My Bear Necessity
by obsidian

Comment by obsidian:
Appreciate all of the comments and feedback - definitely my best shot yet although the bear is suing me as he didnt sign a model waiver form!

Message edited by author 2006-03-08 09:32:31.

My Bear Necessity
by obsidian

Comment by temba:
Sad to see this so far down the results - it deserved better than this I think.

My Bear Necessity
by obsidian

Comment by m_martinhere:
Nice shot.

My Bear Necessity
by obsidian

Comment by temba:
Really neat shot - I get a real feeling of comfort here too - I think it is the evident age/use of the bear (he's been well cuddled) and the soft lighting. One of my top scoring images in this challenge.

3:50 PM Gothic Mean Time
by obsidian

Comment by kteach:
I think the feedback that jhonan provided hit on some of the key points as to why this scored so low. A few degrees of rotation would help this shot, especially in this type of color scheme. I also agree that this color scheme was a bit too out of the box for the dpc voting crowd. As jhonan pointed out, you've made almost a negative of your original by using the light colors in dark places and vice versa and to combine that with the bright and contrasting colors, probably gave many voters a poor initial reaction. I think you have managed to capture some interesting textures in the building and surrounding items which would have made for a great duotone in the more traditional colors. Hope this is helpful!

My Bear Necessity
by obsidian

Comment by AzCKelly:
Very nice, Wonderful composition.

3:50 PM Gothic Mean Time
by obsidian

Comment by JH:
In the forums you asked for some extra feedback, so here goes. I can see two major technical problems here;

1) It doesn't look straight. The wall on the left hand side looks tilted.

2) The colours. Okay, perhaps not a technical problem exactly, but the combination of yellow and purple is just too jarring. If you look at the number of 1's you were voted on this, I'd say it was the colour combination that put most people off.

The post-processing looks as if it's been overdone. It makes the image look like a negative (the shadows are more highlighted than the highlights). The subject is reasonably interesting, but if I was to be a real perfectionist, I'd say it was 3.51pm and not 3.50pm :)

My Bear Necessity
by obsidian

Comment by Commando303:
A somewhat disconnected photograph of an otherwise comfort-bringing object. A warmer environment might have been nice.

My Bear Necessity
by obsidian

Comment by Nyck:
gr8 pic,lovely texture

My Bear Necessity
by obsidian

Comment by sherpet:
Yes, this is comfortable.....