Honey I Burnt the Toastby
AlexSaberiComment by kari1: ::: Critique Club :::
Hi, I am Kari and am fairly new to the critique club. It is awesome that your image in the top 10 .. congratulations.
Who would have thought burnt toast would get you that far!
First Impression - the most important one:
Me, like many others can smell the toast. That is a major plus, you have made people think and triggered their memory and pulled that smell. We all remember triggering our smoke alarms with this exact method.
Composition:
You have received a number of comments re cropping (plate colour), DOF and lighting. The following are my thoughts on this:
Cropping
You may be able to take this further out but I think it would it affect the effect of the image. With a darker plate underneath the toast may blend with the plate, but it could emphasis the smoke (the opps) ....
The smoke on the toast has also created a leading line for the eye, although it does get lost once it reaches the plate.
DOF .. I did find the DOF a minor issue, I would have like the image to have a larger depth of field to create a sharpness for the image. I don't think this can be achieved through computer sharpening.
Lighting .. I like it, and it does work for me.
Subject:
Lovely subject matter and one that everyone can relate to, very easily.
Technical (Colour and light):
The colour of the plate may heave helped emphasis the smoke and taken it further as a leading line, but the whiteness of the plate used works as I think this is what people expect to see.
To grow its vote?:
I think that this image did incredibly well in this challenge, against some rather stiff competition for the top 5.
Summary:
Great picture, really is something we all know, and I think that you really tapped into peoples memories wtih this one.
If you've got any questions about this critique, please feel free to contact me via the PM system.
Congratulations and well done.
Kari
Message edited by author 2006-01-07 00:49:05. 
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