space amoebaby
BeetleComment by HBunch: *Critique Club*
I see you received some nice comments after the challenge, as well as during the challenge, so I hope I can offer something new here.
Per your request, here is your in depth critique from the Critique Club.
While being a very clever shot for the challenge, it's just not that visually appealing to me. The amoeba looks more like one of those fake vomit things you buy at gag stores. You know what I'm talking about? That was the first thing I thought of when I saw this photo. You did do a nice job capturing the similar look of the amoeba (//www.3dham.com/microgallery/amoebab.html for those who don't know what amoeba's look like) and it definately represents spaceamoeba's name for sure. It's too bad that you couldn't somehow get a clear amoeba. That might have been interesting as well.
I like how you did the background. When I saw this in the voting, I had assumed that it was taken above a computer monitor or something similar. Very creative photography in my opinion.
Now, why didn't it score what you had hoped for? For me, it would be the lack of visual appeal. The amoeba looks a bit out of focus, and (while my monitor is just fine) I wish there were a bit more light on the amoeba. The focus seems to be on the stars rather than on the amoeba, and I wish it were the other way around at least, or have everything similar focus.
I like the placement of the amoeba in relation to the stars. The 'negative space' to the left works nicely composition wise.
Overal neat idea for the challenge. ~Heather~
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