Adjustments: the photo was rotated slightly to straighten it, cropped, cloned out what was left of some items on the extreme left and right (such as a bit of blue bottle bottom-right), adjusted white balance, desaturated and re-balanced color to accentuate the brown tones, a bit of curves and contrast, Neat Image, reduced size, sharpened, and smoothed out some minor hot spots.
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Place: 5 out of 177 Avg (all users): 6.3491 Avg (commenters): 7.1111 Avg (participants): 6.2165 Avg (non-participants): 6.5278 Views since voting: 2003 Views during voting: 256 Votes: 169 Comments: 23 Favorites: 1 (view)
Congratulations on your 5th placing. Top 5 is always glorious and you are guaranteed that your effort is noticed. Your image presents a rustic look that adds charm to any image. Keep up the great work, hard to keep talent down.
Nice simple composition, good background. It would have been good to not crop the top of the shovel. Perhaps warmer light (or adjustment) might have been nice too.
Your image certainly fits the challenge, but it doesn't do anything for me interest wise. I think because all the lines are vertical and all carry the same weight - my eyes are not really led into the photo, and really don't have much reason to stay there long. I would suggest being more creative in the angles or perspective that you choose. Try to show these common object in a not so common way. 5
Pretty good. Photo is weel done technically, but the shot seems a bit too staged unnecessarily. Still probably a top 20% shot though. ...my two pennies.
Although alone the tools don't say or imply technology to me, together and against the background of aged wood, they seem to fit into a 'low tech' arena, reminding me of waterwheels, old wagons and thusly low tech. I like the crop of the shovel especially as it somehow lends to the subtracting nature of the rest of the line. Wondering what the whole would have looked like if you shot the shovel in the center, implying an arrow or triangular shape between the uprights. Well centered. The lower left item that seems to have been cloned out is very distracting, like a burnt piece of wood that should have been removed first. There also seems to be a halo of oversharpening on the garden claw but not so much that it in a larger print it would be distracting. I like this interpretation of the challenge and give high marks.
Tis image is so earthy and authentic, except that garden claw: too new and blue. I am sure you added it as a foil to add interest, but I would like the image better without it. Great photo, though. An 8
Two small comments on an otherwise good photo: I'd like to see the rest of the shovel's handle, and the blue plastic handle is distracting and out of place compared to the rest of the photo.
Nice image. I would suggest either a tighter crop with the shove handle (metal part not the wooden part of the handle) cropped out or reframing with the complete handle in the image. Being on the edge is slightly distracting. Beautiful lighting. Good Work!
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