mobius strip - one continuous surface
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Comment by TooCool:
From the Critique Club

This is a great subject for a study in lighting and high key approach. I love your use of apparently a single light source! With the twisted but essentially flat surface of the subject you get a very wide gradiation of light. You also have shadows that are very gradiated. Awesome choice of for a study type of shot!

You do have some issues with the background that kind of detract away from the overall effect of the shot. The background though very bright is not truly uniform in it's brightness. I am going through my own issues with lighting and am not sure how to improve this. Also I normally am not a fan of grain in a shot, but this time it seems to work very well!

Unforunately in this environment (DPC) if you are submitting a set up or studio type shot like this, you need to be damn near perfect to achieve the best scores.

Nice work.
TC

PS: I believe that this would be an awesome study subject for any DPC'ers that are having issues with lighting!

mobius strip - one continuous surface
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Comment by buzzrock:
This is nice! I like the grain-- 8

mobius strip - one continuous surface
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Comment by Dave Gordon:
The lighting and the shadows make this rather mundane subject into an interesting picture.

postal scale
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Comment by guybrowme:
Nice simple machine.

postal scale
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Comment by EL-ROI:
Fingers should be out of the frame. Focus appears to be on the finger area, when it should be on the scale meter.

postal scale
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Comment by ninerfan:
This looks like an abstract to me... but there are too many things competing for attention for it to be simple.

mobius strip - one continuous surface
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Comment by ChrisW123:
Great idea... nice clean shape with great constrast. I don't like the graininess of the shot however, might be better if it were a little "smoother" looking? There's a little "crinkle" in the background paper just above the black part, that you could have used the Clone tool to remove. Use the new editing options!! :)

mobius strip - one continuous surface
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Comment by EL-ROI:
Fit's the challenge though the image is rather grainy and dull and boring.

mobius strip - one continuous surface
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Comment by jodiecoston:
Lovely still life. I like the grainy feel that adds a bit of texture. Lovely tones. 8

mobius strip - one continuous surface
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Comment by HRoxas:
I like the continuous flow and the lines the lead the eye to it almost infinitely. The shadow, the noise, and the absence of color all contributes to the personality of the entire photo. I would have given more space to the top and the the left for the rule of third, but hey, how many times to do we find ourselves breaking this rule. Beautiful shot. I like it. 7