I used a shallow DOF because I was expecting this no editing challenge to produce a lot of snapshotty photos, and I wanted mine to have something to it.
I would have no problem with entering this as it is into a normal challenge, with maybe a little unsharp mask.
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Just so I remember which file it is, should I need to give proof :) I have lots of almost idental ones from when I was experimenting.
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Lucky me! I get to critique this photo, which was one of my favorites during the challenge. Yippee!
Perfect photo.
Thanks for the opportunity! See you later!
...Just kidding, although I do have a hard time finding anything wrong with this. You deservedly received lots of positive comments. I guess I'll just mention a few things as to why this succeeds:
First, photography, as you so consistently demonstrate so well, is all about light and how it bounces around things and reveals things and textures and moods. This photo uses light very well. It is appropriately dim and has a lovely color to it that goes well with your title and helps build a cozy mood. The little spot on the record is perfect for revealing its texture in a dynamic way.
The depth of field you use is also very appropriate. The focus is on the record's label, which works well because the whole image is evoking sound. The label itself helps to bring out the feeling of olden times. I enjoy how the focus gets softer and softer as it goes back, mimicking memory and time and evoking the past.
Your point of view is also effective. It is close up and intimate, and helps to bring out the intimate feelings of the foxtrot and of when music like this was played--at dances. Your point of view also helps the composition as the round lines of the record take our eyes all over the frame in a delightful way.
To improve the shot . . . hmmmm . . . I suppose that MAYBE you could have turned the record to give it just a slightly bit more tilt in relation to the frame to give a more random look to the record's movement? I'm stretching here! Don't change anything! Please! I beg of you!
This is a soft, wise, and intimate photo that does what it is supposed to do: make us feel something. The fact that there was no post processing shows your great skill at image-making with a camera. Congratulations and thanks!
Ben this is an amazing photo... very artistic and awesome... wonderfully done especially because there was no post processing... wow! Adding the photo to my favorites now :-).
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