my favorite shape
by jossy

Comment by wavelength:
Greetings from the Critique club :O)

Just te get it out of the way, it's too small. There, I said it.

The colors in this are just great, very bright but with enough dark contrast to keep it interesting.

I can see you used a shallow DOF, with the front being severely OOF, it may be the size but it didn't work. With the picture being so small as entered, it doesn't serve the effect of singling out the piece of candy int the upper third. I'm thinking maybe it's a different shape than the others, but again, I can't completely see that. You're comments say it is, but I can't really tell. The point of using shallow DOF and other comp techniques it to immediately bring the viewer to the subject of the photo. Being so small, the technique loses impact.

Possibly removing the wrapper could also serve to highlight the candy also, though I know you were using shallow DOF to single it out, just another method. Using color contrast and a non-matching patterns also makes a subject pop out. A bright solid Candy of a different color scheme than the wrappers would pop out even at this size.

Hope you found this helpful, and keep working on your entries.

my favorite shape
by jossy

Comment by Dr.Confuser:
"Shape" gets lost in the busy-ness of the subject for me. Decent image. Make it bigger next time ... use all 640 pixels available to you. PM me if you want to discuss size.

my favorite shape
by jossy

Comment by HVGB_photos:
These are great holiday candies!
But the concept of shape is overwhelmed by all the colours and all the textures of the wrappers. Perhaps if you had isolated the one in the purple wrapper against a plain background, the shape of the object would be stronger.
Also, the image is so small that it's hard to see the details... you can post images up to 640 pixels on the larger dimension.

my favorite shape
by jossy

Comment by rachelellen:
I know people are knocking you on the size -- it really is a good idea to use the full 640-pixel dimension if you can, just because people tend to score smaller images lower.

As for the content of the image, it looks busy, but I can see a focal point, so that's good. The colors are nice.

my favorite shape
by jossy

Comment by temba:
A good concept for the theme, but it would have been good if your submission was larger as it is difficult to ascertain detail from your small image.

my favorite shape
by jossy

Comment by missinseattle:
needs to be bigger. But you do have nice dof and the focus on that one single piece is really good.

Statue
by jossy

Comment by Keith Maniac:
OK, this photo is WAY underrated. I really like it. Sorry to see it didn't score higher.

Statue
by jossy

Comment by Keith Maniac:
Very nice. I like this one.

Statue
by jossy

Comment by Man_Called_Horse:
I know what you were after, but part of this shutter speed challenge is to have some crispness, at least, athe very least in your subjects eyes, or face. This is WAY too blurry. Try to take more than one pix next time and experiment with your shutter.