elixirby
marvinComment by Artyste: Hello, and greetings from the Critique Club. I am your critiquer, Artyste, and I have chocolate. Let's get started shall we?
Initial Thoughts
Another macro of an electronic component.. not too badly done though
Composition / Content
Not that your composition is necessarily *bad*, or that the content is.. but it's certainly not very dynamic, interesting, or awe inspiring either. When push comes to shove, it's really just a piece of electronics sitting on a white surface. Perhaps a nice product placement shot, but it speaks nothing extra that DPC and voters look for. Also, as mentioned, the dust inside the heat-sink is a little distracting and "unprofessional"
Background
A well done white surface, but in the matter of "High Contrast", it doesn't really work with the subject. There just isn't enough blacks in the over all shot to contrast with your large use of white space.
Camera Work / Technical
One of the areas where this photo shines is the technical aspect. Perhaps *slightly* too shallow a DOF, it nonetheless looks good and sharp where it is focussed. Your exposure is excellent, and as I've said, this would probably do pretty good for a product shot. However, having good control over the technical side of an image is but one part of a DPC image.
Digital Processing
Your processing steps seem pretty good, nothing stands out as having been over-done to me.
Fits the Challenge
This is one of the main troubles in my mind. You don't really have a high contrast photograph here. You have a great deal of white, but the darks that you have are small, and secondary. Too much mid-tonal range that just doesn't meet the topic.
My Opinion of the Photo
As I've said, it'd make a decent product shot, but not much else. The challenge wasn't met strongly, it's not a very interesting photo in any significant "DPC" type way, and those two things lead up to a low scoring image. You probably garnered some higher votes because of your technical control, so keep that in mind.. and if you can add a stronger challenge connection and a photo with a little more "wow" to it, you'll go far. Good luck in future challenges.
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