Dark Voodoo: A Broken Heartby
cutlassdude70Comment by scarbrd: ---Greetings from the Critique Club!---
First impression - OUCH! :-)
First off - this is a very strong image as evident by the 6+ score. Technically very good. Rather than go through the exposure, composition, technique issues, let me try to tell you what would have kicked this score up into the top 10 or higher.
When I first saw this image I didn't get the heart thing. I don't always read the title although I should. My feeling is if you have to rely on the title too much you're probably not going to score very high.
The heart thing along with the voodoo is an excellent idea. Titling the voodoo doll up a bit would accomplish 2 things:
1. The viewers could make out the heart shape of the pins better,
2. The DOF would not be as shallow.
I like the shallow DOF, but I think it is distracting from the image here instead of enhancing it. Positioning the camera a little higher and s little more on top would have the same effect as tilting the doll up a bit.
Again, I think this is one of the stronger images in the challenge. These are just my ideas to improve the placement. Congrats on a top 20 placement!
I hope this was helpful. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
David
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