colors of the heart
by gisele

Comment by GolferDDS:
Very nice abstract. The speckles fo paint outside the main subject are a little bothersome and a little more saturation of the colors would make this picture stunning.

welcome to georgia
by gisele

Comment by FranziskaLang:
A Comment From The Critique Club

Hi Gisele, welcome to DPChallenge :)

My first reaction upon seeing your photo was a surprise of seeing peanuts. . . I'd heard of the Georgia peach but not that Georgia is also famous for its peanuts. You learn something new every day! But your photo does meet the challenge, having something typical from the state in it and a typical postcard slogan, too.

COMPOSITION / CONTENT - I like how you have arranged the peanuts in the basket with the cloth or napkin and how you cropped it. That part of your photo has a nice dynamic feeling because of it. The napkin goes perfectly with the background. I don't quite understand why the clock is there (but then, I also didn't know the reason for the peanuts), so I can't really comment on the fact that it is included in the photo. For me, it seems a bit out of place, not connected with the peanuts, but that might just be the missing context. I don't like the angle and crop on the clock so much. The tip is missing, and because it is such a little bit that's missing it looks a little accidental. Due to the angle you took the photograph from (from higher up), the clock also doesn't seem quite straight, which is very apparent when it is right at the edge of the photo.

CAMERA WORK / TECHNICAL - The image is nicely focused and the DOF is good, too. There are no heavy shadows (barely any shadows at all), which works well for a setup postcard. Overall, I seem to detect a little yellow tinge to the photo, that might be due to the light you used. Playing around with your whitebalance on your camera before you take the picture or desaturating yellow a bit in post-processing might alleviate this.

POST-PROCESSING - The font and size of text that you added is nice, personally, I would've considered splitting it up into two lines and moving it to the right so it doesn't overlay the clock. Also play around a bit with the levels and hues to make the image "pop" a little more, right now the colors look just a tad flat (that's always a drawback of that nice even lighting).

Overall, I agree with the comments you got ... a nice change from all the landscape postcards. Playing around with the post-processing a little more would probably improve the photo further.

Please let me know if you have any questions or comments about this review.

Franziska.

colors of the heart
by gisele

Comment by kiwiness:
Oh no it's the blob! Well done Salvador Dali :-) Your style was always one of my favourites and looking at this masterpiece, still is - Gary.

candled colors
by gisele

Comment by sotsot:
too blurry

candled colors
by gisele

Comment by labrynthe:
uncommon subject + good technique = nice abstraction .. sorry, it's easier for me to comment on your work with equation.. :)

candled colors
by gisele

Comment by tomzinho:
this is a cool but strange photo, how the bottom is dull/unlit and the top looks blured like it was moving. the colors are great. the perspective is just okay (that the table looks like its tilting to the left).

candled colors
by gisele

Comment by pollonos:
Looks like a piece of art. I like it, but what is it? :)

candled colors
by gisele

Comment by jmsetzler:
5

candled colors
by gisele

Comment by eloise:
The blur/shake is kind of distracting.

candled colors
by gisele

Comment by LeahStephen:
Artsy... I like it!