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06/08/2006 11:43:39 PM |
Hi from the Critique Club!
When I first learned how to do selective desat I was so pleased with the result that I applied it to every image I took:)) What I learned quickly is that not every subject suits selective desat and that you do indeed have to be 'selective' about when you use it.
In a challenge like this, Strawberry Fields was bound to be a popular choice, so you have to make your image stand out as you have done. But for me, it does not work here. First of all, it's very hard to make a good black and white of strawberries even without the sel.desat. They have little contrast in tones that you need to make a good B&W. Secondly, the brain reacts strangely to black/grey fruit - some primeval leftover warning system that tells us not to eat grey/black food as it is usually bad or rancid and therefore might kill us. So unconsciously the voter is feeling odd about this fruit.
Thirdly, the two strawberries you have chosen to colour are not the most appealing, healthy looking ones I've seen. The one on the left looks washed out and orange...whether that's due to the lighting you used or the strawberry I don't know. Also the orange one is out of focus a little. A smaller aperture would have given you more focus and depth of strawberry field:)
It was a good idea, but it didn't quite come off;)
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06/04/2006 02:39:47 PM |
I don't understand your choice of selective desat for this shot. It doesn't match your title. I don't see fields of strawberries. I see a pile of picked strawberries...
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06/03/2006 05:39:55 AM |
| I don't think the desat works we here. |
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06/02/2006 10:37:39 AM |
| whoa. this is beautiful! great job |
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05/31/2006 08:47:55 AM |
| Nice shot. I like how the 2 red ones stand out. |
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05/31/2006 01:38:50 AM |
NOTE.... I'm looking at the image first and tyrying to guess the title. If I can't guess, I can't give high marks :-(
not really... |
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