Light of Life
by Spartan151

Comment by lifternessjt:
Well... It's a ceiling lamp.

Light of Life
by Spartan151

Comment by freakin_hilarious:
Photo appears to be technically good, but i'm afraid I don't find the subject itself very interesting.

Light of Life
by Spartan151

Comment by Judi:
Good angle choice.

Grandpa's Camera
by Spartan151

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

Hi Spartan...

The subject you chose here meets the challenge without a doubt. Antique cameras fascinate me quite a bit and I have a small collection of them myself. Your score on this photo is rather mediocre, and I think there are a couple reasons why.

1. You took an old subject (the camera) and put it in a clean, sterile, and bright environment.

You aren't trying to sell this camera on ebay or make a cataloge page to describe it. This camera has a specific character. It's character is old, textured, worn, used, and historical, just to name a few things. In an antique environment, this camera would feel more at home and possibly stir more artistic emotion in the viewer.

2. Your lighting is rather poor.

I'm not sure if you were attempting to have a purely white background and surface, but if that was the case, don't waste your time. That would further push your antique camera into a modernized 'clean room' environment and further contradict the theme of the image.

Sometimes photographers will get wrapped up in the technical aspects of photography and simply forget about WHAT they are photographing and HOW it integrates into an environment. In art photography, an emotion is what you are looking for most of the time. On DPChallenge, you have to look for 'eye candy' or simple visual appeal. You need something that will attract the viewer visually rather than emotionally. Occasionally you can get both, but without the first, the viewer won't give it enough time to stir an emotion...

John Setzler

Grandpa's Camera
by Spartan151

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

Hi Spartan...

The subject you chose here meets the challenge without a doubt. Antique cameras fascinate me quite a bit and I have a small collection of them myself. Your score on this photo is rather mediocre, and I think there are a couple reasons why.

1. You took an old subject (the camera) and put it in a clean, sterile, and bright environment.

You aren't trying to sell this camera on ebay or make a cataloge page to describe it. This camera has a specific character. It's character is old, textured, worn, used, and historical, just to name a few things. In an antique environment, this camera would feel more at home and possibly stir more artistic emotion in the viewer.

2. Your lighting is rather poor.

I'm not sure if you were attempting to have a purely white background and surface, but if that was the case, don't waste your time. That would further push your antique camera into a modernized 'clean room' environment and further contradict the theme of the image.

Sometimes photographers will get wrapped up in the technical aspects of photography and simply forget about WHAT they are photographing and HOW it integrates into an environment. In art photography, an emotion is what you are looking for most of the time. On DPChallenge, you have to look for 'eye candy' or simple visual appeal. You need something that will attract the viewer visually rather than emotionally. Occasionally you can get both, but without the first, the viewer won't give it enough time to stir an emotion...

John Setzler

Grandpa's Camera
by Spartan151

Comment by Kathyc:
Nice composition, but focus seems a little off.

Trapped!
by Spartan151

Comment by loseme:
*Critique Club*

"Trapped!" is a great idea for the Square Crop challenge. I read your comments and you stated you still had the 150 dollar camera. I am not sure what mega pixel that camera would be but I would think you would be able to get a bigger resolution then 465*465.

The image itself is a great idea, I was surprised there weren't a bunch of DPCers trapped in a box for this challenge. I think black and white was probably the best choice with this shot, especially with the stripped shirt. One thing you might look at next time is how black the background is able to look in your shot. It looks like the flash may have been to bright also in the shot. Because of the flash it has created some hot spots on the image especially on the forearm and forehead. I really love the idea, I think the more challenges you enter the more you learn and will continue to grow.

Message edited by HBunch - fixed CC glitch.

Trapped!
by Spartan151

Comment by fotojunkie:
Great idea, but a little off balance. Maybe move the man up a bit and get his feet pushing too?

Trapped!
by Spartan151

Comment by BakerBug:
Lighting is too harsh and his shirt does not work well for a B&W shot. I like the idea.

Trapped!
by Spartan151

Comment by kari1:
Not bad, but too much contrast, and it is a small picture, extra point for actually being square though.