It Goes By Quickly
by thatguy

Comment by HBunch:
*Critique Club*
To me, this says 'School' rather than home, but I supose it could be representative of the town you're from, which then could mean home.
Anyway, I agree with jmsetzler that this fits in the category of 'literal interpretations of existing art' which means that this is really not within the legal rules accepted by DPC. Had this been requested, it surely would have been disqualified.
Setting that aside, the image itself doesn't appeal to me much at all. It looks like a floor mat.
I don't care for the bright flash of light in the middle.
Focus and clarity seem to be just fine. Overall just not my thing.
~Heather~

It Goes By Quickly
by thatguy

Comment by skief:
Sorry, doesn' tmake me think of home

It Goes By Quickly
by thatguy

Comment by jmsetzler:
In general, I don't care for photographs that are literal interpretations of another piece of 'art'. just my opinion tho...

It Goes By Quickly
by thatguy

Comment by Amiee:
This angle is not shot straight. I do like the lighting though. It sort of looks like the "welcome" part of the sign has more lighting focused on it.

It Goes By Quickly
by thatguy

Comment by eloise:
5. Fits the theme well enough, and there are no blatant 'you suck!' flaws to it, but neither does it really grab me for any reason at all. For reasons of composition, cropping, or subject choice, it's just a photo, and doesn't do especially much for me, aesthetically. I guess it's just not a subject that interests me at all.

It Goes By Quickly
by thatguy

Comment by Chuckie:
um...no

It Goes By Quickly
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Comment by Dustin:
good job. nice pic.

Got Fruit
by thatguy

Comment by ursula:
From the Critique Club

Hello Chris,

First Impressions: You did a nice job finding a subject for "Secondary Colors" in its own environment. It's a good idea to keep looking for oportunities to take photos.

Challenge: The secondary colours show best in the orange and green sodas and the purple background for the label on the orange soda. It is sad that the middle soda is not really a secondary (at least on my monitor it shows in tones of red and wine, not purple). I think that lessens the picture's impact.

Composition: The angle from which you took the picture makes it look a bit like an "ad". It's an interesting angle. It might be nice not to have a second row of sodas behind (blank background). I personally like the way you show only part of the bottles to the sides.

Focus/Lighting: Focus and lighting is adequate, but the glare reflecting off the bottles takes away from your picture. The colours of the soda, especially the middle bottle, are a bit too dark. It would be hard to change the lighting in a public space, but you could try to set up a similar scene at home, and play around with lighting.

Overall: Nice composition, meets the challenge, but feels too much like a quick snapshot, not like a polished entry. Keep at it!

Ursula (uabresch)
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Numbers?
by thatguy

Comment by MattW:
i don't really understand why you have all of these random numbers everywhere

Numbers?
by thatguy

Comment by kellie:
very nice