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Sew me..
Sew me..
chestom


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Challenge: Household Appliances (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D60
Lens: Nikon AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G DX VR
Location: Mariveles, Dauis, Bohol, Philippines
Date: Aug 15, 2009
Aperture: F5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 3
Galleries: Vintage, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Aug 14, 2009

this picture shows the sewing machine at rest.

lighting: 50w halogen floodlight filtered with colored table cloth.

camera position: camera is rest in the sewing machines body case.

edits: photo cropped to 640x428 pixels, a little amount of sharpness and levels.

Statistics
Place: 20 out of 71
Avg (all users): 5.7671
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 5.6061
Avg (non-participants): 5.7957
Views since voting: 907
Views during voting: 400
Votes: 219
Comments: 16
Favorites: 1 (view)


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AuthorThread
08/28/2009 11:28:57 PM
Thanks everyone.. Your comments helped a lot..
08/26/2009 05:31:07 PM
Greetings from Andi via the Critique Club Chester and congratulations on an excellent score in your first challenge here (and obviously your new personal best lol).

First Impression: Don't normally notice nor comment on borders unles they clash with the image and sadly I'm constantly drawn to the border rather than the image within.

Composition: A pretty good composition and reading your comments I agree that it would have been better with the machine on the right, getting all of the baseplate in the shot and moving the bobbin to the left with a little space between it and the sewing machine.

Subject: Yup, meets the challenge well though like others am not convinced by the hand sewing needle though guess you shoot what you have. An interesting take on the challenge, I like it.

Technical: The background is great with the pastel colours though there is a little blown out area in the centre. I believe the reason why this didn't crack a 6 is the detail (or lack of it) in the sewing machine. For me it lacks detail and another light source on the machine would have made this image pop.

Final thoughts: A decent image well shot so well done and I look forwards to more of your work - good luck in future challenges.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/25/2009 11:52:54 PM
like the idea and the shot .......dislike the border. IMHO I would have done a border with black on top and bottom.......I think it would have made the image pop.......extra points for the title
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08/24/2009 02:55:56 PM
Fascinating colors... I like the feel of this shot, I'm a fan of noise, though.
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08/23/2009 01:20:19 PM
nice close up view.
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08/22/2009 07:45:21 PM
I really like this, the composition is very nice, i would have loved to see the tip of the needle sharp and maybe the string roll a little blurrier (just my opinion), Your border is yuck! Shame to see a nice image framed like that :(
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08/22/2009 11:59:28 AM
One of my favourites in this challenge. I like the shallow DOF, and the pastel colours. Not crazy about the border though, but that is just personal preference.
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08/22/2009 10:49:23 AM
Nice idea, I think the composition is off a litlle, the focus is the head of the needle resting on the arm but the crop of the image puts the focus on the bar coming down, if that makes any since. Not marking down for the boarder, I feel it's distracting. Lighting and the background are Great.
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08/22/2009 12:00:10 AM
The very shallow depth of field on the needle is very distracting (imo). It doesn't work well for me, because it's a strange setup. The hand sewing needle and the lack of needle on the machine doesn't make a lot of sense in the still life, because they really don't go together (unless the needle is there because the sewing machine doesn't work anymore). It was a good effort, though. (last thing--I think the picture would be much stronger without the border. I don't vote on borders, but some people do...) 5
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08/21/2009 04:09:22 PM
Very nice, with good use of DOF and interesting lines in the composition. The blue border is not too my liking as it is distracting.
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08/21/2009 12:01:22 PM
Nice idea, comp and lighting, 7.
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08/19/2009 11:37:27 PM
This is a nice idea, but that border really takes away from the image itself.
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08/19/2009 09:58:19 AM
I love the backlighting in this shot. The sewing machine has a great texture to it, well done capturing it.
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08/19/2009 06:14:16 AM
I somehow think that it would work better witht he negative space on the left with the sewing machine foot looking into the images rather then out of it. But I like the idea
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08/19/2009 04:51:05 AM
Lovely colours. I like the idea of a blue border.
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08/19/2009 03:33:09 AM
I see the intention of the blue frame but it doesn't work out. That needle won't work in that machine, and at least the complete foot (or what do you call that thing) should be in focus, 5
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