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by kingskingdom

Comment by Ecce_Signum:
Greetings from Andi via the Critique Club

First Impression: My first thought was that this was a map of Milton Keynes! Seriously this was one of my highest scoring images and the red cube (not square) bumped it to an 8 from my speed vote of 6.

Composition: Without my set square this is about as perfect as you can get and I'm pretty sure if I'd have thought of this myself the red cube would have been centered and so ruined the overall effect of the shot

Subject: ok, I guess a cube is made up of 6 squares so it meets the challenge many (many) times. For a while I thought you had the cubes sitting in liquid and it was being sucked up but that would be almost impossible, it was then I realised it was a reflection. Simple and beautiful yet complex at the same time.

Technical: Can't fault the technicals here as they are pretty much perfect. there is a lot of blue in the image and whilst I like it I wonder how a selective desaturation would have worked? B&W & Red?

Final thoughts: A great score for a great image with a good place to boot! Time well spent on the shopping and setting up Chris!

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Comment by Timosaby:
Sweet!

Edit: Pun was NOT intended!

Message edited by author 2009-08-12 13:12:27.

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Comment by jmsetzler:
Greetings from the Critique Club...

This photograph is excellent. I personally enjoy seeing them because they are colorful and the theme is about shapes and textures rather than a simple tangible subject. I remember a time here on DPC when photos like this one would always rise to the top of the heap, but the Walmart shoppers are getting too complacent these days and this theme and style is becoming stereotypical. I love the abstract modernism in this style, and this photograph would make a fantastic large print (18x12 or so) matted in black with a black frame to hang on a wall. 10th place out of 111 images is quite respectable though :) I just think images like this are worth more than 6.1 on a scale of 1 to 10. That aspect seems to show the complacency I mentioned earlier more than anything else. There is no critique I can offer for improvement. I like this image as presented without any modifications.

Excellent work :)

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Comment by Art Roflmao:
Great job! Congrats on 4th.

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Comment by h2:
Congrats on the HM, excellent work!

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Comment by andrewt:
congrats on the HM Chris !!! Fabulous shot.

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Comment by Cheerz:
Hey Chris,
Congrats.. and thanks for slowing down at the last lap.. :)
Managed to win by a 0.02 margin..

Cheers Mate..

Eric.

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Comment by soon:
Chris, congrates on your top 4 finish.
Hope you have enjoyed the race...

Message edited by author 2009-08-12 01:20:53.

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Comment by npasel:
Nice composition, meets challenge. Time to bump up a score for good title.

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Comment by nzbayleys:
Nicely done - needs to be totally clean and aligned. Do you have a shot that is fully in focus?