Musical texture
by elinias

Comment by TroyMosley:
***Greetings from the Critique club***
First off i must say thank you for entering the challenge that was makes this site keep going.

ok lets start, I do enjoy your photograph

Deph of field is great, its perfect, i wouldnt have gone any more or less.
I really like the spikes it really adds a texture feeling to the photo also the little note bars at the bottoms is a great additive to the photo and their croped in there perfect.
the red background is good, i like the color added to the silver in the wheel
there is nothing i can say that i dont like or anything to improve on in this photo, im unsure why its did score higher

sustains
good crops, good use of color, great ideas, and deph of field.

Good times '02 !
by elinias

Comment by taterbug:
Greetings from the Critique Club :-)

Well, this shot obviously fits the challenge :-) I must admit I have been a bit perplexed since I pulled this shot from the queue for a critique a couple of days ago. Just puzzled over why a pretty decent photog with nice equipment, some great shots in their port (a 4th place among them) and a 5.75+ avg would want a formal critique on a shot taken with a p&s at a party 4 yrs ago, but anyways...

The first thing that strikes me is the wild expression. Kind of engaging at first, but starts to seem out of place with the nice, solid black backgroung. Makes sense when you read your notes, it fits for a party shot, that is what it comes across as. I wonder if maybe this might have scored better if there were a little detail in the background to give some context? Maybe not. Skin tone looks a tad bit on the yellow side. There are some harsh shadows, probably due to onboard flash? It's a bit disconcerting to me how her black top totally blends into the background, it makes her neck look kind of un-natural and almost cut n pasted like. Same with how we lose part of the earrings.

So overall, the expression has some interest, and captures your attention initially, but then the overall quality I feel allows the viewer to quickly be ready to 'move on', and leave wondering if this was perhaps a doctored up 'party shot'.

If you have any questions or comments or anything, please feel free to contact me.

Happy shooting,
taterbug :-)

Musical texture
by elinias

Comment by sherpet:
Nice textures and a nice image...

Red Delicious
by elinias

Comment by GeckoZ:
Nice pretty shot. Like the mood.. how about an 8? :)

Musical texture
by elinias

Comment by aimeethetoo:
Great idea and a very cool shot.

Red Delicious
by elinias

Comment by JulieG:
This is great. The apples are nice and sharp and I know how much patience you must have needed for this picture. I already voted and gave 9.

Musical texture
by elinias

Comment by Nanate:
Excellent work and very unique. Not only can we feel the texure in our minds, but we can hear the music. Very well done.

Musical texture
by elinias

Comment by joebok:
Great textured object - I would have liked to have a bigger DOF to have the whole cylinder in focus.

Musical texture
by elinias

Comment by Xilebo:
Fascinating machine and you've caught the texture in a very special way

Musical texture
by elinias

Comment by taterbug:
Very creative and original idea. Nice lighting. Great detail. Really like the title too :-)