Alot of you have commented about the similarity of M£Ms, well they are not M&Ms they are most DEFINATLY smarties, which apparently you dont get in America, anyway i think most of you are missing the point of the challenge? MAtrix? anyway just thought id settle that.
ive never heard of smarties? i thought i had, but they dont look like those at all. sorry about all the candy people. (i just read your rant in the forums). i'd say the main problem with the shot is the lighting. it especially doesnt have a matrix feel to it and the pill idea was used a lot so the candy prob didn't work to your advantage. you got good clarity and detail in the wrinkle lines in the skin and fingerprints. the candies, however, do not look that tasty.
Skittles? LOL! Anyway, nice idea but I feel that the flash is to harsh, reflecting too much light off the skin of the hand. A softer light using a longer exposure might had given a different look and feel.
Lighting issues - that very direct light has killed all the contrast and texture. Also holding the hand so flat on to the camera removes most sense of depth from this.
The accurate intricacies of the skin texture and tone provide a point of interest beyond a near banal representation of the two pills, many will, no doubt, focus on.
The successful juxtaposition makes this otherwise straightforward macro worthwhile.
i'll take the one with nuts in it....hmm, choice? what is choice? you already knew the answer, dont you? does it matter anymore for you to ask? LOL (i admit i'm a geek for the matrix too)
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