aaaaaaaaaahh where is the teddy bear face???? Good composition! Good idea , maybe a little more close up and centered would help push me to give it a 10 ! I am giveing you an 8 cause its some of the best so far I have seen!
Beautifully lit, moody image which I could see as a book cover or magazine cover. I have had far worse pictures that this earn substantial amounts as covers. One good thing when taking pictures of books in a setting like this is to have the pages towards the lens - it
A: gives anonymity (spelling?)
B: should it be submitted to a magazine for publication it retains that anonimity.
c: in this case would have given a small highlight
I really do like this - the anon (now using abbreviations to save trying to spell it again) of the bear would blend with the anon of the book.
But I will copy in some text I have added to a few other pictures in this category
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My only concern is, as you may have guessed from the amount of discussion on the forum re "painting with light" is whether it is "painting with light". It is not obviously so.
Having been lucky enough to judge what is now a few hundred competitions in the last 30 years I feel I should say the first thing that happens is that they are sorted and any that do not immediatly seem to fit the category are dumped (hard but a fact). This is why so many competitions also run an "open category". Your picture, as impressive as it is, would, I feel have been rejected at this stage. "Painting with Light" has a fairly tight definition in photography but still allows a lot of lattitude for creativity.
I suspect that your scores may not reflect what the picture is worth which is a great shame. I believe if I was judging in another category I would have marked higher and probably a 10.
I do hope you understand my reasons for marking it down
David
I read a book once that mentioned that if you want to portray the idea that a person likes crossword puzzles (as an example), a more abstract picture of glasses, a pencil, and a crossword puzzle depicts that far better than a portrait of the person doing a crossword puzzle. That's a random aside. This image reminds me a lot of that article; the portrait I see is of a parent or grandparent who loves to read to a child. I like this picture a lot. It's very poignant, and the composition is well done.
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