It's been a long time that I've submitted something ... I've had several interpretations of this kind of shot in mind for a while. I also wanted to try low-key photography, so these things came together here. Not sure if people will find the thread dominates over the needle (I might retake this w/out the needle for outside of this challenge), but I like the shot. What I don't like is the position of the needle which might be better at an angle? Underexposed by -0.7. Post-editing involved just resizing, converting to gray-scale, adding a little hint of colorization, cloning out some dust-specs, USM and adding of the frame.
Photo was taken in aperture priority to get a small-ish DOF. Used a Nikkor 24-120mm 3.5 - 5.6D lens at 112mm.
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[b]Initial thoughts/My opinion Great clear concept well executed. Like the shininess of the thread. The needle suffers from artifacts. Was surprised to see a German title!
Content/Composition I do like how you arranged the few elements of your image: very clear and right on the topic. The way you set the light is just great: the reflection on the thread make the image. What amazes me is the levels curve of this image: almost only dark black and just a few bright elements. There are not many shades of gray in it. I do like that.
As mentioned by you, the needle does stand back against the rest and it suffers from jaggiest coming from the down-sizing.
Camera work -technically You know how to handle your camera, can't see anything to need mentioning here.
Digital Processing - Technical As already said, the needle does not come out too good due to the jaggies on it. A tighter crop might have worked here; however, the image balance would have been disturbed.
Great title, and a nice capture. Very well done. Only thing I'd address is the needle. It looks a little bit oversharpened on my monitor. Maybe the compression? Doesn't quit look linear.
I like the contrast here, but wish there was a bit more midtones to break up the extreme coloring. Also, the image appears to have been over-sharpened.
I submitted a thread and needle pic on this challenge and this is by far the best of all those submitted. 10. The black and white composition works perfectly.
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