Initial impression : A wonderful riot of colours that 'sets the scene' of a painting palette very well.
Technically the diagonal placement of the brushes gives some movement to the picture, though the slightly soft/ out of focus brush in the lower left is a bit annoying. The brown brush ends up as the center of interest and my eyes keep coming back there and working through the implied triangle between that and the other brush. Again the softness gets in the way.
I think I might have preferred this with some paint on the brushes as it feels too setup - there is a difference between a setup shot that looks setup and a setup shot that doesn't!
You might have been able to tweak the contrast/ saturation of this shot a bit and made the colours even more vibrant but they are strong as they are and that could be the vagaries of monitors making an impact.
Overall a very strong entry and a good close-up. Certainly trying to keep more elements in the plane parallel to the lens might have kept more of the shot in sharper focus, as there doesn't seem to be much motivation for more selective DoF control in this particular instance.
Gordon - feel free to disagree or contact me to continue a discussion
Might work for some but too busy for me. I like more symplicity. I'm really not into the modern art world. To me this is where this goes. Technically though not bad. Good focus and crop. Gotta technically give it a 7 inspite of my personal preferences. Great try. PTL
This picture really stood out for me while I was scanning the thumbnails. I love the colors. This may sound REALLY picky, but I would have liked to have seen the paint brushes with paint on them...like the painting was a work in progress.
nice title challenge -- met technical -- i would like to see the lower brush in focus also. you have sufficient DOF to do this if you made sure the plane of the picture is parallel to your camera. i like the colors in this shot a lot. composition -- did you try just one brush? and maybe place it inbetween of the two current ones? i would also add paint to the bristles. i know that would make it a different photo, but it would look more realistic to me. i don't usually paint with two brushes like that and w/out paint on the brush. but then, i don't paint often. -- gr8photos.
for me it would have looked better, when the brushes would have been also full of color! So it looks, somehow unnatural! But its a good idea and a nice shot nevertheless! 6 - KAOS
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