Happy/ Sad
by martinsphotobox

Comment by ThatChickOverThere:
nice take on the drama mask concept I may have chosen a different texture on the fabric because it takes away from the smooth silver rings.

The Iron Giant
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Comment by JulietNN:
Hi from the C Club,

I was one of your high scorer's on this shot, here are the reasons why.

I liked the overall shot, The different aspects of it came together for me, the blur of the train, the straightness of the poles and of course the great sculpture of the hand. It sort of meshed together.

Now in saying all of that, I would have liked to have seen some more motion blur on the train, a little more sharpness around the whole image or even just on the hand and the rest of it blurry. If you are going to go with such a high contrast to this shot, maybe turning it into a black and white would have worked better. Also, the main focal point is the hand, so that needs to be straightened out, that would give the rest of the shot a very interesting and different angle.

When you are in the midday sun, try lowering your exposures in camera, you will find that that will go a long way, you can also do this in Photoshop, try out the brightness and contrast as well. USM would have helped this shot a lot as well.

It was a good try on this and would love to see you reshoot it!

The Iron Giant
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Comment by Five_Seat:
I would have like to see a bit more blur on the train...

spider moon ripples
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Comment by JulietNN:
Hello from the C Club!

You asked for a more in depth critique for your shot, here it is!!!!! =)

The idea is brilliant, now you just need to work a little on the structure of the shot. When I tilt my laptop, I can see all the web , excellent. But as a standard screen shot, only the first 3-4 lines come out.

Your spider is a little out of focus, which has been discussed here. You need to have your main subject tack sharp. You could play iwth your spot metering for this on your camera, or choose to have the on board flash pop for it. Covering your on board flash with layers of tissue paper would give you a difused light which may have helped bring out the spider and web more.

WHen shooting the moon, you have to remember that it is considered the same brightness as the sun , so you have to compansate for that as well in your camera. If you had this camera on a tripod and a lower ISO and faster shutter speed you will find that you would capture more of the moon details and with the flash some more details of the spider and web.

In post processing, sharpening, exposure, shadow/highlights, contrast, levels would have made a bit of a difference.

If you can find this spider again with the moon behind it, i would love to see this shot redone.

spider moon ripples
by martinsphotobox

Comment by Prism:
This is a cool shot. One thing you might try to get more detail on the spider would be to shine a small flashlight onto it.

The Iron Giant
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Comment by BeefnCheez:
Way overexposed sky and unfocused. 4

spider moon ripples
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Comment by martinsphotobox:
Thank you all who voted and commented. In this series of photographs i took, the spider was very much in focus, but the moon was so bright and overpowering that it did blow it out. I have a couple where the spider was outside the moon, or half inside and half outside, and the difference was quite a bit. I thought of submitting one of the other ones, but the "ripples" didnt look right, or didnt appear.
Overall, I am happy with this. Its my first entry. I think Im hooked, haha.
Thank you all once again, and i hope to learn more from your comments.

spider moon ripples
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Comment by liberty:
great idea, but the lighting isn't balanced enough, the spider almost looks fake, but I would be proud of myself if I captured this, 6.

spider moon ripples
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Comment by nzbayleys:
pity the spider is not in focus and a little blown out

spider moon ripples
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Comment by tara9824:
Nice framing