eggs
by oferashel

Comment by Falc:


Hi, I've been allocated this image from the list of images on the CC list requiring an in depth crit. I'll do my best.

In my voting I actually gave you a 7 for this image, I forgave the 'imperfections' which other commenters have already mentioned, but I think many of the voters will have marked you down severly for this lack of attention to detail. A few minuted cleaning and setup would have payed dividends.

I will try to examine whether there are other aspects of the image which resulted in such an unjustified low final score.
In order to do that I'm going to compare it to the other 'three egg' shot in the challenge, which might shed some llight on what people voted for.

The two images are in effect almost identical in concept, however yours is composed with a very rigid vertical rythm, thats usually a very pleasing tool. But what can sometimes work is a break in the rythm and that appears to be the case here.

The lighting of your image is from the front and laft of the eggs, this makes the eggs blend into the white background, losing a little definition. If you look closely at the other entry you will see that the eggs are lit from slightly behind. This makes the eggs just stand out a little more and defines the left hand edge of the eggs.

I hope you don't mind me using someone elses image as the vehicle for this critique, but I do think its sometimes useful to understand the differences, especially when the images are so similar and marked so differently.

Hope that helps a little.

Regards

Falc

how do we make deep dof ?
by oferashel

Comment by mattrix:
clever, but no deep dof here?

how do we make deep dof ?
by oferashel

Comment by tastelikedirt:
Your getting tricky here...nice lighting, texture...this photo is pretty straight forward, but there is a lot to look at at the same time.

how do we make deep dof ?
by oferashel

Comment by ChrisW123:
LOL, are you the person who was asking about removing the apprature blades from a lens in the forum last week?! Hahaha, you actually DID it! Very cool, I've always wondered how these things worked. But I warned you, the lens is ruined now. :)

how do we make deep dof ?
by oferashel

Comment by graphicfunk:
good shot

how do we make deep dof ?
by oferashel

Comment by melismatica:
I guess this shot used deep DOF. It is hard to tell because there really isn't much in the way of background or foreground. The subject itself is not presented in a way I find compelling. It does demonstrate in a way how deep DOF is achieved so I'm not sure why you didn't just go out and take a shot of something using deep DOF to show off the advantages of the technique.

how do we make deep dof ?
by oferashel

Comment by Cantique:
Well executed image but I don't think it meets the challenge theme. Hence I am rating it lower than I would if it did.

how do we make deep dof ?
by oferashel

Comment by boogie:
very original...i just hope that everybody can understand your concept...the bottom is slightly overexposed...good luck

how do we make deep dof ?
by oferashel

Comment by jbeazell:
I hope that wasn't out of something expensive and broken :)

how do we make deep dof ?
by oferashel

Comment by ElGordo:
Great photo of a stripped out shutter and iris, but does not illustrate any exceptional DOF.