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09/15/2006 03:22:30 PM |
Hi, I̢۪m Christian, from the Critique Club.
This is a lovely image with crisp, clean colours. A lovely highly saturated pastel image. The lighting is excellent. The texture of the pastel flakes works very well, as does the tooth of the paper below. I like that the colours have blended on the paper to create that lovely soft grey you get with pastels.
The composition works well, with the lines of the pastels leading the eye into the powdered sticks in the centre. The contrast of the occupied space of the top and the empty space of the bottom right is very effective as well.
The only problem I see with the image is with the depth of field. I find it rather distracting that the blue pastel is so out of focus, and the red pastel is in quite sharp focus. I realise that when you̢۪re dealing with macro like this, a shallow depth of field is unavoidable. I just wish it was even.
So, a very good image indeed, with just one little niggly crit. You definitely deserved your top 20 placement. Well done!
If you have any questions about this crit, please pm me. I hope it̢۪s helpful for you1
Cheers,
C.
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09/11/2006 07:02:35 AM |
| Congrats on the placement and I adore the composition! |
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09/11/2006 03:32:50 AM |
| wow great placement. very nice photo! |
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09/10/2006 09:16:33 PM |
WTG Gabriela!
If this is what you do when you're not feeling very creative, then we're all in trouble. :D
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09/10/2006 09:04:34 PM |
| Congratlations on your top 20 finish with this great mix. |
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09/10/2006 04:24:31 PM |
| Really interesting, would make a great wall print in a classroom. |
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09/10/2006 04:47:58 AM |
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09/10/2006 02:19:44 AM |
| great image a little to much reflection but it got my vote |
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09/09/2006 09:00:31 PM |
| very nice. my only suggestion would be to slightly increase your depth of feild to have the chalk tops in focus as well. I see this as a nice poster ina childs room. 7 |
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09/05/2006 04:00:06 PM |
| The crumbled ends of chalk make this photo. Nice work. |
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09/04/2006 10:04:42 PM |
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09/04/2006 05:40:38 PM |
| Love the colours and the composition and the close crop. I wish the pastels were is focus as well. |
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09/04/2006 04:55:27 PM |
| great use of these colors! |
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09/04/2006 03:08:12 PM |
| I absolutely love this shot...the colors, the composition... The chalk could be a wee bit sharper but still a wonderful capture |
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09/04/2006 11:37:18 AM |
| Love this! Great for stock. The colors are perfect, vibrant yet soft and the composition is lovely. Bumping up. :-) |
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09/04/2006 07:55:10 AM |
| Very nice! This one is one of the best ones in this challenge so far. Nice lighting. The composition is perfect and the border helps too. |
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09/04/2006 06:29:12 AM |
| nice photo, great background to highlight the chalk |
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09/04/2006 12:26:13 AM |
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09/03/2006 09:37:22 PM |
| Very nice shot like the DOF |
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09/03/2006 08:23:22 PM |
| Pastel ckalk, look more pastel in full than crumbs. |
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