Photo Set-Up:
Arrangement of Christmas Blubs
No Changes in Natural Room Lighting - sm overhead light and 1800 watts of christmas lights
Added Pinecone to Existing Tree Branch
Editting Steps:
Convert RAW
Applied Curves
Adjustment Levels
Resized
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Hello Tess. Congrats on your first entry and welcome to DPC. Overall, you did well for your first challenge. This happened to be one of my favorite shots in the challenge due to what I see as a strong composition. You used the tree to provide framing for the ornament, but left room to display the bokeh. However, I scored this a 5. The ornament is the subject based on your composition, and would have benefited by more DOF to increase the crispness of the orb. It appears that you focused on the most anterior portion of the orb, as the remaining portion is quite soft. The downside to more depth of field would be less bokeh, so I think the focus should have been further back on the right side. I hope this is clear! I love the light, white balance, and color, although the orb could be brighter. The bokeh works for me, although the bright portions take the eye away from the orb and dominate the photograph. If the orb was bright and in focus, it would not have taken a back seat to the blown out bokeh. Finally, I like the warmth that you captured. One last thing, in your editing steps you did not mention sharpening...unsharp mask, or it's equivalent, is very important to bring most digitally captured photographs to life.
Hello Tess. Congrats on your first entry and welcome to DPC. Overall, you did well for your first challenge. This happened to be one of my favorite shots in the challenge due to what I see as a strong composition. You used the tree to provide framing for the ornament, but left room to display the bokeh. However, I scored this a 5. The ornament is the subject based on your composition, and would have benefited by more DOF to increase the crispness of the orb. It appears that you focused on the most anterior portion of the orb, as the remaining portion is quite soft. The downside to more depth of field would be less bokeh, so I think the focus should have been further back on the right side. I hope this is clear! I love the light, white balance, and color, although the orb could be brighter. The bokeh works for me, although the bright portions take the eye away from the orb and dominate the photograph. If the orb was bright and in focus, it would not have taken a back seat to the blown out bokeh. Finally, I like the warmth that you captured. One last thing, in your editing steps you did not mention sharpening...unsharp mask, or it's equivalent, is very important to bring most digitally captured photographs to life.
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