"Bear"ing it all!by
JamDComment by redmoon: nice big polar bear arse! it's cute, and fit's the challenge, but i'm not sure it particularly qualifies as art! technically, it could be improved a bit: the background is hugely uninspiringly dull (looks like a quarry!), and the over-exposed areas of fur is a tad distracting (this could be lessened a bit by nudging the left pointer of the bottom bar under levels). composition lacks something too. in terms of character though, it works really well; the ponderous ploddy nature of the animal is conveyed effectively, and has that candid kind of feel...
Interesting take on the challenge, though isn't initially obvious. I think the setting up lets the shot down a little bit; the reflective surface at the bottom is kind of unreal looking, giving a portion of the shot a negative exposure type of look. And the positions of the forks appears a tad too random for a still life; one wonders if a more uniformed line or even a more fanned out approach might have been more effective.
The horizontal could do with some adjusting, thereby evening out the area of black at the bottom and not cropping off the top left fork so much. To be honest, the application of a chunky black border might have had the same effect.
My First Weighted Scoring System ΓΆ„ΒΆ; composition + technical 1/3, challenge 1/1, post processing results 0.50/2, ooooh factor 1.5/3, originality 0.75/1 = 4.75 (rounded to 5)
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