Challenge:Color (Classic Editing) Collection:Portfolio Camera:Nikon D100 Location: Battle Creek, Mi Date: Apr 3, 2003 Aperture: F2.8 ISO: Digital 400 equiv. Shutter: 1/10 Galleries:Vintage, Still Life Date Uploaded: Apr 3, 2003
I believe that this is an intriguing composition... the color is subtle in most cases, but never-the-less, a strong element of this image. I like the light/dark contrast in this photo. I use similar compositional tactics myself in a lot of my own photos. The only compositional element that I could possibly make a suggestion for is the darkness at the bottom of the frame. Maybe cropping some of that out would create more of a 'base' for your candles to rise from. That negative space in the bottom of the frame gives me the impression that the candles and holder are floating in space.
I'm not really sure why this photo did not achieve a higher score. I think, based on some of the comments you received, that the impact of the color itself was not as strong as many would have liked to see.
Interesting choice - I think your idea had a lot of merit - maybe brighter flames on the ones that are dark or darker flames on the ones that are overly bright?
Nice shot. I think you could use another candle in the bottom right to fill that space, or crop the bottom right at the lowest candle, to get rid of the emptyness.
I like your use of color here but I wish the darker colored candles showed up a little better. I can barely see the color in the green, red and blue(?) candles. I like the way the flames have those halos(?) around them. That is a cool effect. I think that a little lighting from somewhere behind the camera to one side might help this picture. I think it would bring out the color of the darker candles and allow the table to show up a little so they don’t appear to be floating in mid-air. Overall I like the composition but I might have given a little more space on the top. I think this is a strong picture and I am giving it a 6.
Good idea... I can barely tell the candles are colored... but you should have lit them from the front so it's clear. As it is, the pic isn't very colorful.
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