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09/25/2009 11:12:55 AM |
Hi from the Critique Club
You asked for a comment from a Critique Club member.
You placed nicely with this shot, well done.
I think this would have been a stronger shot if you had managed to light the swirling smoke here. Right now the lighting is fairly flat on your matches and there are not many details shining through for me. You have the golden opportunity here to make this really stand out, you have the flat, straight stitches and then the smooth buttery curves of the smoke. Your end matches are lost in the blackness of the background. A little shadow highlight may have brought out a little more interesting detail in the actual wood too.
Overall a nice job
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09/23/2009 04:17:02 PM |
You haven't made a comment in 4 months, very nice.
Originally posted by essay:
"I like the composition and the minimalistic image you have presented here, but the subject matter suffers from commonality here on DPC. There are a lot of dandelions MATCHES & SMOKE on DPC. In fact, I think I've even seen a few with the same type of blown SWIRLING SMOKE technique. Something seems off to me with the lighting. The highlights seem a little too harsh AS I CANNOT REALLY SEE MUCH OF THE DETAILED GRAINS IN THE WOOD AS I WOULD LIKE, AND THE SMOKE CLOUD ON THE RIGHT IS NOT PARTICULARLY APPEALING." ;)
Sound vaguely familiar? They say "our sins look especially bad when we see them in someone else."
 
-Seriously, I do like your composition, and congrats on the nice finish. Thanks for taking the time to comment on my entry (thumbnail below), but please realize, there are few original ideas each week on DPC (and I do put THE TWO OF US at the top of the list that are NOT particularly original).
When I do mimic something, I TRY to make some element(s) of it unique or at least execute it better than has been done before, as I'd like to think I have done in my entry this week, and as you have in yours.
I'm sure I could point to numerous similar examples of each photo of page one that have been entered before.
Good luck on future challenges.
Stan |
Message edited by author 2009-09-23 17:16:49. |
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09/23/2009 01:37:18 PM |
| Yes, far more appropriate to the challenge than mine was, that's for sure! On my somewhat darkish monitor, I can't see the two lowest match heads, but apparently that didn't really affect many viewers. |
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09/23/2009 06:42:50 AM |
"I like the composition and the minimalistic image you have presented here, but the subject matter suffers from commonality here on DPC. There are a lot of dandelions MATCHES & SMOKE on DPC. In fact, I think I've even seen a few with the same type of blown SWIRLING SMOKE technique. Something seems off to me with the lighting. The highlights seem a little too harsh AS I CANNOT REALLY SEE MUCH OF THE DETAILED GRAINS IN THE WOOD AS I WOULD LIKE, AND THE SMOKE CLOUD ON THE RIGHT IS NOT PARTICULARLY APPEALING." ;)
Sound vaguely familiar? They say "our sins look especially bad when we see them in someone else."
-Seriously, I do like your composition, and congrats on the nice finish. Thanks for taking the time to comment on my entry (thumbnail below), but please realize, there are few original ideas each week on DPC (and I do put THE TWO OF US at the top of the list that are NOT particularly original).
When I do mimic something, I TRY to make some element(s) of it unique or at least execute it better than has been done before, as I'd like to think I have done in my entry this week, and as you have in yours.
I'm sure I could point to numerous similar examples of each photo of page one that have been entered before.
Good luck on future challenges.
Stan
Message edited by author 2009-09-23 10:16:47. |
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09/23/2009 12:11:23 AM |
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09/22/2009 05:12:37 PM |
| More matches? Great shot,although I would have loved more separation between the match heads and the background. Love smoke though. |
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09/21/2009 09:48:48 PM |
| Design reminds me of a church organ pipe set. Lighting is good both on the matchsticks and the smoke. |
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09/21/2009 02:46:32 AM |
| very good...smoke looks good as does lighting 8 |
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09/19/2009 12:08:32 PM |
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09/17/2009 07:14:50 PM |
| Good idea, love the smoke and the black background. Also I like the way you composed the match sticks. |
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09/17/2009 05:55:33 PM |
| Finally, someone does the matches AND the smoke. You get the 10. |
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09/16/2009 01:00:19 PM |
My pick for Red - 9
This is beautifully executed.. keeping the matchstick on the left bottom with the negative space filled with smoke, it all works so well together! |
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09/16/2009 10:33:02 AM |
| One of my favourites on this contest, 10 for the 9 ;-) |
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09/16/2009 10:27:13 AM |
| You captured the smoke very well. |
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