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snafflesComment by Matthew: Hello from the Critique Club
You have chosen an image to reproduce that is probably hard to do than it looks (testament to scalvert's original). However, your camera has good macro functionality, so this is not a bad choice of image. You came low in sequence, but should take heart from the 5+ score that you got.
In terms of constructive criticism, you have received some comments already.
Scalvert's original did a couple of things that your image does not. It retained a degree of three dimensionalism by taking a stronger angle and by using a socket that more obviously protruded from the wall. This also introduced a shallow depth of field that focusses attention on the water drop.
Scalvert used a hard light from the top left to increase local contrast and to define the areas around the plugholes - yours do nothave this shadow, which are needed to create a real sense of depth to the image.
Scalvert has used good white balance settings for the lighting he had available - yours is a little off white, which is easily correctable either in camera or on the computer - you have some advice from others already but the forums will help further on this.
Good luck with your next entry!
Cheers
Matthew
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