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Challenge: Blue (Classic Editing)
Camera: Canon PowerShot A40
Location: My dresser in rez
Date: Nov 29, 2002
Aperture: 8
ISO: auto
Shutter: 1
Date Uploaded: Nov 29, 2002

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12/10/2002 06:34:55 PM
Critique Club
First off congrats on your first submission... it's exciting when you get those first week's results back!

Composition - The main focal point is very centered in this picture, which usually isn't desirable in photography. I think had you moved the egg and silly putty somewhere else in the picture (rule of thirds) it might have made for a more interesting photo. I also think that the main subject could have filled the frame a lot more. As it is it doesn't do much, visually.

Exposure - don't really see anything wrong with this, looks ok to me.

Color - the colors are vibrant blue, very pretty, and you caught them pretty well.

Focus - your focus is really good. No problems there.

Background - your background is very distracting, not only is it blue, and competeing for attention with the intended subject, but also it is very in focus. I would have suggested, maybe something pure white to really make the blue egg and putty stick out!

Fit for challenge - all blue, what can I say?

Lighting - the lighting is uneven, and very bright on some spots. It's hard not having a studio, or the setup to take a good picture in. Believe me, I know... I'm at college

Wowability - I don't see much here... it just doesn't catch me

Final Comments - good job.... try the shot over, and experiment... it can be a real learning experience... and besides its digital, your not wasting any film :-) Good luck!

  Photographer found comment helpful.
12/09/2002 01:50:58 PM
Yes, this is a picture of BLUE silly putty. I had just gotten my camera (first one ever) and wanted to at least enter something in the current contest! I threw this shot together without a tripod and without proper lighting. The shot was created by placing a blue towel over top of the power bar I had sitting on my dresser and adding the silly putty to the scene. Not bad for a first attempt, but I will have better things to offer soon I hope! ;)
 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/08/2002 11:15:01 PM
are thoe stairs it's on? they could use a little definition. different lighting, maybe. 6
  Photographer found comment helpful.
12/08/2002 12:41:53 AM
You know, when you tint things blue for a blue challenge it just takes away from it. There is no blue Silly Putty.
12/06/2002 11:13:30 PM
Plain and simple and beautiful. Silly putty never looked so good. PTL 8
12/06/2002 06:36:24 AM
wow lovely blue-electrifying-anz
12/04/2002 10:56:11 PM
There's a little too much negative space in this photo for my taste. I would have preferred a closer shot. I wonder if it would have been more interesting if you had put a blue ball or something round in the silly putty as if it were a yolk.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
12/02/2002 08:38:00 PM
Great Blue!
12/02/2002 07:46:00 PM
Silly Putty! I love this stuff... boy, you certainly got a lot of blue in this picture...I think it would have been better if you would have gotten closer to the subject, and put it offcenter. Also I think it was a little bit of overkill to put it on a blue rug. Maybe you could have tried for a different angle, not just a straight on shot. Keep trying!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
12/02/2002 07:34:00 PM
Silly putty? LOL Neat idea, and fantastic blue. Justine
12/02/2002 03:01:00 AM
Cute but too much blue in my oppinion.
12/02/2002 02:00:00 AM
Light is uneven across shot. Subject isn't big enough in frame. Background has too much texture. Nice clarity, colour and definition.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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