I swear I didn't eat anything!
by Thomas

Comment:
Greetings from the critique club.

First let me say I think you met the challenge, def a doll or puppet, although could be mistaken for a toy instead. Either way I like your subject, very creative lighting, nothing standard about side lighting, maybe just a touch softer would have helped, not sure of your diffuser but maybe try to soften it or make it appear larger then it is.

I like the background, but I wish you had maybe used a bit of a reflector on camera right so you can fill in the shadows just a touch and give a bit of detail to the left side of subject.
Overall I think you did well. And scored just about where I would have put it.

Sunless day
by pheonix676

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique club. First le tme say I think this deserved a better score then it received. This is easily a high five low 6 photo, even by DPC's standards. I love the clarity, the colors, meeting the challenge, creative use of timed exposure to get what you needed. One thing I will bring to the table, is I always recommend at least one and usually two borders on entries here, the presentation is just so much more appealing to voters. I highly recommend it. Otherwise I'm not sure what the voters were looking for here, its def exposed to the right with blown highlights. Voters......go figure.

Stitches
by Love6

Comment:
Greetings from the critique club. How odd the first one I pull from the que is yours. OK here we go

First things I find that might have hurt the score, the catch lights in the eyes are not equal(is that a fongsphere?) One thing that I might have changed to see the texture of the doll a bit is add some directional light. Bring it from the side and lets see some texture and shadows out of all those stitches and cloth. It might also bring the catchlights higher in the eye and make them more natural. Crop is nice and tight, but a little centered I might have experimented with it a few different crops to see which I liked better rather then centered.

I like how you desaturated the colors and have the tones nice and warm. Good luck in future challenges.

New Couple.jpg
by Lonni

Comment:
I think this is nice, one thing that sticks out is the racoon eyes. I dont know the nikon speed light so I cant say for sure, but is there a small white pull out bounce card on it? Perhaps pull it out to toss some fill forward. Otherwise, I might suggest a good modifier, Many complain out the lightsphere being wasteful of light, but its very flattering and tosses good light in all directions. Might look into it. I'd also like to commend you on the job on the eyes, very hard to tell anything was done.

Rocks
by Artan

Comment:
Lighting seems very harsh, highly recommend diffusing to make the light a larger light source to make it more pleasing. Also light from the sides to prevent direct reflections to the camera.

A wide world
by Valdo

Comment:
Nice clean shot. Creative lighting for the shot.

Smoooooooth
by Cuttooth

Comment:
ROFL I dont even want to guess who's shot this is...........

Seduce your senses
by Mark-A

Comment:
I think being advanced editing I'd have removed the harsh reflections on the bottle. Otherwise clean shot.

Boss
by IreneM

Comment:
Very well executed.

Greek vase
by hajeka

Comment:
I really wish you could see the whole vase. Being a product shot challenge the produce should be visible.