Balance
by dahved

Comment by dahved:

Originally posted by Formerlee: Greetings from the Critique Club: Balance is your entry in the 'Delicate' challenge and you have landed this image fair and square in the middle. Technical: Using portrait format and maximum size, you have given your image a powerful punch. Focusing is spot on, had you focussed on the tines of the fork you would lost the little detail left on the fork handle and a lot of the impact would have been lost also. The background is not an even, clean colour, but that was never a part of the challenge and I think this adds to the overall image. The shadows of the tines on the inside of the glass are a little surreal. The colour of the glass is very effective. Composition: Great composition, the colour is fine. The tines have an almost 3D effect. Overall: Nothing bad about it, would like to see more. I note you do a fair bit of this type of image. Good work. I hope this helps. Steve

Steve,
Thanks for your critique! I was hoping for a better background (needed more light), but I find it interesting that you think it adds to the shot the way it is. I notice motorcycle shots in your portfolio--do you ride? I have an '87 Honda CBR1000 Hurricane.

Pepper Core
by dahved

Comment by Nullix:
OH! Almost perfect. Why the white in the bottom left? Would've been 7 or 8 without the white.

Pepper Core
by dahved

Comment by shadeeua:
i would have liked this beter with an all yellow background and maybe better lighting so its even from top to bottom

Pepper Core
by dahved

Comment by holiday:
simple and to the point! love the colors

Glass Emanations
by dahved

Comment by seriocomic:
very abstract, a little too much noise though.

Glass Emanations
by dahved

Comment by ladyhawk22:
You definitely show shutter speed in this photo, but it's hard for me to tell what the subject is. I think that if I could see the subject slightly better this photo would have more of an effect on me. But I like the trails of white light that were left behind.

Glass Emanations
by dahved

Comment by LN13:
Not really sure what I'm looking at here.

Balance
by dahved

Comment by SteveJ:
Greetings from the Critique Club:

Balance is your entry in the 'Delicate' challenge and you have landed this image fair and square in the middle.

Technical:
Using portrait format and maximum size, you have given your image a powerful punch. Focusing is spot on, had you focussed on the tines of the fork you would lost the little detail left on the fork handle and a lot of the impact would have been lost also. The background is not an even, clean colour, but that was never a part of the challenge and I think this adds to the overall image. The shadows of the tines on the inside of the glass are a little surreal. The colour of the glass is very effective.

Composition:
Great composition, the colour is fine. The tines have an almost 3D effect.

Overall:
Nothing bad about it, would like to see more. I note you do a fair bit of this type of image. Good work. I hope this helps.

Steve

Glass Emanations
by dahved

Comment by rick13601:
I don't understand what I'm looking at.

Glass Emanations
by dahved

Comment by amjlt:
I appreciate the abstractness, but I cannot tell what it is, what it is supposed to be, or what it represents.