Holiday Bluesby
SeanachaiComment by Konador: Critique Club:
I really liked this shot for a number of reasons. The high contrast works very well to create an emotional response, and the colour in the eye draws my attention to that area, which is good. I like the way the eye is an unusual colour, because it makes it seem a bit surreal, which I like to see sometimes. I've seen a lot of plain boring eye shots but the colouring is what makes this one unique to me.
I feel that the final score of 5.4 was a bit lower than what this shot deserved, but I can also see why it got that score.
The whole shot, to me, seems ever so slightly out of focus. Personally, I think this adds to the emotion, but generally people on DPC see it as a bad thing, and vote lower because of it.
I think the tear is another good element that adds emotion, but it seems a bit flat to me. Since you added it in PS, perhaps you could have moved the highlight more into the centre, and made it appear more rounded. It's just a little thing but I think it would have helped. Since the eye seems to have a lot of makeup on, perhaps some streaks of it running down the face would enhance the crying effect and the emotion. Of course I hate to encourage the use of photoshop to this extent, but I think it would look good anyway. :)
I hope this critique has been useful, it's my first one since Jan 2003, lol.
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