Wake my Dreamsby
shabbychicComment by Artyste: Hello, and greetings from the Critique Club. The critique you are about to recieve is tailored for DPC challenges alone, and is not intended to be seen as an artistic critique per se.
Initial Thoughts
Not much going on here.. and I really don't see what it has to do with a perspective..
Composition / Content
Not a lot of content here, being really dark. The shining light obviously is intended to have some significance.. but in those 3 - 10 seconds that the average voter takes to look at a photo? I just don't think it was conveyed well enough. Compositionally, it borders on interesting to me.. but there's just not enough *in* the photo to really anchor it as anything.. I really have to say that even after looking at it for awhile, the main thought I have is "confusing".. and that's not very good in a DPC challenge entry.
Background
A good blackness, don't have much to add for this particular section.
Camera Work / Technical
I'm confused about your aperature.. 10? I assume you mean f/10 (although I've never actually seen an aperature of f/10 before). Without really knowing your intent for photographing this, I'm really just in the dark about your settings, and if they helped you achieve it.
Digital Processing
No information given, so I cannot comment on this area.
Fits the Challenge
For me, and I assume a lot of voters, this photo doesn't meet the challenge in any immediate, visual way.. and just doesn't convey any non-visual, artistic, or personal way strong enough for your typical DPC voter.
My Opinion of the Photo
I'm one of those that really doesn't understand this photo or what it was trying to convey. The title doesn't really help me either, and the fact that you didn't include any information on this shot, especially about your intent or personal feelings about it, don't give me a lot of room to say much more. The fact that you were close to hitting a 5 means that you *did* connect with *some* people, but I'm not one of them. Had you included more information, I might have been able to be more helpful with this critique, but as it stands I can only reiterate what I said above: It is a dark, hard to understand photograph with no strong visual connection to a perspective. I'm sure that you know what your intentions were with the shot, and that it has a strong connection or meaning for yourself, but I couldn't grasp it. Sorry.
Good luck in future challenges.
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