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11/17/2004 12:07:39 PM |
Critique Club
Composition/ Content/ Background
I like the fact that you've really thought about linking your image to the chosen month. That aspect of it is one of the stronger points for me.
As has been said a few times in the comments left during the challenge, a big weakness of this image is in the background. The table doesn’t add anything as the milk and plate on top of it are too heavily cropped to be considered as part of the main content. In any case they aren't needed to convey the Christmas theme so would be best excluded.
The stocking at the back interferes with the colours and lines of the dog's hat and again would be better excluded. The scarf that he's wearing doesn't really match the hat and just introduces a thick black diagonal to the frame that doesn't really help composition.
All in all my advice in terms of improvement would be to really think about the background as much as the foreground and possibly even use a one-colour backdrop.
In terms of the lovely dog, it's a shame he isn't looking directly at the camera. It emphasises the impression that he's not really having fun but just sitting obediently whilst he's used as a model. Stronger eye contact would improve the connection felt between viewer and dog.
Camera Work - Technical
Lighting is very harsh and has resulted in some large blown out areas in the white of the hat. Including large areas of white in your image requires more care with exposure, something that is definitely not easy. Perhaps softening the light source and also bracketing on exposure might help on this front.
Digital Processing - Technical
Some confident cropping (at top and left) would exclude some of those distracting background elements and improve composition.
Fits The Challenge
Yes
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11/13/2004 06:33:05 PM |
| Nice lighting on dog. Table is a bit distracting. |
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11/13/2004 11:00:16 AM |
| Cute, poor dog. It looks like you used a direct flash on this, and you need a better background, that table doesn't fit in the scene. |
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11/13/2004 01:25:39 AM |
| A better background would have made this more interesting. |
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11/12/2004 01:40:56 AM |
| Personal opinion here: I am not big on animals in costumes. We have a golden retriever, and they are such beautiful dogs. The dog's expression seems sad and disengaged. I do like how crisp all the textures in this photograph are. The wide variety of those textures is interesting. |
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11/11/2004 11:52:39 PM |
| The background is distracting and the flash is a little overpowering. If you would have cropped much closer on the dog, the photo would have been more effective for me. 5 |
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11/11/2004 10:40:50 AM |
| something wrong with the hat... background not good for this pic.... realy good idea though. |
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11/09/2004 11:11:32 PM |
| Cute, but the table should have been cropped out |
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11/09/2004 09:44:05 AM |
| Good photo but the background is a bit distracting |
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11/09/2004 02:18:27 AM |
| Great expression here. "Oh great. Chrismas again! Ho hum." hehe. A little over exposed in the white areas unfortunately, but a nice calendar shot none the less. |
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11/08/2004 06:53:41 PM |
| Nice shot :) 2 nitpicks... the stocking in the back seems to be growing out of the pup's head... And the color of the wall blends too much with the fur... Ok, one more... I notice the milk glass and assume it has cookies next to it for the big man... Maybe this could have been a bigger part of the shot? More prominent? |
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11/08/2004 05:28:48 PM |
| Awww, there that adorable puppy is again. At least I think he's the same one I've seen before. And he will get a high vote from me like always. Very cute picture. May have been a little better to clone out the background objects. They are a little distracting, but only a little. |
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