Dresden Laceby
rjpatComment by CEJ: Hello from the Critique Club!
I have studied your image and have the following to offer:
Composition/perspective - the subject to background ratio here is very good. Not being a straight on shot and shooting at level with the subject also are good techniques you pulled off very nicely. The biggest detractor to the image I think is the choice of backgrounds. A solid color is nice, but I think the color is what turned people off. It almost looks painted in. I think if you had gone with something a little more subdued, the concept of delicate may have projected better. Your focus/DoF is done well. The plane from the hand in the foreground, across the face to the hand in the background is very clear. Well done!
Color - the colors in your subject are very delicate and soft. The sublte shades all come through (a tribute to your lighting). The contrast to the background color is a little harsh. A softer color there would have helped this image greatly.
Lighting - very well done. There are a lot of reflective surfaces in your subject and only the one small glare on the forehead which doesn't hurt the image much at all. It appears as though multiple sources of light were used. Your placement was done well. No dark shadows and no blown out areas.
Challenge requirements - there are many elements of this image that say delicate - the lace of the dress, the ceramic, the fingers, etc. It meets the challenge requirements well and certainly expresses delicate.
Overall/my opinion - this image meets the challenge and is well done. Your overall control of the exposure and composition are exhibited quite nicely. Where this image fails I really think is inthe background. A softer color more in line with the subject would have worked much better in my opinion...a soft pink or pale red, maybe even white. The purple is just too strong for the subject and detracts from the delicate aspects.
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