The Touristby
JammurComment by littlegett: The first thing I notice here is the dappled light on the body and the reflection on the lense. For me those are two huge distractions that even though they do not lower the image quality persay, it is perceived as lower.
I first notice that you are using natural lighting, which there is nothing wrong with it, but it does create a 'cooler' cast of light, or blue light. Most viewers prefer warmer tones to images for some reason. It also appears to have artificial lighting, maybe an overhead light? Though the natural light takes most of the cast.
Also, even though I understand and enjoy your concept I don't feel the subject takes center stage. There seems to be a lot of other things going on around it that distract the viewer, like trying to read the titles on the books and the highlight on the dolls face.
I personally feel if it was more simplistic (without the books) and a baffle to block the highlight on the doll would work better, and maybe landscape orientation , with a white sheet or something to cast a cleaner reflection on the glass.
I am looking at the subject itself, trying to determine the focus and it seems I can read the glass front just fine but the rest of the subject loses some focus. With these wonderful straight lines I would have preferred a strong sharp focus more so on the body, or even throughout the entire image.
Overall it is a nice job, just remember if you have a dark subject try not to put dark objects in the background, and avoid anything that may 'distract' the viewer away from the subject.
I do really enjoy the bamboo mate and the writing in the far background.
Andrew
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