"Fun" with Shoes
by Goldwing_ed

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Hello my name is Travis and I will be critiquing you photo.

Lets start with composition, and background. First I would suggest a slightly higher camera angle, it seems like I am strugling to look at the shoes. The background can be just as inportant as the subject, always make sure you check you background in a shot. A simple way to do this is look through the viewfinder, close your eyes for 3 seconds then open them, all while still having your eye to the view finder, you will be suprised of the new things you see that you havent seen before.

Now lets look at the lighting, it seems to be a bit flat, try changing the angle of you light, use a flashlight or a desk lamp and and put you subject in different places in the light. Take note how the lighting can mold your subject giving it a dramatic or subtle feel.

Well thats it if you have any questions or comments please feel free to pm me. I hope I helped.

Travis

A thousand walks
by jacknoltin

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Hello my name is Travis and I will be critiquing you photo.

Lets start with the background, It is pretty distracting and it does not really help the image, and what ever does not help an image hurts an image. The lines on the left clash to much with the white, and it tends to make the photo unappealing. Rember that a backgorund can be just as inportant as the main subject.

No lets look at the composition (where things are in the photo) the one shoe flipped over s good it gives a sence of difference which the human mind longs to see. But the angle you have shot this at hurts the image because it is a normal view of shoes, try looking at them how no one has ever seen shoes before.

Now lets look at the lighting, it seems to be pretty flat, which cnveys no shape, lighting is one of the most important aspects in photography, set up a flashlight or desk lampa nd place the subject different ways under the light and see how the light can shape an object to make it more suttle or more dramatic.

The photo is also a bit out of focus, but that is somthing that can be fixed with a tri pod or mabe a faster shutter speed.

Well thats it if you have any questions or comments please feel free to pm me. I hope I helped.

Travis

Grandscape
by Tranquil

Comment:
I really like the the detail in this you must have used a small apeture. I think it would look better in black and white, and I am not a big fan of B&W, but I think this would have an Ansel Adams feel.

Travis

Clipped In
by exbionic

Comment:
WOW, this is awsome. I did not get a chance to vote on this challenge but if I did this would have been a 10.

Dark & Light
by Travis99

Comment:
Hey thanks everyone, I am really happy everyone liked it. I'm so glad to get a ribbon, it only took me 36 trys. Thank you all for the great comments, thanks for taking the time to let me know what you thought.

Travis

StreetSmart
by Nazgul

Comment:
Great photo, the only thin I would like to see different is the background, had it been more out of focus, I think it would have been a ten.

Eye Am Watching You
by Schuff

Comment:
Nice, I would have loved to see a tad more detail under the eye.

broom vendor
by whiteroom

Comment:
Wow you have captured character in this photo, its like you can tell were he's been. Great shot 9

Death
by mystical_princess

Comment:
this rocks

Bella
by DanielCzaja

Comment:
beautiful