Healthy Pyramidby
DigiFotoBuddyComment by I Enjoy Ham: greetings from the critique club,
this critique is meant to help and im sorry if i offend you in any way
the first thing i noticed was that you pulled up the exposure 2 full stops in your RAW editing. Was that really neccessary? i feel liek youo could have retained more of the details in the shadows and could have avoided the blown out spots on some of the fruits.
the next thing i noticed was the lighting, lighting in a challenge like this is key since the subject matter is not that interesting. you either need good lighting or an interesting idea or both ;) One thing to consider with lighting is the angle of the lights and how they hit the subject. It seems here that thelight was either coming from above the fruit and veggies or boncing off the cieling. The angle of the lighting is important because the angle of the lighting affects the shadows and highlights. And remember photography as an art is about capturing the light in an interesting way. What you have here is a product shot, a shot that does well on dpc is a shot where the photographer bends the light to do what he/she wants, a shot that captures a moment and the shadows and highlights fo that moment.
I also feel like you could have organized the pyramid better... as it is it seems very wishy washy and thrown together with no apparent order to the fruit and veggies.
overall i feel like this shot deserved the score it got, its not very interesting, the lighting isnt very good. Perhaps you must keep in mind that a good photograph is one that evokes emotion, be it disgust, hatred, or joy, and one that apeals to at least one of the senses.
if you have any questions or comments please PM me :)
-Dan
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