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11/23/2004 09:17:58 AM |
Greetings from the Critique Club :)
GENERAL: I think this is almost an 'abstract' image. I takes a person a while to realize what they are looking at. I'm not familiar with the animal that the name buster refers too. I was however after looking at the picture for a good while able to guess that it was a cat.
FOCUS: I think the DoF in this image may be to short. Only a very small section on the front of the paw seems to be in focus. The portion of the paw that is in focus however is very crisp and has a lot of wonderfull detail.
BACKGROUND: I think another improvement on this shot would be in the use of smoother background. I like the denim like material, and feel you chose and captured it well, however I think that the long dark wrinkles draw you away from the paw. Perhaps if it was laid smooth it would help instead of distract.
LIGHTING: I personally would Like to have seen this lit from the other side. I feel a soft light from the right pointing towards the bottom of the paw would have given this a softer feel. As is the highlights are overwhelming and burn out all of the great colors. It also would have allowed the viewer to see more of the details on the bottom of the paw.
OVERALL: This is a shot with alot of possibility. With diferent lighting, and a better DoF I feel this could have easily made another couple of full points in the challenge.I am not a cat fan myself, but I found the details you were trying to show in this photo to very interesting. This could have been a good candidate for a feline heath magazine. While I'm not overly awed by this shot, I do feel it has potential. I't is very creative and looks at thinks in a POV that most have never considered.
Keep up the interesting work
Tristalisk
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11/16/2004 06:12:09 PM |
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11/13/2004 10:28:17 PM |
| If the claws would have been out, that would have been really nice |
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11/13/2004 08:39:13 AM |
| The blue toning here works really well, but I think the photo is a bit over exposed and over sharpened. |
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11/13/2004 05:12:10 AM |
| I like the blue hues that dominate the shot. Good DOF too. |
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11/12/2004 07:14:25 AM |
| I've always liked cats' feet too (and dogs', for that matter, as long as they're not muddy!)... Good job of showing the details on this paw. I would like to see this in plain black and white as the blue tint makes me think that Buster's sleeping on someone's work shirt :) |
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11/10/2004 12:25:05 AM |
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