My eight-year-old's silly purse.
Stretched her black velvet Halloween costume over a kitchen stool, propped the purse on an egg carton under the velvet, and then positioned the stool with the natural early afternoon window light to the back.
Cropped, resized, saturated, sharpened.
I would have liked to clone out some of the velvet folds, but Basic Editing prohibits it.
(The light from above was puzzling me, and then I realized it's because we have two-story Anderson windows in our kitchen. I think the highlight is still the backlighting of the feathers, so I'll leave it in the Challenge. We'll see if the voters slay me for it...)
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Place: 161 out of 324 Avg (all users): 5.1923 Avg (commenters): 6.9091 Avg (participants): 5.0367 Avg (non-participants): 5.2881 Views since voting: 841 Views during voting: 393 Votes: 286 Comments: 16 Favorites: 0
eug, thank you so much for the detailed critique. You really gave me some things to think about, for future shots. Very helpful indeed.
I don't have NeatImage...is that like sharpening?
By telling me the different things that YOU look for in a photo, you have helped me to consider things I never even thought about. I am taking notes on the finer points. And I am not being sarcastic...this is really educational for me. Thanks!
And goodman...LOL...it's wonderfully silly, isn't it? Perfect for a little girly girl.
Compostion
- Good or Bad? How can it be fixed? First the background. I think there should be more velvety folds, not less. The image is nicely composed. Not quite centered, which is my style.
- Good use of Depth of Field? I can't tell if the sfotness is due to the narrow DOF or if you went crazy with NeatImage. There are parts of the image that are soft right next to parts that are details. It doesn't quite look natural. Maybe you should have gone for a wider DOF?
Lighting
- Good use of light? You have good light, but you also have some blown highlights on the handle. Soft the light or under-expose it to give us more details in the feathers in the center.
- Good use of shadows? Yes. The shadows are good on the front of the handles and the front of the bag has a nice gradual shading.
Aesthetics/Artistic Appeal:
- Colors and Contrast. Good job on the contrast between the light pink and the black.
- What is my reaction or feelings? Well, I gave it a 6 and you had heavy competition in backlighting. I keep leaning in to look at the feathers on the right edge. I love the details over there.
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