Baseball
by picturehappy

Comment by ericwoo:
Hey there from the Critique Club

First of all, welcome to DPC and congrats of breaking that first entry barrier. 5.59 is a pretty respectable score around here and its a great place to start.

Camera Work/Technical: Very nice. You did a terrific job with your depth of field use to isolate your subject from your background. Your focus on the circle is spot on and your white balance setting captured excellent color and tones.

Lighting: You were also pretty strong here, but I think having the child just a hair darker would have isolated your subject even better.

Composition/Content: I think that this is where the voters struck you down a bit. I have to disagree with cb16 in that I don't believe the child needs to play any more of a role. However, I do think that the ball is positioned a bit awkwardly in this capture. I think that if you'd have covered that right eye more or let us see about half of his face, this one would have done much better.

My Opinion: Very nice work and a great way to start your DPC life. Now you'll never be the same...and I think that's good...maybe. Either way, you did a fine job meeting the spirit of the challenge and you did it with a nice image. With a slight adjustment to your overall composition, I think that this one would have scored a bit better. Again, welcome, and I look forward to seeing more of your work.

Eric

Jacob
by picturehappy

Comment by haakky:
The handle (or what it is) to the left is stealing to much attention.

Jacob
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Comment by lovethelight:
wow great balance between the blue and the red, it really brings out his eyes while having a really natural glow to the picture, the handle on the left adds some texture, but i kind of would like to see it in focus

Jacob
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Comment by Nullix:
Oh, I like. I would've thought the red thing on the left would be distracting, but you don't notice it with the great contrasting colors (blue and red). Maybe that's the only thing wrong with this shot (the red thing on the left).

Great shot and focus on the eyes. Good luck.

Jacob
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Comment by pamelasue:
colors work well together ... but his skin takes on a lot of the red from the door ...

Jacob
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Comment by jfwolpert:
love the colors

Jacob
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Comment by kashi:
I love the red background. I don't love the handle on the left side though.

Baseball
by picturehappy

Comment by kandykarml:
Congrats on your first entry !!! I think it did really well.. I still can't figure out what the guy means by saying the baseball is a sphere nore do I understand what more of a story could have been told with this shot.. lol.. I guess I'm just not deep enough.. Well done..

Baseball
by picturehappy

Comment by kandykarml:
I looooooooooooove this shot !!!! You rule Danette.

Baseball
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Comment by Bud:
nicely composed.