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11/18/2003 10:47:58 AM |
Greetings from the Critique Club!
This is a wonderful example of a classic still life shot.
Composition: I love the arrangement of the roses here. I think that having some in the background is a great idea. I also like the color of roses you have chosen.
Focus: Your use of a very narrow depth of field is a good idea - the background roses are very well blurred. My only gripe here would be that the plane of focus is just a little bit in front of the main rose in the shot. I think that caused you to over-sharpen just a little. If the front edge of your main subject were in perfect focus, then the narrow depth of field would be perfect.
Lighting: The bottom of your shot is perhaps a little bit dark. Maybe a reflector or a small light coming up from underneath would fill in those shadows just a little, without ruining the mood created by the dark areas.
Good work! I hope to see more of your work in the future. |
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11/11/2003 01:33:13 PM |
| Mmmm, I can almost smell the roses. |
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11/11/2003 07:23:44 AM |
| I love the soft pastels but while I like the backlighting, I find it to be too strong so that the background roses are too washed out and merge and detract from the main rose. I also think some fill light could have been used to illuminate the bottom of the photo more to show the greens of the stems better. Good DOF. |
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11/10/2003 02:18:16 PM |
| Beautiful. I can smell these roses. Perfect placement and point-of-view. Next time, do everything you can to sharpen that main rose! |
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11/09/2003 06:07:48 PM |
| Depth of field is perfect. i would have like to have seen a little more of the rose to the left, and the dark pink rose blurred in the background is a little distracting. |
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11/08/2003 01:00:21 AM |
| Love the softness this photo sets off. The pink is fab. I usually see roses (flowers) in vases for "still life" stuff, but I'm glad you choose to do a close up. Very nice. 10 from me =) |
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11/05/2003 08:19:41 AM |
| Out of topic, just like me. |
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