I Love You - day6.JPG
by idnic

Comment:
That's cute.

Homestyle Pasta Pleasure
by DCNUTTER

Comment:
I didn't vote this challenge, but I thought you might want some additional feedback.

I see a strong effort to do an interesting still life, and it is clear that you tried to do some interesting lighting. Way above the average snapshot, but for the harsh DPC environment, it comes in as "good, but not great".

I think the light was not quite in the best spot, however. What I usually do is to experiment with different positions of the light and then when I look at them on the big screen, one or two usually stand out. (and hopefully I'll recall what I did!) It's hard to tell on the little camera screen what is really working the best. From the shadow on the basket, it looks like your main light was positioned to the front left. Locating the light to the rear seems to often work well, as the light passes through the translucent items on it's way to the camera. It also seems to create dramatic shadows that work with the image. Such a positioning might have picked up some nice coloration on the wine in the glass. You did succeed in avoiding any unkind glare off the glass surfaces. That can sometimes be tough to do. (Disclaimer: Yo_Spiff is not a lighting expert and this analysis of your lighting is part of his own learning efforts)

As previously mentioned, there is a tilt here that is easily corrected. Composition wise, all the elements seem clustered around the edge, trying to get into the frame. The bowl of pasta, which I can assume is the main subject, it cut off at the bottom. I think it should have been more prominent in the frame. Perhaps a modest amount of sauce would add some visual interest to it.

Hope this helps some.

Melodious Lines
by imagingglory

Comment:
I gave this a 6. I like the strong perspective and leading lines. It's got a decent rule of thirds composition. The extremely narrow DOF could be perceived as a problem, however this is normal for such a close macro shot. A higher F stop might get around it, but then you are getting into problems with camera shake. A tripod and self timer could help with that, but you may not be able to get a tripod this close to such a subject. It's strikes me as similar to this one of my own, taken with a Powershot A530 for the P&S side challenge:

P1000833.jpg
by scarbrd

Comment:
Cool night lights. Nice and sharp. how long an exposure did you use for this?

Pastabego
by Blackbox

Comment:
I didn't vote this challenge, so I missed another Clark entry. I find myself looking forward to seeing how you fit Clark into each challenge. (I seem to have run out of creative steam with my shoehorns, however.)

Pasta
by chanone

Comment:
Congrats on your first ribbon. True, it is the brown, but there is some still something to that. Nowhere to go but up. I'm proud of my brownie, for some strange reason.

Welcome to DPC!

Cirliques
by Hey_You_3000

Comment:
#2 spot on your profile page, great job, kiddo!

Chapters in dinner...which one will you eat?
by pedrobop

Comment:
Second place on your profile page, great job, Pedro! I love to see these high scores with less expensive gear!

The concrete canyon (Powershot A530)
by Yo_Spiff

Comment:

Originally posted by bvy: As for this shot, only quibble is that you might have foregone the sharpening; it made a mess of the lines on the (inner) building on the left.

I think the grid lines may have been just a little too close for this image size to reproduce well. Perhaps some more selective editing could have helped it, but it wasn't worth more work for this shot. I have almost the same shot from the S5. The lines seem just *slightly* more defined. Hard to tell for certain, since the crop may be slightly closer on the other one.


Message edited by author 2009-09-06 10:45:19.

Cooper River Marina
by mgarsteck

Comment:
My first thought was "too busy", but then I kept looking and realized that's the point of this scene and it's appeal. A thick, man made forest of masts.