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06/10/2009 10:23:31 AM |
Critique Club Comments
First Impression
The VERY first thing that came to mind when this image came up for me during voting was "I've seen this before". Don't know if that impacted anyone else or not, but it's worth noting that sometimes using the same material in back-to-back challenges can possibly work against you.
I think the subject material does work well for a Free Study, and your title fits it quite nicely as well.
Technicals
Compositionally, it's "ok" for me. The angle works for added drama. I would have liked to see the feather/quill positioned somewhat differently. The tip is running at the same angle as the bg and makes the viewer run right out of the bottom corner of the photo. Maybe if the feather was going more across the book allowing the tip to slow down the flow out of the image and at the same time giving the texture of the feather part more emphasis? Just thinking out loud here. :-)
The lighting and tone of this photo is right on the mark IMO. It feels much richer than the one you put up for Still Life. Focus and DOF are appropriate and work well. Minor nit is the few pieces of debris near the book on the bg material...
Overall it's a nice piece of studio work.
Take care.
Barry |
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06/06/2009 06:26:16 AM |
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06/01/2009 05:42:13 PM |
| Lord that almost looks like an eyeball looking out at me!!! Very well done |
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