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 10/26/2005 01:20:35 PM · #1
Hi all,

I didn't do all too well in the Reflections challenge and thought I might have fared better. I only received two comments so I thought I'd ask how I may have gone about improving this.

Thanks for your time.

10/26/2005 01:29:23 PM · #2
Hey Jason, I think sometimes when there are over 200 entries we can't take time to truely appreciate all the images. This made me laugh, the title is great, the only thing I can think is that if you are just taking a few seconds to vote on an image the subtleness of an image can get lost. Maybe shifting the focus off the toy to the reflection?
 10/26/2005 01:40:37 PM · #3
hi moodymast!

i was one of your commenters...and i love the concept of this shot so much!

the main thing i would like to see a bit different is the lighting. i absolutely loved the idea but wasn't as crazy about the yellow overtone to the pic. the only other thing that comes to mind is trying it from an up-angle instead of a down angle...and featuring the reflection more. the up-angle would add to the feeling of vanity (look at me! isn't my profile just super!) and would focus the viewer's eye away from the top of Superman's head and onto his chisled good looks...

i hope this was helpful. turnabout's fair play, too! please take a moment and leave your two cents about how i could improve my entry:

Feedback on how I could improve my Reflections image!

thanks, and keep shooting! you do good stuff! (even if the majority of voters seem to like magazine ads...)
: )
jeannel
 10/26/2005 01:41:57 PM · #4
Several things hit me about this photo as having room for improvement. (By the way, I didn't vote in this challenge.)
Hope you don't mind, but I copied and played with your entry:

The areas I circled in purple are the ones that jumped out as distractions. The eye is pulled to anything white, so these areas pull attention away from your subject.
Using only basic editing techniques, I played with the color a bit. I think the distinction between the silver star and gold background could have been made a bit better. I felt the red of the cape needed a bit more saturation to "pop." The reflective gold material is risky--I know, I've used it to create my own mistakes. The color it casts is difficult to overcome in post-processing.
The focus is, appropriately, on the reflection--but it lacked sharpness.
I think the doll could have been thrown out of focus more to send the viewer's attention to the reflection. (Wider aperature.)
The composition: I would have liked to see more of the star and less of the doll--I cropped my version accordingly. The base holding the star also seems unnecessary--Perhaps a slightly different angle of view in your composition could help.
I know, it's all details, but details add up...especially in a "studio" shot where you can control every aspect.
You had a great idea full of humor! A little tighter execution and the voters would have been wowed! (IMHO)
Hope that helps.
 10/26/2005 02:30:40 PM · #5
Thanks for the constructive feedback everyone. I agree with all suggestions especially shifting the focus from the figure to the reflection. In hindsight, I think the background and hot spots (thanks for the dissection KaDi) cost me some points too. Thanks again, it's been a real help.

J
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