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Challenge: Knife Fork Spoon (Advanced Editing IV)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Konica Minolta Maxxum 7D
Location: Natal, Brazil
Date: Dec 2, 2005
Aperture: F/4.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Interior, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Dec 4, 2005

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Statistics
Place: 145 out of 163
Avg (all users): 4.6667
Avg (commenters): 4.8750
Avg (participants): 4.3793
Avg (non-participants): 4.9118
Views since voting: 713
Views during voting: 313
Votes: 189
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0


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12/18/2005 06:47:48 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club Martin!

The Good: Well composed and the grain adds a mood to the photo. I like the background and the little shadow works nicely.

The Not so Good: I canĂ¢€™t tell if you intended it to be a self portrait, or it ended up that way so you titled it to fit. If you wanted it to be a self portrait you would need to be more easily visible. I donĂ¢€™t think you want to portray yourself as an insignificant orange blob on the back of a fork :)

Personally, I think the photo would be much better without the reflections. That would get a 7-8 from me with everything else in the photo being the same. Without the reflection I could see this hanging in a restaurant somewhere. With the reflection, this gets a 4-5 from me.

I hope you find this helpful. If you have any questions or comments on my review please feel free to PM me.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/10/2005 09:24:50 PM
Neat. Only comment is with the reflection, I would have liked this better without the prople in the photo and the window reflection is distracting. This could have been avoided with a different camera position. Good luck... 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
12/08/2005 11:50:15 PM
Nice pattern, although it reminds me of the 'naked kettle guy'. :)
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12/08/2005 03:46:31 AM
Great idea and almost made it, just too grainy and then you are in the reflection!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
12/07/2005 06:32:40 PM
He he I see you. Nice prespective on the forks.
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12/06/2005 07:25:52 PM
Unfortunately i can see your reflection! Probably not what you want for this type of photo if you can help it! Maybe if you had of changed the angle of the spoons slightly it would of reduced it! Good effort!
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12/05/2005 07:08:54 AM
for this to be a self portrait, I think its missing something.. YOU! I just can't see you in this shot, I can barely see a reddish orange spot towards the left but thats it. also the other reflections in the fork are a little distracting. good luck in the challenge!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
12/05/2005 04:11:22 AM
Nice lines, a bit grainy but gives it an aged look. Good picture.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
12/05/2005 02:41:44 AM
Out of focus. Then the title seems to be a way out of an uncomfortable predicament of those reflections you do not know how to get rid of...had a similar problem in my entry, just found a solution (5)


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