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04/26/2009 07:55:17 PM |
Greetings from the Critique Club!
Initial impression: Basically a good colourful shot of a popular theme in this challenge, but lacking in the WOW factor. In voting I would have given this a 6.
Technical: Good even lighting, but a bit flat. The pov is fine for this sort of immediate overhead shot; the dof could use a little work as it does look a little soft. Good use of thirds and lines.
Artistic: I love that the ends of the pencils have that odd white band, it really helps draw attention to the heart...
FWIW: ...in fact, I would have cropped this way down to drive home the shape, and really hit it with the saturation, then after resizing, used unsharp mask at least once and probably sharpen edges too.
Overall a pleasant pic and very well done in terms of execution, just needs a little more tweaking to make it pop.
Feel free to PM me with any questions.
Susan |
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04/19/2009 05:04:47 PM |
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04/18/2009 10:35:20 PM |
| Cool. That's weird how there is white right below the color of those pencils very interesting.... anyways Cool picture I like that the pencils "sharpened point" (where the wood turns to color) almost seems to make a circle rather then a heart then the points make the heart. Colors could have popped a little more however.... |
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04/15/2009 08:02:11 PM |
| love the paler colors. everything else(the other photos) are so oversaturdated, this is nice. nice comp |
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04/15/2009 08:29:04 AM |
| is it forming a heart or misshaped circle |
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04/14/2009 08:57:25 AM |
| you almost have a good heart shape...just a bit more on the top and it would look better.. |
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04/14/2009 06:40:56 AM |
| Nicely done. There's just about a dreamy effect with the lighting and softer focus. It actually works well here. |
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04/13/2009 01:34:28 PM |
| The image meets the subject matter dead on. A sound demonstration of the creative process in meeting the challenge in a very unusual way. A couple of minor detail problems as the image appears to be less than sharp. The DOF could have been used more effectively. A good solid entry into the challenge. |
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04/13/2009 04:56:24 AM |
| Nice shot, but IMO a different color background I think may have been better JMO. |
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04/13/2009 02:38:55 AM |
| Pretty heart design in the wood and the white outline...intriguing how that formed in the middle of it all. |
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