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Challenge: Pastels (Advanced Editing IV)
Collection: 2006 challenges
Camera: Samsung Digimax 201
Location: My roof, Oxford Mills
Date: Aug 30, 2006
Aperture: auto
ISO: auto
Shutter: auto
Galleries: Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Sep 2, 2006

Sweetarts spilling out of a pastel bowl onto a pastel-hued Navaho saddle pad.

Post-shoot editing: crop, contrast/brightness, saturation/lightness, save for web, sharpen

Statistics
Place: 177 out of 203
Avg (all users): 4.7833
Avg (commenters): 4.7778
Avg (participants): 4.4857
Avg (non-participants): 4.9727
Views since voting: 1002
Views during voting: 267
Votes: 180
Comments: 13
Favorites: 0


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09/15/2006 05:45:16 PM
Hello from the Critique club, my name is Jon Rowe, and i will be looking at your image this evening :)

Composition/Lighting : The composition is very interesting in this photo. i like it, but i believe the "ground" or "bottom" of this shot could have been a better material. maybe a black felt sheet or something like that. this would really bring out the pastel colors, where they get lost in the busy background with this. The lighting on this is rather harsh. too much direct like, maybe? maybe a softer, more diffused light could be used to really get some shadows going. very flat light used here. great photo nonetheless, you did very well.

Challenge : it definitely fits the challenge. the colors are beautiful. i like the assortment of colors you chose as well. they just, like said earlier, tend to get lost in the background, which is a close color to the candies. try it w/ a black background and softer light, and i think you'll be impressed w/ the outcome.

Conclusion : very nice job here, and not a bad score. keep on shooting and see what you get w/ this idea. i think you had a great idea, and executed it quite well.

Keep on shootin!

Good luck on your future challenges:)

-Jon Ed Rowe
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/10/2006 03:47:35 PM
There were many candies submitted in this challenge. This is by far the best candy photograph utilizing pastel hue! Great job!
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09/10/2006 01:47:26 PM
sorry, but the quality is quite low. It looks like a shot from a phone.
09/10/2006 01:21:13 AM
nice colors, but what are the candys sitting on? looks "hairy". not too appetizing.
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09/09/2006 08:59:37 PM
i think this pic would have been bitter with a bit more contrast.
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09/09/2006 08:17:07 PM
I don't know what they are resting on but it doesn't look very good as a background and is distracting and unappealing for a food shot
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09/08/2006 03:34:40 AM
the background looks like fiberglas insulation. The desat on the candies makes them look unappetizing. Sorry! Just thought you'd want to know.
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09/04/2006 09:30:52 PM
yum! very nice pastel colors!
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09/04/2006 08:08:46 PM
The fuzzy hairy surface these are on is very unapealing. Would have been best on a flat hard surface. It was a good attempt at a macro but didn't quite make it. Its out of focus and pixelated. I like the concept and the colors.
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09/04/2006 07:09:30 PM
Awesome capture! Now THIS is pastels!
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09/04/2006 11:46:27 AM
The pastel candies are great. Perfect DOF and the lighting isn't bad. Im not sure I like the blanket you put them on. This might have been stronger with a different backdrop.
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09/04/2006 10:39:27 AM
I like the subject, but the material its sitting on looks dirty
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09/04/2006 04:58:12 AM
nice image but focus is a bit too soft
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