DPChallenge: A Digital Photography Contest You are not logged in. (log in or register
 
Challenge Entries
Portfolio Images
This image is not part of a public portfolio.
Mother of Three
Mother of Three
labuds


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Mother (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX Macro for Nikon
Location: j's place
Date: Dec 27, 2005
Aperture: 20
ISO: 200
Shutter: 400
Galleries: Macro, Floral
Date Uploaded: Dec 27, 2005

3 flashes bounced off white paper.

Statistics
Place: 79 out of 125
Avg (all users): 5.1625
Avg (commenters): 5.4615
Avg (participants): 4.8816
Avg (non-participants): 5.2657
Views since voting: 1049
Views during voting: 444
Votes: 283
Comments: 17
Favorites: 0


Please log in or register to add your comments!

AuthorThread
01/12/2006 06:56:10 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club

Technical elements
The image is crisp and nicely saturated in colour. In general I really like the lighting - the darker background mushrooms are perfect, the lighting on the head of the main mushroom is great - my only negative is the overlit stalk of the main mushroom. Towards the base is becomes overexposed and loses its texture.

Composition
I like the composition - have a couple of background mushrooms disappearing out of frame works fine. The "three" baby mushroom are tucked a bit too far into the corner for my liking, particularly the one disappearing out of the bottom of frame since it's a key element of the image. The black background isolates the subject, but works well with the creative lighting chosen.

Border / Title
You haven't used any border - which is a fine decision for this image. With the black background there is no need for an additional border.

At first I had the feeling that you had used the title to force the image into fitting the challenge, but when I think about it more the odds of finding three "baby" mushrooms attached to one large one are pretty slim.

Personal / Emotional qualities
The image doesn't evoke a lot of emotion in me - it's almost humourous in a way... Choosing a mushroom as the subject of the "Mother" challenge. It is a very nice artist style shot though, and I don't have any issue when they don't evoke emotion - they still look great!

Summary
Well done on this shot. I noticed it didn't score as well as some of your other shots, and it's perhaps not quite as good as your DiscoMushroom11 shot, but it's still quite nice on it's own.
01/09/2006 03:59:46 PM
c'est bon i like the photo. others wont see anything mother-related because theres no babies and no kissing and no hand holding or patting on the head, but i think that there is more to those nice gestures that can be attributed to motherhood, which we can see done here where the mini shroomies are emerging from the base of the big shroom, its like mothers providing a living space, providing shelter, security and somewhere to hold onto, like they are attached to the big shroom.
mothers are liek a package deal and theyre not only pats on the head. theres alot mroe to it than that.
so 10 on 10 for originality and creativity though i must speak honestly and i say im not the biggest fan of the light setup here.

Message edited by author 2006-01-09 16:00:26.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/08/2006 11:52:44 PM
Nice picture, not a strong tie to the challenge though. Contrast, focus and compostition very nice.
01/08/2006 09:08:01 PM
fine picture, one which may not appeal to most, but excellent lighting, black BG works perfectly, out of focus shrooms in BG contrast nicely. bumping
01/08/2006 05:15:58 PM
I like the lighting and contrast on this image.
01/06/2006 03:32:40 PM
Yes, well, uh, is this really motherhood? Really interesting shot, though.
01/06/2006 12:54:57 PM
Interesting take on the challenge.
01/06/2006 12:30:38 AM
Lol. A very interesting capture with good detail and well defined lighting. Bumping up.
01/05/2006 07:46:10 PM
Very nice color and interesting take on the challenge.
01/05/2006 01:59:28 PM
Hmmm, we all know mushrooms are just the fruit of the real mama below ground. DNMC...haha, just kidding. Nicely lit with a nice dark background. I'm bumping this to a 6.
01/05/2006 07:52:47 AM
Well that's certainly different :)
01/03/2006 09:34:30 PM
Composition is ok. The subject matter could have been better. Nice image quality. Has potential of being really creative. - 5
01/03/2006 05:31:21 AM
At first, I thought this doesn't fit the challenge, but I was wrong, as it is a magicial image, with the three baby mushrooms growing from the base of the Mother Mushroom. So well done......
01/03/2006 01:35:56 AM
I see your carpophores are sporulating. Time to harvest!
01/02/2006 10:55:17 PM
Nice macro. Good textures.
01/02/2006 05:47:03 PM
not sure how this ties into mother...nice image good textures ...good luck
01/02/2006 01:04:56 AM
This


Home - Challenges - Community - League - Photos - Cameras - Lenses - Learn - Prints! - Help - Terms of Use - Privacy - Top ^
DPChallenge, and website content and design, Copyright © 2001-2024 Challenging Technologies, LLC.
All digital photo copyrights belong to the photographers and may not be used without permission.
Current Server Time: 04/23/2024 12:55:29 PM EDT.