Since I couldn’t vote in this challenge, this is the first time I’ve had a chance to look at your image. My first impression was that this was a nice image of a toy car and that it would probably score around a 5. You did a nice job with the lighting and you tried to make the image interesting with the shallow depth of focus. As you can see from the comments you received, the shallow depth of focus is a love it or hate it kind of effect. Toys don’t score very well at DPC unless it is for a toy related challenge or the image is exceptionally creative. This is even truer for a challenge where the voters expect to see a real car in an ad type setting. Overall, the subject matter (toy), composition (straight on), and lack of dramatic lighting created an image that is good but not exciting and easy for the voter to give it a 5 and move on.
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I give you big props for the concept, would have like to seen better depth of field and maybe another angle. But using a toy car gave me the 'why didn't I think of that' feeling.
I am not liking the toycar being used here. This has a very snapshot feel to it, and as such, will probably score averagely overall. nothing in this shot excites me or provokes a reaction.. sorry.
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