Strawberry Bananaby
DigiFotoBuddyComment by elru21: Greeting from the critque club,
This is a very nice still life. I like the background color that matches the strawberries, and then the yellow of the bananas is there to contrast. It is a very visually interesting use of color. I like the overall 'shape' of the composition as a triangle. I think for this arrangement of fruit, a square crop with a symetrical composition was a very fitting choice.
A few things that I would suggest to improve it. I think the shadows cast in front of the banas are very distracting. The lighting in general is nice and even and the background is well lit, but the shadows should have been avoided by repositioning the lights.
I think it is just a little too closely cropped. I like the center, symetrical composition but I would like a little more breathing room around the edges. It feels a little cramped.
Although you list your aperature as F9, both ends of the bananas are out of focus. I think a little more DOF would have been better. It would be nice to have the whole thing sharp. Or, is you want shallow DOF, make it more deliberate in a way to add to the impact of the image. Here, I think the OOF parts detract.
Overall, I think this is a very nice image and meets the challenge wonderfully. I did not vote in this challenge, but I would have given this a 6.
If you have any questions, please feel free to pm me.
CHeers,
Liza
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