New Fashion Trend - Forkliftsby
ColeyComment by e301: from the cupboard under the stairs of the Critique Club
It interest me greatly here that the actual subject of the photograph, in an obviously controlled environment, becomes the central interest of people's ocmments and ratings. Obviously, that's inevitable in a challenge such as this one - but actually, is it about photography? I think not - it's more about some kind of suclpture, I think, about the creation of a record of an odd set-up, and the photography simply becomes a process of recording that avoiding some pitfalls of exposure and detail etc. To my view, anyone with reasonable experience, facilities, and practice should be able to do this.
So, your photograph is actually about your set-up, yes? And here, I think your notes say it all - 'an on-going study of feet': and it's the feet that so dominate the image that I think this has hurt your score. The forks are quite clearly essential, but then you scored pretty well, so not everyone thought that was an issue.
Now, having given you my opinion of this kind of stuff, I have to say that this is possibly the most interesting shot of its type in that challenge. I do agree with one point made about the 'feel' of the image. I think that's to do with the skin-tones of the feet themselves - they have a slight blue-ish cast that makes them look cold. A slight change of colour temperature, or perhaps simply a warmer light might have helped there.
I also think that some people find feet generally an unappealing subject, and that will have taken a vote or two away from you.
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