untitled
by DemonLlama

Comment:
You're a touch underexposed in the middle. My eye wants more detail...
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Kodak GOLD
by Brin

Comment:
Is the film really that color? This is quite cool!
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Remember When
by ltlmschrisss

Comment:
I don't get it... Is this supposed to be a gold dollar?

I-Pod? I-Not!
by Majanka

Comment:
From the Critique Club:

First of all, let me say that I'm not a big fan of abstracts. I understand why people like them and like to creat them though. I'm more of a traditionalist myself. That said, this is simply a great shot for this challenge. The DOF is perfect for this. You have just enough sharp detail to give your eye a spot to land on. Everything else is distinguishable but soft. Perfect! Love the colors too. Very simple color scheme and lighting. I especially like how the blue goes from darker in the bottom left to lighter in the top right. Great composition. Love the way the lines lead you through the frame.

The only thing that may kind of detract from the shot is the fuzz inside the bean pod, but what can you do?

All in all a very nicely done abstract!

Yours
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ground squrrille family
by DevonT

Comment:
Very nice! Great capture! You really should update the details so the rest of us can see what lens you used and what the camera settings were.

Keep shootin'
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I'm getting sleeepy.....
by jad

Comment:
From the Critique Club:

First off, welcome to DPC! I really like to do critiques for younger members. It's really cool to see what one can do before they become brainwashed by how things are 'supposed' to be done!

OK, This is probably gonna be the hardest critique I've ever done. You see I like to use this technique that I call "what I like/don't like" and I still haven't found anything that I truly like about this shot...

Why doesn't this shot work? The focus is a little off. You said youself that you didn't use a tripod. This and a slow shutter speed probably contributed to the focus problems. Whenever you do a setup shot there is really no reason not to use a tripod. My photography improved by leaps and bounds when I started to use a tripod religiously! The colors as well as overall contrast are quite flat. I can't tell in this shot if you used the flash or if this was taken outdoors in bright sunlight. On camera flash for a shot like this will basically wash out the tonality of the colors. It (or the bright sun for that matter) can also cause blown out areas like the white in the center of the spiral. It will also remove the depth of the shot. A little sidelighting would probably have improved this considerably!

The above are all technical reasons this shot didn't do to well. There are a bunch of compositional reasons also. To make it simple, there's just too damn much goin' on. Your eye has no where to rest. I mean ya got some pretty cool lines. The spiral is pretty cool. The carrots are pretty cool. The both lead toward the center of the shot but there's nothing really there to see... All the other stuff in the shot just seem like noise. I don't see why they're there...

Put all this together and you have a shot that doesn't score well. If you look at the top twenty shots of this challenge, you'll see nice simple sharp shots. That's what does well here...

Please don't take any of this as mean. I'm just tryin' to help out a new member. Please keep shootin' and postin'! I can't wait to see what else ya got in your camera...

Yours
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Taylor Photo Shoot 2
by Pixlmaker

Comment:
Very fun looking, natural shot! I can see her character the most in this shot. The only thing I think would improve it is a touch of hair lighting and some catch light in the eyes!
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Taylor Photo Shoot 8
by Pixlmaker

Comment:
This is the best shot as far as isolating your model and seperating her from the background!
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Taylor Photo Shoot 1
by Pixlmaker

Comment:
This shot probably has the best lighting on Taylor! Too bad about the bald headed almost blown out sky though and nearly overexposed grass in the background...
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Taylor Photo Shoot 5
by Pixlmaker

Comment:
She's got the squint in this shot also. Don't know how to combat this in real life as I have not a lot of experience shooting models. I think it would also help if she pulled her dress down so the wrinkles were less prominent...
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