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12/22/2004 02:59:59 AM |
*Critique Club*
This photograph has a certain morbid appeal to it. Ones eyes tend to travel repeatedly over the subject to see if one is really seeing what one is.
The composition on this photo lacks a little. The focus is tight on the centre of the subject, and provides excellent pattern details, yet it is so tight that the rest of the subject is out of focus.
While the graytones are excellent, I do believe that a little more exposure, say a shutter or 1/125 would have given better highlights to the scales.
Trying to imagine the subject as "broken" seems to belittle a serious event. Death, whether in an "unthinking" animal or in a person is more of an end than something that is broken. What is broken can normally be fixed or at least replaced. Also the title "Circle of life' depicts that there should be birth somewhere in the photo, which it isnt. Maybe the idea was "Circle of life broken", but without that last word in there it is hard to be certain what part of the photo is depicted as broken other than the dead fish.
The mid-gray tones of the photo tend to make it near to impossible for me to tell whether it is noise or not, which is a good and a bad thing. I cant see any noise, because there seems to be a lack of detail in the background/side areas.
IMO this photo could have been edited slightly, levels adjusted, contrast added, to have made it qquite more spectacular than it is. |
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12/19/2004 01:15:58 PM |
| this one says "death" to me, but not broken so far |
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12/18/2004 08:57:16 PM |
| interesting. not sure i like the negative space at the top, or the close cut to the tail at the bottom - perhaps a different angle. texture is great, and so is the contrast. |
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12/18/2004 02:42:22 PM |
| I wish like hell this had more foreground depth of field and a hair less crop to the tail. Is "dead" the same as "broken"? |
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12/17/2004 10:52:58 PM |
| I like your shot because it has emotion behind it while having good detail. I like the B&W you have used and the photo is technically sound. I think we need more photographs on this site that shows emotion not just technically sound photos with no meaning behind it. Good Shot! |
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12/17/2004 05:45:01 AM |
Technically: a well composed and well lit picture
Aesthetically: Eeugh! a dead fish! |
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12/16/2004 04:25:53 PM |
| Nice texture and perspective. Great title and interesting take on the challenge. Good luck. |
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12/16/2004 03:56:26 PM |
| mmmm. chopsticks, please. |
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12/16/2004 01:47:40 PM |
| Good textures I like the story in this one, good choice with b&w too :) |
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12/16/2004 01:25:48 PM |
Composition: 6, lines and curves are interesting. like the textures and the lighting
Technical: 5, wish the whole fish had been in focus. if you intended a shallow dof, fine, but i don't understand why you would do that.
Appeal: 5, i can take it or leave it. i can appreciate it for what it is and the way you've captured it, but, all the same, it's not anything i'd hang on my wall.
Challenge: 1, sorry, but you blew it here. i see nothing broken. dead, yes, broken, no.
Overall Calculated Average Score: 4, nice effort, good luck! |
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12/16/2004 11:01:06 AM |
| Unpleasant for sure...I don't see the "circle" depicted either |
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12/13/2004 11:34:09 PM |
| Composition: 7, Technical: 7, Appeal: 6, Challenge: 6, Overall Score: 6 (weighted) |
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12/13/2004 06:46:08 PM |
| Nice BW tones... I like the gradient of the background. Not sure it suggests "broken" - more "dead". Although I guess in a way it's much the same thing. |
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12/13/2004 08:31:59 AM |
| Good dof on this lifeless image. Good luck. |
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12/12/2004 10:37:04 PM |
| Mmm, I can almost smell him. Great, great shot. |
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