Well.. my Debut entry to DPC, hope I wont get slaughtered... I just finished my exams today and felt like doing something completly useless.. so.. I spent some hours photographing babushkas and Lego-men.
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Very creative idea. I think I would have liked it better with the top part of the doll in front not in the picture. the suggestive nature of your picture would have worked very well with the subject placed in the lower right corner with alot of negative space but I like your concept very much.
Very creative thinking. The eyes of the smaller doll just visible above the brim of its container conveys a slight discomfort. The bigger doll in the foreground, though perhaps necessary to balance the elements, distracts too much from the meaning of the picture.
Interesting take on the challenge. I like the eyes peering out of the larger matreshka (sp?) doll. The upper half in the foreground helps to clarify what the focal point is; without this it would have taken me longer to identify what I was looking at. The overlap between the doll in the foreground and the one in the back feels somewhat claustrophobic. This may or may not be intentional, but moving the foreground doll to the right would reduce the effect. The pure white background seems a little overbearing; I would have preferred a light shade of grey.
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