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04/20/2005 05:53:09 PM |
| This is a wonderfull composition! Its a great image.. A couple of things looks like already mentioned for improving... ya know perfections in photogs.. :) Really cool though!! |
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11/19/2004 05:33:41 AM |
Greetings from the critique club!
A few of the things I’ve noticed have already been commented on, but I’ll still mention them along with what I feel are acceptable solutions to the issues.
The first thing I noticed was the softness of the clocks inner workings. The intricate golden metal screams for sharp detail and while I can see some of that detail, it isn’t quite as sharp as it deserves to be in my opinion. This appears to be caused by a fairly shallow depth of field (DOF) which keeps the hands sharp, but drops off from there. While a shallow DOF works in some situations, it seems a bit distracting with this particular subject. I’m not sure what your f-stop was set to, but by opening it up a bit more (larger number) and adding a bit more light you would create a deeper DOF and easily get the whole image in focus.
Another thing that I noticed (which could also effect the sharpness), is the lack of contrast in the golden inner workings. I see light and medium tones, but nothing that gives this image a nice dark contrast to the lighter tones. By stopping down as mentioned above and moving the light a bit further left, you could increase the contrast on the edges and within the inner workings. It looks like you might have had a reflector or fill light filling in the shadows; you could decrease this a bit as well. I guess experimentation would tell if my suggestions are pertinent to your image or not.
One more thing that noticed right away was the fact that the tip of the minute & second hand were cut off. It’s an unwritten rule that most clocks or watches be set at 10:10, I have no idea why, but this would have helped keep all of your hands in the image while keeping it fairly well balanced. For some examples of what I’m talking about, check out ROLEX and TIMEX for examples.
I have to say that I really like the fact that you centered the subject, normally people would try to mess around with the “rule of thirds”, but I’m glad you didn’t. Overall, with a few minor adjustments, this could easily be ribbon material, nice work!
I hope this helps,
Quadrajet
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11/15/2004 06:39:31 PM |
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11/13/2004 04:22:21 PM |
It's not your fault, but I'm getting tired of inside views of clocks. Don't worry, I took a shot of a wristwatch. Just like ten other people.
You shouldn't have cropped the pointers, and the upper right corner is motion blurred. |
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11/13/2004 12:36:54 AM |
| For me this would be better with a bit more DOF |
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11/12/2004 05:12:47 PM |
| Most creative clock/watch in the bunch. |
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11/12/2004 07:06:40 AM |
| Some contrast would help this image 'pop' more, and also USM would stop it looking too soft as it does now. |
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11/12/2004 06:36:36 AM |
| Nice warm lighting - empasizes the fact that this is a shot of inner workings. Detailed mechanism is often quite fetching if all in focus, but you have made a good coice of the hands as centre for your DOF. |
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11/10/2004 12:36:13 AM |
| Very cool watch, but the DOF and lighting is not good enogh to present what the watch is worth... |
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