kitchen necessities
by slingram

Comment by farra:
decent DOF

autumn collection
by slingram

Comment by spiritualspatula:
Hello and greetings from the Critique Club-
Upon first glance at your photo, I̢۪m struck by the nice combination of the red hues with the dead leaves. They actually go quite nice together I think, and the metal grate provides some nice detail and additional interest. Your exposure is great, with nice saturation and tonality. Detail is great as well, and I think your choice for depth of field works well given the subject matter. I think that your composition is a bit awkward though- another user noted the leaf being in the way, and I agree with this statement. The manner that you̢۪ve chosen to portray things lends me to believe you̢۪re really trying to showcase the shoes themselves, so you don̢۪t want things to detract from that. The composition, as well, does this to an extent too. I don̢۪t think both shoes necessarily need to be in frame, but certainly think that one of them should be completely showcased. The photo itself is very still-life̢۪ish, which isn̢۪t generally a genre of photography I̢۪d associate with fashion. Definitely reminiscent of a ordering catalog shot, but not quite "fashion," if you get my drift. Not quite an advertisement and not fashion-showy either. You may have gotten some vote lowering due to that, but it̢۪s obviously a subjective issue. One last thing- I don̢۪t see any issue caused by it, but getting in the habit of lowering ISO as much as possible is a good practice to get into, and you had some leeway on this one. Overall, a good entry and a good start.

Message edited by author 2010-05-11 06:34:41.

en garde / his new hobby
by slingram

Comment by bvy:
Nicely set up. The lighting and focus on the glove, however, seems to be abit off. Would be nice to see more of the textures in the glove.

en garde / his new hobby
by slingram

Comment by Prash:
Did you mean to enter it in the other challenge (sports without a team)? I do not see how this captures a sport in 'action'. Good picture technically though. Just because of the other reason though, I have to rate it a 5.

en garde / his new hobby
by slingram

Comment by Skip:
nice featurish type photo, but doesn't really grab me as a 'sport' photo...

autumn collection
by slingram

Comment by jblaylockrayner:
Fine detail here - The leaf on the fore shoe near the heel is a little distracting though

autumn collection
by slingram

Comment by VitaminB:
Great contrast between the fashion of the shoe, and the dead leaves and metal grate.

autumn collection
by slingram

Comment by tanguera:
Good detail, but the shoe positions are a bit static.

orange
by slingram

Comment by briantammy:
cool dude.

orange
by slingram

Comment by Tammster:
Would have been great for the "orange" challenge a few weeks back. :o) Nice natural looking shot.