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Can you feel the heat ?
Can you feel the heat ?
migidi


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: From Above (Classic Editing)
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 880
Location: Living Room Table
Date: Mar 16, 2003
Galleries: Still Life
Date Uploaded: Mar 16, 2003

Over the candle shot. At one point I thought my camera was melting....felt the heat... :)

Used natural lighting (no flash)...

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Place: 121 out of 203
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03/30/2003 01:48:58 AM
Greetings from the Critique Club
By Inspzil

Composition - Beautiful colors on this candle. The little marks all leading to the center of the candle really help this one to illustrate how clean the image is. This photo however is basic to the extreme and very simple to execute. This is a pretty clean image like I said earlier, but it really lacks dynamic visual impact. There just isn't a lot here.

Technical - It probably isn't very noteworthy that the flash did not fire. At this range, the flash would've made the whole picture white. You did a good job with the exposure on this one. The framing is okay, but I think I'd have turned this 90 degrees clockwise so that the image was not L/R symmetrical and so that the edge of the candle would've better framed the overall image.

Overall - A simple picture of a simple subject. In all fairness to you, its not a badly taken photo. In fairness to the viewers, there really isn't a whole lot to go with in this photo. You may have tried to put more emphasis on the wax around the candle and not so much on the flame. The dead center approach is generally not looked well upon in most circumstances by any of the "old timers" on the site who are mostly pretty experienced photographers at this point. There are times and places for it though. Good luck in future challenges. I hope this could be of some help to you. - Inspzil
 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/23/2003 10:40:05 PM
Simple yet highly effective, nice job!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
03/20/2003 09:53:06 PM
Good macro and cropping. And the colour reflects the heat very well too. Well done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
03/20/2003 11:20:28 AM
try less light (shorter speed or smaller shutter) to get a warmer ambience
  Photographer found comment helpful.
03/18/2003 02:42:30 PM
good picture and nice idea
  Photographer found comment helpful.
03/18/2003 02:27:18 PM
no sorry i cant feel the heat, just kidding good image i like it 5
03/18/2003 02:19:21 PM
nice idea i think that the red candle makes the picture very intresting
  Photographer found comment helpful.
03/17/2003 05:39:56 PM
Would have liked to see more detail of the candle. Otherwise, a nice pic. Good contrast.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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