I brought our group camera home to recharge the batteries and experimented with the manual setting "pre-white balance." I was surprised at the effects possible. Being a watercolorist I love mixing colors and creating this painting style result of a foot stool. Antiques and poverty can ilicit opinions, attitudes and judgement towards an object or person making them seem worthless or priceless.
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...The cord running in the background is quite distracting...it takes away from the shot IMHO...
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Thanks Laurie for one of the greatest critique we`ve received so far. I also never noticed the background cord as being so distracting until you brough it up. Thanks.
"It" is a photo of an antique stool with the corner torn taken under a table. Being viewed by digital photographers, my choice was to get the reaction of strong emotion from comfortable (not poor often able to buy computer or digital camera) individuals. The same emotion people get when faced with a beggar in their face can be one of empathy or revultion. The theme was seeing through the eyes of a poor hungry colapsing beggar under the table. More importantly, the voter should react to the overexposed, out of focus, confusing photo in the same way they may a beggar (with empathy or revultion towards the image or photographer.) The choice of antiques is linked to the fact that value towards something old, dirty, smelly and torn is shown by how we care for it; much like our reactions to someone who is poverty stricken. I hope this is helpful as I have received many comments similar to yours.
This particular image is difficult for me to critique, I'll admit. It's definitely abstract in that I don't quite know what it is other than the corner of a footstool, and have no real reference point upon which to ground my eyes.
This shot lacks a central focal point, which is important for most voters unless the challenge is specifically for abstracts.
The colored effect is interesting, and the blue tones are quite beautiful. I am certain they have a place in other shots, where the tone is more befitting of a certain mood or scene.
The cord running in the background is quite distracting...it takes away from the shot IMHO.
I would imagine that the image, in regular color or in B&W, could be cropped and/or edited in such a way that the frayed fabric edges and rough wood could definitely be an indicator of poverty. I'm afraid that the shot you entered, however, is just a bit avante-garde for the average DPC voter.
All that being said, I think the shot is an interesting study with positive attributes and several points upon which improvements can be made. Have fun and keep shooting! :o)
i'm not too sure what's being shown here.....after much deliberation i have decided that it must be a picture of a chair under a table, looking up at the corner....but i think some adjustment to the color would make it much more decipherable.....I understand how the title relates to the subject, but the picture doesn't seem to imply too much poverty...
This one received a low score from me. Between the blr, overexposed highlights, and abstract nature of the image, I neither enjoyed it, not understood its relation to the topic.
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