| I gave this a 4. In my opinion it was off-centered 'enough' to adequately meet the Challenge, but the overall composition and elements didn't really emphasize the placement nor the subject or 'story' enough. As best I can recall, I first saw it and accepted it as 'met the Challenge', then moved on to what it was, the quality and then the concept/story/title. As far as I knew/know, 'snake eye(s)' is 1 on the die/dice - so when looking at this, whilst I thought the placement of the one 'pip' (just learned through commenting on this that's the term for the 'dot') was odd, but honestly didn't study it long enough to see manipulation, visual effect, etc. I think the concept is quite good but would need to be 'captured' in a very strong way, without any distractions. The surface the die is on blends from black to brown and also has a few minor 'blemishes'. The blank white area on the die was quite dominant, especially over the somewhat weak reflection - which if that were stronger, would also have likely helped this in my opinion. Perhaps also a more finely tuned crop, especially at the top to give the die and reflection a better position within the frame, and possibly a nudge rotation for more symmetry, may have also helped make this a stronger image - again, just my opinion. Perhaps using just the 'natural 1 pip' and cloning it out on the real and leaving it on the reflection - but then I realize perhaps you did it this way as .. the pip is also off-centered. If so, that was lost on me during voting due to 'attention time'. |
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