FBI-are-evil.com Shot #12232 (Did Humpty Dumpty really fall?)by
zarniwoopComment by mesmeraj: G'day from the Critiques Club
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The concept is very fun, and i love that one of the egg agents appears to be taller and the other one fatter. I am curious to how you made the eggs stand upright.
The angel of the photographer to subject weems a little off, i feel like we should circle a little to the right to give the agents a little more balance around humpty. The fat agent seems a little distant in comparison to the broken shell and the thin agent, but moving a smidge to the right may have balanced this out.
Also, be aware of where your frame cuts off in camera. Were missing just a little bit of white to the side of the frame that ould look better if the splatter was completed.
The lighting on the two agent egsis good, a little bit of a hot spot on the tall egg but nothing i would concern myself about. The lighting on humpty however is a little blown out on the shell. Was there a light directly above him? My ege is isntantly drawn to the white inside of the shell before any other point in the image. While it is good to get the atentionon the broken egg in this image, a blown highlight is probably not the best way to do so.
Okay, i'm going to do some guesswork on the PP, forgive me if i am completely wayward. You selected the humpty parts and kept them in colour while desaturating the rest of the area? For the agents and the countertop this worked well. The grunginess sets a good MIB mood. The selective desat fails you a tiny bit when it comes to the white of the egg. The true colour of the counter is showing through, making the white appear yellowed. Personally i would have done as you have done here then selective the areas of the eg with only eggwhite and desaturated that section 50-75% so there was still some colour to the white but the countertop matched more closly to the area that the agents are standing on.
Fun image and a great spin on a classic nursery rhyme.
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Cheers
Elli
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