What I didn't enter - Obsolete - Comments?

Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon

06/29/2005 08:40:05 AM · #1

I haven't entered a challenge is so long, maybe I was just being too timid by not entering either of these images or maybe I was doing everyone a favor by not entering. Could I get some feedback on how these might have done had I entered the challenge?

Thanks!

Jutilda

Canon EOS-7D

06/29/2005 08:45:23 AM · #2

I like the old rusty milk can. It seems to just be floating in a field of white. Or maybe you did that for punch? The detail of the can is good. Not crazy about the miniature covered wagon. I'd have rather seen a picture of the real thing.

sabphoto

Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+

06/29/2005 08:49:28 AM · #3

I too was going to do a milk can, I passed a farm that had equipment for sale and had two large milk cans on one of the wagons, wish I had stopped. Maybe my current submission will do well...not looking that way right now though. :(

06/29/2005 09:38:49 AM · #4

Thanks Judy for the comments. My white background wasn't perfect so I had to adjust levels to make it better - hence the floating effect - which is what I was after in some way.

Oh well - I'll just post these up to a stock site. :-)

Good luck on the challenge Scott - hopefully the scoring will turn for you...

Prof_Fate

06/29/2005 10:11:32 AM · #5

both seem like stock photos - no context to either of them. No context, no emotion...no ribbon.

Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS

06/29/2005 12:09:24 PM · #6

Originally posted by Prof_Fate:

both seem like stock photos - no context to either of them. No context, no emotion...no ribbon.

Chris, thank you for the comments. What could you suggest for re-shooting these objects to make the photo better? Different composition, lighting, background, add something?? I think these objects are difficult to add 'emotion' too, but maybe I've taken too much time off and I'm not as open minded as I should be.

Note: I do agree that they are missing 'something'... I'm just not sure what or how I could have done this differently - hence the reason I didn't enter the obsolete challenge. :-)

Canon EOS-60D

06/29/2005 12:33:46 PM · #7

Tina, they're both technically good shots, but I think that perhaps the backgrounds for both are what make them less appealing...perhaps the milk can on an old wooden porch or something, and maybe the wagon on the desert floor to give it some context/environment...something along those lines might make them more emotive...kind of harkening back to yesteryear.

I traveled a long way to get the shot I entered, and it's not doing nearly what I hoped it would do but it's at least not tanking desperately. Here are my outtakes, and I kind of think the first one should have been my entry after all. Oh well... maybe next time!!! :)

bobdaveant

Canon EOS-60D

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

06/29/2005 12:43:27 PM · #8

Left a comment for you Laurie.

Brad

Olympus OM-D E-M1

Olympus 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO M.Zuiko

06/29/2005 12:46:22 PM · #9

Hi Tina,
Both of your shots seem as mentioned, very stock-oriented.
Sometimes these work, sometimes not. Both however and decent shots, but think they would have ended up not doing a lot for the voters and would have been in the middle of the pack somewhere.

I posted mine in the Public Random Photo Thread.