Holidayby
idnicComment by Artyste: Hello, and greetings from the Critique Club. The critique you are about to recieve is tailored for DPC challenges alone, and is not intended to be seen as an artistic critique per se.
Initial Thoughts
A little cramped, but nice focus and colors.
Composition / Content
Compositionally, you were on the right track I think. However, the photo has a very cramped and cluttered feel that usually means much lower scores on DPC than not. Every object here just has a little *too* little showing in the photo to give a solid feel of what it is without studying it too much (with the exception of the passport), and having a photo that doesn't say "THIS IS WHAT IT IS!" out loud in the first few seconds rarely does well.
Background
No true background per se, but the map you have the other objects laying on is a little too busy.
Camera Work / Technical
You've provided no information on your camera settings. Remember that doing so, if you request a critique, is helpful for the critiquer. I do see that you've got a nice exposure and great focus, so I see no real problems in this area.
Digital Processing
The reds seem just a *little* saturated to me, but that might just be my monitor or eyes. However, you've provided no information in this area either, so I cannot comment further.
Fits the Challenge
As far as I'm concerned, it fits the challenge.. but the fact that you've gone in so close makes the voter take a little more time than usual to determine if the challenge has been met or not. At first glance it's just a jumble of things. I imagine this led to lower votes than it could have.
My Opinion of the Photo
A little too cramped and cluttered for myself, it is nonetheless a technically well done photo with a theme that meets the challenge. Not very awe-inspiring or "wow".. which is essential to DPC entries, but a nice document-style photo. Good luck in future challenges.
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