I couldn't think of anything for this challange untill this morning. then POW, like a bullet, it hit me.
Neat Image, crop, spot edit some dust, muzzle color, resize, USM, and stroke x2.
...and 44min. to spare
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Excellent rendering with an explicitly commercial feel to it.
Minor but critical defects:
The near-centered target (background) skews the composition by thirds (foreground).
The far edge of the glass shelf (foreground) suffers from a anti-clockwise tilt, neither strong enough to add a dynamic nor imperceptible enough to be ignored.
A little more (reflective shelf) space in front of the gun may make for a more pleasing whole.
Because of the strong mercantile presentation, particularly when associated with a gun, I cannot rate this shot as well as I might have without these obvious aspects.
> 3 in my book; 4 in the context of this challenge.
I would have love to seen this with just a black background. Awesome job on the gun and amo. Very cool...the target in the back blows it for me. Great concept!
I'd recommend a little more foreground, so we can see the top of the bullets reflect, and a solid well lite background. This is a really good photo minus that target.
Great rendering of the metallic textures - both shiny and dulled, and I like the reflective surface. I find the out-of-focus target in the background disturbing.
Good capture of the pistol and bullets - target in the background is a nice touch. Pistol looks like an early 1980's AMT Hardballer - I'm sure adjustable rear sights, higher profile front sight and adjustable trigger would up your score :) That, and those light weight Hydra-Shock bullets will jam if you don't convert to a lighter after market recoil spring.
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