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10/20/2005 07:53:37 PM |
Greetings from the Critique Club Peter!
"...Devote your photographic energies to making us feel good about ourselves and our lives."
This challenge was a bit tough to please everyone, every time. What made one person feel good about themself may not have been globally understood, nor accepted by the voters. Your submission generated acceptance as well as negativity and lack of understanding. Thanks goodness we have evolved from the dark days of eating in such a manner.
Composition:
Your composition pulls the eye right to the main focal point - the raw fish, which I am sure if not studied, appeared to many as a piece of raw beef. There is a leading lines effect here, as the eye first gets pulled to the fish, then draws attention upwards to the dark nose.
Lighting:
Your lighting on this was the key factor to the effect, and was done well. Dark & moody away from the main subjet, yet just enough on the outside to be suportive in the effect to show eating happening.
Post-Processing:
The post-processing here was in my opinon, very well done. White balance looks correct as well as the color balance. Colors are not over-saturated, and the darkness at the nose area was just right to allow it to be seen, but not take center stage. Detail level was good, not over-sharpened, nor noisy.
Suggestions/Improvements:
This image fell near the bottom of the challenge rankings, as I suspect was due to several reasons. One, many voters did not understand this, nor feel it met the challenge and Two, the appeal factor turned away many members. This was a dark humor shot with a touch of gross factor, as I am sure you were aware of submitting it. Thinking outside the box is a new-fangled term for creativity, which this shot defined. Mass appeal on an image like this is not generally going to happen here.
Keep your creativity flowing and by all means, keep shooting!
I hope this was useful to you, and please feel free to contact me via PM if you have any questions regarding this critique or anything else relating to the site in general.
Regards,
Brad |
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10/16/2005 07:20:03 PM |
| That must of been very difficult to do, even for a photo. EWW. Great Pic though, very savagey! |
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10/16/2005 03:36:13 PM |
| An interesting entry into the challenge. Personally, I'm not a fan of the grunge look, but your shot is well composed and creative. 6 |
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10/16/2005 03:28:28 PM |
| More graphic art than a photo, but it's interesting in places while too untreated in others (the meat for instance which is nearly virginal). Looks a tasty bit of fish that. That nose could do with some Biore pore cleansing though! : ) |
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10/16/2005 02:05:40 PM |
| not sure where you're going there, but a vivid photo anyhow. |
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10/16/2005 03:05:52 AM |
| I like the concept here, but it's really nasty! ;) beautiful grungy look. |
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10/14/2005 10:27:17 AM |
| Disturbing. Don't see the celebration but I do enjoy a good piece of meat! |
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10/14/2005 06:08:33 AM |
| The only thing I see is the need for longer nails and being dirty. Good capture. |
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10/13/2005 01:16:58 PM |
| Nice shot but don't quite feel the spirit of ... |
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10/12/2005 12:53:33 PM |
| I'd like the face dodged a little, but certainly a striking image. |
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10/11/2005 04:54:24 PM |
| Artistic expression worth a 6..creeping me out by some uknown slab of meat leans me to 4. I'll balance it with 5 and say, "What the F????? |
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10/11/2005 01:37:29 PM |
...because without it i wouldn't be able to eat my raw salmon with rice and seaweed! : )
gnarly image, with the composition and lighting on the hands. a real "be grateful for what you've got" kind of photo. very creative, and wonderful composition. |
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10/11/2005 11:42:16 AM |
| well ya got to the meat of it, unattractive but to the meat. |
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10/11/2005 10:51:27 AM |
| double eww! but i like the post processing and its very sharp. |
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10/11/2005 05:14:14 AM |
| Just not very visually appealing. |
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10/10/2005 12:06:17 PM |
| OMG! This is really an amazing shot! Makes me a little ill but still, wow, makes you think, thank goodness we have come so far! |
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10/10/2005 11:58:54 AM |
why why why why...
do I always give high scores to these photos that gross me out? :0)
Ummm- So well, it's very true... Ok, I really can't comment on this now. You can possibly check back later for more when I'm good & drunk!!!! ;0) |
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10/10/2005 06:43:35 AM |
| this is a marilyn manson album cover, not a celebration - ah to be young and enjoy rocking the boat - 4 |
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10/09/2005 11:14:15 PM |
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10/09/2005 09:06:49 PM |
| Very mood evoking. Is that salmon? Tuna? The darkness and the light work together in perfect harmony here. |
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10/09/2005 08:15:05 PM |
| awesome photo, different sort of celebration |
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