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DmaskezeComment by tristalisk: Greetings from the Critique Club :)
Meeting the challenge: I think this is an excellent theme for the challenge. For time is the final authority.
Lighting: I feel that the lighting hurt this shot pretty badly. It is just to dark. While I see the reason and mood behind the dark and gloomy lighting I feel it was over done. Perhaps a strong light coned down to het smaller towards the top of the clock would have worked realy well. It would given the clock an illusion of being taller. I brighter light also would have brought out more details in the photo.
Composition: I like the way this shot was set up. The clock hands set on midnight. The angle you took this photo from was also excellent. It gave the clock a taller more dominating look. However the overall angle of the shot is a little off. Try rotating the entire photo 1 or 2 degrees to the right.
Technical: Poor lighting. the focus was good from what I can tell. I feel the choosing the center of the clock hands was a good choice for your center of focus.
Artistic opinion: I like this shot from an artistic stand point. Very "message" heavy. Decent balance, and center line. The brighter lighting would likly have given this alot of colors to enjoy.
Overall: this is a shot with a lot of potential. Fix the lighting and this would have been far more interesting a photo. I think your score easily could have been 5.5 or higher with just the better lighting.
keep up the good work
Tristalisk
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