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01/03/2004 02:39:11 PM |
Greetings from the Critique Club
Initial thoughts/My opinion
Great, eye pleasing concept but regarding the image quality rather poor executed. The glare as focal point is a fine idea, but a little overdone.
Content/Composition
This is one of the few images where one sees the tumbnail-version and says "Great, that's gone be interesting" and after you click on it one is somewhat disappointed.
Have a look at the thumbnail: it shows an image of wonderfully flowing lines. The hair and the beautiful ear are building a homogeneous, very appealing background/surface with nice soft contrast. On this background one sees a well placed earring, which is shiny and bright and one looks forward to see its details.
Now click on the thumbnail: At least I was disappointed: the hair and ear are not as smooth as expected, they are grainy and full of artefacts. Some of the brighter hairs look fine, as long as they are include into the flow of the rest of the hairs. Other hairs, especially right below the ear do not add to this flow, you might have combed them too.
Now to the earring: it should be the contra-point to the nice female ear and hair. Shinny and crisp in contrast to the soft skin and hair (actually, I think this contrast is the big point of any jewellery). It's shinny, of course but not crisp, because it's as fuzzy as the background.
And as already mentioned the artistic feature of the glare is overdone.
Otherwise the light, especially on the head itself is well set.
Camera work -technically
Assuming that the fuzziness is the result of post-processing, to me the image seems to be taken well.
Digital Processing - Technical
Overdone regarding the fuzziness.
If it's the result of the quality right out of the camera, reducing the size of the whole image might have been an easy solution.
Fits the challenge
Of course it does!
Conclusion
The image shows that you have an eye for creating a fine image, just some (easy learnable) technical aspects might be addressed better.
Good luck for you further submissions |
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12/28/2003 06:41:56 PM |
| Beautiful idea and I particularly like the glowing highlight, but the overall lack of sharpness is a problem. |
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12/28/2003 05:32:18 PM |
| The ear seems a little distorted or pixelated to me, since the title is saphires and diamonds it would have been nice to see the color of the saphires. |
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12/27/2003 07:04:01 PM |
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12/27/2003 02:51:04 PM |
I'm sorry to say that this doesn't interest me at all. It has much to do with a lack of focus but also to do with a rather plain subject shot in an unengaging way.
For this to work I think you really need to get a lot closer to obscure some context since there is much in your shot that is unnecessary. The earring may look more unusual and generate more intrigue if it was shot from any other angle than the one that we would normally view it from, for instance from under the ear looking up or over the ear looking down onto a naked shoulder, creating a sensual vibe and some visual confusion.
Ultimately your duotone effect and lens flare seem like substitutes for a good compsition. |
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12/23/2003 06:20:53 PM |
| I think this is a good idea, but the shot is ver soft and the glare on the diamond is distracting |
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12/23/2003 05:34:09 AM |
Technical: fits the challenge. Exposure is a little underdone for me, composition good, focus seems mushy, lighting is flat.
Personal: The lens flare kills this for me. It looks so blatantly fake as to take away all interest in the photo. To me it looks like something you'd see in the movie Tron. Sorry.
My vote: 1 |
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12/22/2003 03:32:16 PM |
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12/22/2003 11:56:15 AM |
| Very flat, no detail on the subject of the photo. |
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