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Before and after bite
Before and after bite
OddBall7


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Before and After II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: My room
Date: Dec 8, 2008
Aperture: f 3.3
ISO: 64
Shutter: 1/80
Galleries: Macro, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Dec 8, 2008

Placed 3 pretzels on a white sheet of paper and used a table lamp to light it. Afterward in Photoshop I cropped, used auto contrast and then tweaked the brightness/contrast.

Statistics
Place: 110 out of 143
Avg (all users): 4.8889
Avg (commenters): 5.4286
Avg (participants): 4.7222
Avg (non-participants): 4.9514
Views since voting: 883
Views during voting: 304
Votes: 198
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0


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12/22/2008 09:10:10 PM
Greetings from the critique club...

The first thing I noticed with this photograph is that there are 3 main subjects. 2 non eaten pretzels, and 1 mostly eaten pretzel. Since this is a "before & after" challenge, most voters are probably looking for a direct comparison. There are 2 differnt approaches that I believe would have made this photograph stronger.

a) Remove one of the non eaten pretzels so that there is a clear comparison between the two remaining pretzels. Cropping in a square format might enhance the comparison even further.

b) If you want to have a sequence, as it appears you have attempted here, show some change between the first two pretzels.
Ex: Pretzel #1 untouched, Pretzel #2 half eaten, Pretzel #3 a few crumbs.

If you need any clarification on any of my comments, please feel free to pm me. It might take some time for me to get back to you.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/16/2008 09:04:13 AM
Good idea
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12/15/2008 10:00:18 PM
Simple, yet effective.
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12/13/2008 08:12:01 PM
Nice idea, but feels a little flat, maybe a different angle would have worked better
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12/12/2008 07:42:30 PM
I think if your lighting made the whole surface white, it would look better. I'm not liking the fade to grey on the edges.
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12/12/2008 10:08:14 AM
This makes me hungry for pretzels. haha Cute picture and set up. Conveys the challenge well. The crumbs from "the bite" are entertaining; If someone eats one pretzel that messily, what do they look like after a whole bag? :P
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12/11/2008 01:58:05 PM
great shot love it 6
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12/10/2008 07:06:38 PM
Why are pretzels so tasty and why do they crumble so much?

Simple shot, but very well done. Don't have much to say, and I guess this is just nitpicky, but it feels just a tad off balance to me since it's essentially a "3 pretzel shot" - My eyes want to see the center pretzel in the center of the shot- so it feels a bit unbalanced to me... but once again, that's just nitpicky. Very nice.
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12/10/2008 05:04:32 PM
Cute idea!
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