Cutting eggsby
hajekaComment by posthumous: greetings from Critique Club
First off, let's get some things out of the way. You know more than I do about getting a good score from DPC and taking a product shot. All I can do is give you my perspective on how I scored this.
Let's start with the score itself: 5. I know that doesn't sound great, but you should know that I hate straight product shots. They normally score in the 3- range for me. So, yours had some redeeming qualities, as follows:
-interesting angle. You are pointing down at the appliance. I expect the bottom part to recede along perspective lines much more than it does. I like being disoriented like that (you've also lined up the right side of the bottom piece so that I can't see it. nice touch). It creates a Surreal effect.
-triangular composition. Even though you have the standard dead-center, close-cropped composition of a product shot, the stray egg-piece and the shadow make for a triangular shape skewed within the rectangle of the photo. This adds interest and energy.
-crosshair effect. you make the blades look like crosshairs by positioning them over their "target", the egg. This is a nice allegorical touch, though it would make more sense (and have suspense) if the egg weren't already sliced.
-shading. you allow some nice shading on the product. usually product shots are too shiny.
[b]How to get a higher score from me[b]
*if you care* hahahaha
-a real background, not this fake whiteness
-a more worked-through or resonant allegory
-a better title to help the allegory
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