Come on, if you are going to shoot a toilet, and have a bunch of empty wall above the thing, you can't lop off the front of the bowl by sloppy framing.
Well, you're probably getting hammered in the voting on this one. Not necessarily a bad thing in this case, depending on what you were going for. If this is just a lame attempt at pre-pubescent humor...try growing up. But...if you actually thought this one out, and were trying to invoke a reaction from the viewer, than a gleaming success. You caught my attention. An extremely negative gut reaction, but a strong reaction none the less. A bowl full of stale piss, very high on my list of disgusting things :-) On the technical side, perhaps the presentation could be a little stronger. The point of view not to bad, a bit mundane, but it is relatable. I don't like how the front of the bowl is cut off though. And there does seem to be just a bit of a clockwise skew to the image. It is very slight, but I think to play on the symmetry in the shot, care should be taken to be dead on, especially for a square crop. Lighting seems to be a tad harsh, like maybe you used on board flash? If so, perhaps diffusing it some could help. The whites of the bowl just come across a little too harsh, on the verge of being blown out, and heavy shadows at the top of the image from the acute angle. Focus does seem like it could be a little sharper. And maybe a smaller aperture to increase dof could make a little difference.
Overall, not very appealing to me personally, subject matter wise, but it does invoke a strong reaction. Like 'Ewww!!!' And technically, not horrible, but could definitely be stronger. And like I said, if a shot at the brown, or 'potty' humor, then I'm just not diggin' it. Might be different without the stale piss. Best of luck.
Who forgot to flush is the question! Not sure about this one. I like the humor factor so I'll give you that. I think you should have framed the whole bowl in the shot, yea that would help this out a lot. Good luck.
I think what might help this image's aPEEal is to perhaps center it a bit and include the entire toilet. Stand on a chair or something and shoot downward. The colors are nice.
you should be asking, who forgot to flush the loo! lol.
Good for laughs :)
update: I find the darkened areas on the top portion very nice, making this toilet seemingly artsy. The bowl's whites appears a tiny bit over exposed, but hey, it works in this high-contrasty shot.
cropping the bottom off the toilet doesn't work, the lighting isn't very good either - I take it you used the flash? Flashes don't tend to look good in confined spaces.
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