Freshly Squeezed Againby
giantmikeComment by NiallOTuama: Lets start off with the... 'cons' I see in this image (take everything I say with a grain of salt--I'm far from qualified in photography, and even less in still life style shots!).
This image captured my eye when I voted in the challenge. What grabbed my attention first was the glass. And the dark line that's going down the side of it. Unfortunatly to my eyes it didn't help the image. It made me think that the photographer was... maybe clumsy in setting up his shot with a crack showing in it.
The next thing I thought about was the oranges. They're find oranges that I wouldn't hesitate to eat, but they don't have the... zest (heh heh heh) that a fruit still life needs to score well. I'm awful at these things so I'm nobody to recommend anything. But, the textures on the orange on the right isn't very pleasant to me...
Pros:
The lighting is great. Nothing's too bright. Nothing's too dark. It shows the droplets on the side of the glass to great effect. And it enhances the textures ov everything wonderfully (glass, oranges, knife, board).
Sharpness is excellent over all the items photographed. And the wall behind is out of focus enough to not distract. Perhaps it could do with being more so, but it's fine for me.
Comparison to take one:
The colour brings a lot to this image. The whole scene feels warmer than the black and white version. This fits in with my imagination of oranges growing in tropical bliss. In the black and white version the light was a little harsher in some places. I think you overcame that well here.
Something that I'd've done differently:
I think that some sort of continuous colour grounding and background would have suited this image well. Like what h2 does in his sometimes, if you know what I mean.
I was thinking for a while between 5 and 6 for this. If there was a 5.5 button I'd've given it that, so I figured that rounding it up to a 6 was fair.
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