Ignition
by MarkRob

Comment by sulamk:
Composition: 5Lighting: good 5,
Appeal: 5, Total Rating 5 Sulamk

Ignition
by MarkRob

Comment by lionelm:
I like the upper part a lot but I think the bottom part is 'weak' compare to the top. 6

Ignition
by MarkRob

Comment by jpoole:
Focus is very soft.

Ignition
by MarkRob

Comment by Yomi:
This is a good idea. I like the flame, but the shot doesn't really do anything for me. Great lighting effect. 6

Ignition
by MarkRob

Comment by lmhr:
very cool use of - space :)

Ignition
by MarkRob

Comment by Gracious:
nice simple image with one strong element. Good luck in the challenge...it's a tough one! Grayce aka Gracious

Ignition
by MarkRob

Comment by UberFish:
I think the other match photo is better taken (you can see the shape and colour of the flame, and the focus is better).

This shot has a better subject, there is something going on, and there is a point to the negative space here.

Ignition
by MarkRob

Comment by justine:
Nice idea, would of left the candle out totally. Still I score this a 6, good work. Justine.

Early Traffic Light
by MarkRob

Comment by KarenB:
Hi MarkRob!
This is in response to a critique request from 11-24-02 (Critique Club):

INITIAL: cool effect. catches my eye.

COMPOSITION -CONTENT - This is either shot at a diagonal, or the peppers are not really in line.. the result gives a skewed line effect. I am wondering if, since this is referring to a traffic signal, the composition in vertical would provide more impact, and strengthen the message. I like the dark backdrop, as it really makes the lit peppers stand out.. my eye esp. falls on the yellow pepper, however, the glare from the yellow pepper on the table/surface detracts from the "in a black space" effect that was obviously desired. Again, stacking the peppers vertically might further minimize this, since the glare is coming from the yellow pepper more than the others and would be in the middle of the set up, and away from the table/surface.

CAMERA WORK -TECHNICAL - The exposure of the green and yellow pepper are good. Texture and detail is visible. The red pepper loses detail - again, I think this may be caused by the angle or the pepper being out of line as it were. If it was in line, it would have just as much detail as the other two, because the distance to the lens would be the same as to the other two peppers.

DIGITAL PROCESSING - TECHNICAL - Unfortunately, this red pepper bothers me on this aspect as well. Perhaps oversaturated or post-edited in an attempt to save the focus or color or exposure of the pepper. Or maybe just over lit; there are artifacts and loss of detail in the red pepper.

YOUR OPINION ON THE PHOTO - I think this was a very creative idea. Not sure how it is connected to traffic lights, except thru imagination, but that's what pop art is about. It has a dry humor. I think the humor would be more pronounced if, again, done in vertical to more closely mimic the traffic lights. As it stands, it either takes a minute, or relies on the title to make the idea "dawn" on the viewer.

I had given this an 8 during the challenge, and my vote still stands. Why? This is not just average (5); the cleverness pushes it past that.. and could use some tweeking to give the full impact desired.

Karen Bryan

Early Traffic Light
by MarkRob

Comment by syamjonimi:
Good idea and nice shootin. I think though it would have more impact without the reflection at the bottom and presented in portrait instead of landscape. =6 syamjonimi