This is the first non-snapshot photo I've ever tried to do, so I'm a little nervous and excited to have finally gotten over my hesitation at learning a new artform. I have been watching this site over my boyfriend's shoulder for years now and have been amazed at the talent here. (now I understand the "drive" for new camera equipment and super expensive lighting)... :)
here was my first pic, but I like the non cropped one that I entered better
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Place: 61 out of 402 Avg (all users): 5.8316 Avg (commenters): 7.0000 Avg (participants): 5.5789 Avg (non-participants): 6.0693 Views since voting: 1248 Views during voting: 257 Votes: 196 Comments: 13 Favorites: 1 (view)
First try or not, I think you did a fantastic job. This is v good shot. I would have guessed this would have gotten a 6 - I guess not quite old enough. Colours / idea / creativity / dof were all great tho. Well done!
NOT BAD for your first "non-snapshot" attempt. The lighting is actually good and the shot works well. Oh boy, if you get hooked, you're gonna be a threat ;-) Nice job.
Yay! I can't believe it... I said I would be estatic if I landed higher than a 4. I am also very happy that the suggestions that were posted were ideas that I had at least tried to do, so it seems that I wasn't completely in the dark. (lol... that was a pun; my "studio" consisted of three desklamps, with energy efficient bulbs equivalent to 100 watts each, a coffee table, and an almost too small piece of posterboard paper masking-taped down) :)
I took several shots from a lot of different angles and this one seemed to be the most interesting. (One of these days, I will get a membership so that I can upload photos). A view even just a little bit higher from above rendered the photo uninteresting, and a shallower dof was interesting enough, but made me feel a little dizzy when I looked at it. I also tried putting it on the only possible black background I could find in my apartment, which was useless because it was a textured, partly shiny leather book cover.
But anyway, the point of all this rambling was that I just wanted to express my happyitude and tell everyone who voted and/or commented on my photo thanx!!
This is an original image, and a clear communication. You might try using a shallower depth of field, which might imply more and let the view interpolate more. Nice work.
Great idea and well done. I guess my only suggestion would be a slightly higher point of view to see deeper into the paint pockets. Overall very nice. Bumping up.
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