Just a friend's phone on a desk, lit with a desk lamp.
Shot in Raw, some adjustments in Camera Raw, opened in Photoshop, quick select for phone screen, selection burned to black, auto levels, spot-healing on table texture (distracting dark spot), auto color, resized, cropped, smart sharpen, saved for Web.
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Hi my name is Leroy. I am here in response to your request for an indepth critique of this photo.
First Reaction (the most important one) Technically a good photo, but overall a tad boring.
Lighting Lighting is excellent. You've done what I assume you intended masterfully here.
Composition Ehh, it's ok for a product image. Nothing special though.
Focus and other Technicals As I mentioned earlier, technicals are strong. Exposure is right on, focus is sharp, lighting is good. Nice work.
Meeting the Challenge Definitely meets the challenge, although in a way that doesn't really stand out.
How to grow its score As you likely know, DPC responds well to WOW,no wow means mediocre scores. It's sort of a shame, but that's the way it goes here.
Conclusion Technically a good image, would do well as stock.
This critique is strictly my opinion based on observations of this photo. If you have any questions feel free to contact me through the DPC PM system.
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