The vote breakdown blows my mind. Almost as many really high votes as really low votes.
It was challenging to do this w/o having advanced editing liberties at hand. The pots are a reflective blue ceramic, and the lighting was provided by a softbox. It took 40 or so shots until I got the lighting just right so that the tops of the vases appeared to be rising out of darkness. Probably says more about my lighting skills (or the lack thereof) than anything, but there it is.
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I had a similar reaction to the image I posted in this challenge. I like this a lot! It's definitely not too dark in my opinion. It's the type of image that makes me stop and look a little closer at it. Great job!
For the record I gave this a 6. I like it, although a bit of dodge around the subject would have made it stand out more. It is a little dark for the eyes to focus properly and this would be even more so on an uncalibrated monitor!
Just like Judi said...but I gave it an 8. A tad of highlight dodge and this would have been a ten for me. Too bad about the score Dude!
Nice shot. I also had a dark image on this challenge that some did not like. On cheap LCDs this is probably never going to score well, so ignore the 1's and 2's, as they are looking at a different photo thatn the one you submitted. I would hazard to guess a title like "Rising from the Darkness" would be worth 0.3 to 0.5 points. Your current title actually detracts from the photo as the image needs to gain context from the title and currently it only adds confusion.
For the record I gave this a 6. I like it, although a bit of dodge around the subject would have made it stand out more. It is a little dark for the eyes to focus properly and this would be even more so on an uncalibrated monitor!
I know you have already heard it....but this is way to dark. I can make out the top of what looks like 3 jugs, and then a tiny bit of the shoulders of them but that is it.
My monitor is calibrated properly. I know this is supposed to be low key, but this is to dark even for that.
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