The Critique Club arriveth.
Humorous subjects are always a crapshoot- you will get voted higher by some by merit of the humor and downgraded by others by virtue of their crabbiness and/or underappreciation for puns/cheese. Having said that, you also chose to do a form of the infamous drop/liquid shot, which can also be risky for two reasons: 1. There are wizards of the drop shot on DPC and beating their standard drop technique can be a very daunting task 2. Tons of folks regularly try to dethrone them, which causes the general voting body to despise anything but the best.
There are a couple things that are common to the high scoring drop photos, however.
Typically, the flanges and "fingers" of the drops have to be sharp, which is what makes them hard, because every drop is different. Although the bulb in your shot is sharp, the edges of the splash are not, and it is the splash that really adds a dynamic and interesting nature to the shot. Stopping down will be a necessity. IreneM's most recent drop photo was taken at f/16 and 1/500s, to give you an idea for settings. Also, because of the angle of your shot, the edge of the splash sorta mixes with the background. There is also usually more contrast colorwise between the actual droplets/splash and the rest of the shot, as a result of shooting angle and also lighting (as others have noted).
Admittedly, the thickness of the pina colada mix did make for an interesting bell-shaped splash. With some refinement and practice, you could become one of the droplet masters :)
-Derek
Message edited by author 2009-03-15 23:02:49. |
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