Doodie! Doodie!
by DefyTime

Comment:
Tops!

Balanced Grace
by Spanish_Grease

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club!
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Beautiful form, lighting and focus makes this a very attractive image indeed. The composition is sound (perhaps a little too tight on the right) and the subject is indeed well balanced. Of course, nature so often is. The reason this did not score so well in the challenge is probably down to the fact that the shot does not sing of 'balance' per se. Most people would ask "I wonder what theme this represents?" if unaware of the challenge brief, and their answer may be 'Beauty', 'Grace', 'Form', etc.

If I was pushed for sugggestions to improve this I would have tried to achieve a longer DOF and increase the contrast between the background and the main flower itself. Also, given your explanation of its size, a suggestion of the scale might be good for your subject (but would not have helped your placing in this challenge) - and the border is definitely quite overpowering for such delicacy.

A Weight Watcher's Delight
by OneSweetSin

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club!
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This is what would normally be termed a Pack Shot in the advertising world. As such, the aim is to present the product in an appetising way and to show the brand clearly, etc. I certainly think you chose some lovely fat, juicy strawberries!

Your composition is actually very strong with good depth-of-field from front to back. On the down side however, your lighting is flat which has resulted in noise and a lack of definition in the subject. Strong directional lighting would help prevent this and allow you to pick up more form on the bottle without overexposure. You could experiment with the use of a diffuser (to soften the pinpoint of light source) which reduces highlights and hotspots. If using typical tungsten light then you should adjust the white balance of your camera to compensate for the usual yellow cast this generates.

The image is slightly skewed anti-clockwise, but otherwise this could make people's mouth water.

Message edited by author 2004-07-28 04:07:39.

A seat under the stars
by andywightman

Comment:
Nice shot Andy - good, low noise levels. I tried a shot of Orion for the Black challenge.

- Miracle! -
by Imagineer

Comment:
Thanks David - great news, but what was before it exactly - in a nutshell?! :)

Balanced to perfection
by geewhy

Comment:
Very nice shot of an amazing subject.

The White Tower
by JPR

Comment:
A strong, dynamic shot that would grace many a travel book. Excellent detail across the range of tones which, considering the whiteness of the building, can be tough to achieve. Excellent.

Dream
by Alecia

Comment:
Such an amazing pose and look in the eyes - very striking and quite sexy.

Sweet reading
by xoao

Comment:
Unoriginal (as everyone else will point out) but in it's favour it is a well executed, good looking picture.

Ebola
by TedvandenBergh

Comment:
I must be ignorant, but why is this scrawled here? Shot is OK but not very appealing.