Ocean Echo
by puppet10

Comment by balynch:
This really doesn't fit the idea I had for this challenge, but it is texture. And it is in focus too. Those are two things a *lot* of pictures in this challenge are missing. *5* -balynch

Ocean Echo
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Comment by KarenB:
I'm trying to understand "negative space" photos. I guess it just isn't my taste. However, keeping my biased opinion in mind, I will say this has potential. I am wishing the shell appears a bit larger in the photo, perhaps taking up the lower corner to no more than half way up or across the photo space. Also, I think different lighting across/around/on the shell may have given more dimension to this. (5) Email me if you want to, after the challenge, as I am eager to understand negative space.

Ocean Echo
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Comment by GeneralE:
Was the decision to have the subject so small an esthetic or technical one?

Ocean Echo
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Comment by chariot:
Silence.

Ocean Echo
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Comment by PixelatedVisions:
I like the whole concept.. I think a different type shell, maybe something a little bit bigger would really pull it off better though.

Ocean Echo
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Comment by tjuneau13:
I like the placement of the shell - I just wish it were a bit larger. As the shot is now it is hard to see the detail and texture of the shell. =4

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Comment by karmat:
I like the empty space, and the black background, I just wish the surface of the shell was a little more visible. It seems a little washed out and it seems to have lost some details. karmat

Ocean Echo
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Comment by olya:
whoa. the abudance of black is a bit to abudant for me. :|

Ocean Echo
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Comment by mcmurma:
more of the subject would be nice. and with a title like yours i would have turned the shell over to show the smoothness inside (all the better to hear it from), rather than the rough exterior. ~mcmurma
Aesthetics...3
Meets Challenge...4
Overall...4

Ocean Echo
by puppet10

Comment by Swashbuckler:
I am having a hard time grading this shot. At first, I gave it a five, thinking the shot was just to bare, low texture value, but as I ponder this photo to write this text, I find it grows on me and the power of the smaller object pushes me to look at it more closely. (You're manipulating me!) Nice job. I still think the upper/middle section is a little overly bright, so less of the shell is as distinct as I would have liked to have seen it. I'm going to raise you up to a seven, as there are still a few problematic areas. I also think the negative area is too large. 7 Swash