Hi, Critique Club here...
It's too bad about the score, I actually rather like the shot. I like the hard shadow and the angled shoe. I get the saying too!
There are a few things that I think would make this better. I think the background is quite mixed, from blown out to kind of muddy. I'm thinking that if you shot this on an evenly lit white paper backdrop you wouldn't have the distracting line of the wall. Additionally, there is a blue cast from the shoe that detracts from the image. Perhaps if the shoe was standing on it's own the distance to the background would be great enough that it wouldn't show. Maybe you'd need another light for evening out the light, stronger side light to cast the shadow but it would even out the right side. The other thing is the grenade is really dark and lacking detail. I think that was also pointed out by one of the comments during the challenge. You can use white cards, tin foil, and/or mirrors to help add light to specific areas. As you've found out, doing a shot like this well isn't as easy as one would think.
Keep working at it and good things will come.
I didn't vote in this challege, but if I had, I would have voted this one a 5. I don't think it deserved the ones. |
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