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A Different Color
A Different Color
shadowdoc31


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Challenge: Crayons & Colored Pencils (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Location: Whitebox
Date: Apr 11, 2009
Aperture: f/7.1
ISO: 125
Shutter: 1/15s
Galleries: Still Life, Macro
Date Uploaded: Apr 12, 2009

A re-shoot of the original by Puma:
black background, straightforward
editing (crop, sharpen, contrast, color)
1304

Statistics
Place: 35 out of 110
Avg (all users): 5.8166
Avg (commenters): 6.7000
Avg (participants): 5.9020
Avg (non-participants): 5.7797
Views since voting: 1157
Views during voting: 316
Votes: 169
Comments: 13
Favorites: 0


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04/22/2009 09:46:14 PM
Greetings from the Criticque Club!

Initial impression: Very colourful eye-candy macro, lots of fun to look at.

Technical: Very good lighting, razor-sharp focus where it's needed, composition is good but not outstanding, the askew pencil adds interest. The amount of pp seems to be just right for this shot.

Artistic: I'd like to see some variation in the height of the crayons to add interest, especially as there is a nice pattern with the lettering on the out-of-focus crayons. The tops of the crayons and pencil are all pristine, which is fine, but create an almost stiflyingly flat horizon.

Just an aside from someone who worked in Advertising for several years...I would be very cautious in trying to re-create any ad unless your version blows the original out of the water!

Overall, good work, you have the technical basics in place, I'd like to see a little more adventurousness.

If you have any questions please feel free to PM me.

Susan
 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/18/2009 10:52:32 PM
outcast could have been a good title for this one.
04/18/2009 04:56:58 AM
Nice shot.
04/16/2009 05:18:22 AM
Really neat idea!
04/15/2009 08:03:00 PM
nice idea. reminds me of a big brother is watching type thing for some reason. perfect dof, lovely colors
04/15/2009 07:13:06 PM
Nice shot!
04/15/2009 10:15:22 AM
Nice lighting but predictable
04/15/2009 08:45:16 AM
unique idea
04/14/2009 07:39:04 AM
color tool...well done
04/14/2009 06:32:18 AM
This is really well done. I quite enjoy this picture. The focus does it justice. The fact that the crayon at the back of the pencil is focused also adds to the shot.
04/14/2009 04:37:14 AM
Nicely done!
04/13/2009 07:44:07 AM
A very creative look at colored pencils and crayons - the image meets the subject matter and with a different attitude. A terrific demonstration of the creative process in meeting the challenge. A couple of minor detail problems not worth mentioning because they don't appear until you really get a critical eye and examine the image closely. Well done.
04/13/2009 06:27:26 AM
Technically, this is a very sound shot.


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