Stress
by obgynluke

Comment by jeger:
Greetings from the Critique Club...

I was not able to vote on this challenge, but if I had, I probably would have given you a 4 or 5.

My first few thoughts are 1) I cannot find the personifcation, and 2) the white balance needs to be corrected. The composition is good and you've chosen a good shutter speed to capture the motion of the hammer. In the end however, it looks like your score was affected by the fact you chose to portray an emotion, as opposed to showing emotion through an inanimate object.

If you need any clarification on any of my comments, please feel free to pm me. It might take some time for me to get back to you.

Stress
by obgynluke

Comment by bspurgeon:
Interesting take. I definitely connect with this photograph. The white balance appears be off, and I think you would have been better served with a smaller aperture for DOF. A second light would help with the shadows. The towel should have cropped out, or not used. It takes away from the photograph. I really like the emotion and tension you have created.

Stress
by obgynluke

Comment by quiche:
The motion of the hammer is well captured.

Stress
by obgynluke

Comment by Connor:
nice shot

Stress
by obgynluke

Comment by bassbone:
an interesting concept approach to personification - not sure the lighting and color tones help the image though

Stress
by obgynluke

Comment by CEJ:
Where is the 'personification' this?

Stress
by obgynluke

Comment by HeiSch:
cool effect with the motion trail.

Worship
by obgynluke

Comment by ericwoo:
Hey there from the Critique Club

Camera Work/Technical: I like the crispness that you captured.

Lighting: No way is this one overexposed or too bright as some of your voters and commenters have suggested. I think that you captured exactly what you set out to capture.

Composition/Content: Nice composition, as well. The reds and greens are nicely saturated, and the petals do a wonderful job pulling my eye into the frame. The brightness pulls my eye directly to the central subjects, then the petals let me wander through the frame again.

My Opinion: I really, really like this image...I think. The current image sizes that DPC allows for the open challenges are far too small for today's technology, PERIOD. Add to that the fact that you sized this one even smaller than those poor requirements and you have a perfect formula for a poorly scoring image. I bet this one was spectacular on your screen, and I bet that it would look terrific in print as well. It is just hard to see on the size of the monitor that I use.

Thank you for the opportunity to provide a critique on your entry,
Eric

Worship
by obgynluke

Comment by pedrobop:
I think that the size of your photo is too small and that may have killed your idea, maybe you shouldn't have used so much aperture too. I like the red though. I'm kind of new here in the dpchallenge but i saw a guy saying something other day which i agree. "Always use the biggest size that dp allows, always."

Worship
by obgynluke

Comment by dankman:
Too bright.