as there is no place for the viewer's look to rest. Adding to that the fact that the greens in the background will atract more than the few sharp but cornered drops, this isn't a picture to look at for long.
Your result does seem fair, but I'm sure you will keep doing better and better.
All the best
Duarte Bruno
Message edited by author 2010-02-02 11:20:45. |
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01/23/2010 09:12:11 AM |
| You need to decide on your subject here. If it's the whole flower, then it needs more DOF to allow us to see more of the petals in focus. If it's the water drops, you could have come in closer and filled the frame with white. As it is, our eyes are jumping back and forth between the left and the right sides where the plane of focus lies. |
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01/20/2010 01:24:51 PM |
Good idea for the challenge however the focus is soft. :(
Soft can be okay but in this case the flower, water drops are lost. |
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01/20/2010 01:14:46 AM |
| I only wish I could see the raindrops more clearly. Otherwise, very delicate photo! |
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