Almost a macro shot of a cheap birthday candle sparkler, I like the way the burnt tip can be seen above the central burst similar to what you would see with a matchstick. file size is 246kb so couldnt really make it that much bigger! hope this has no effect on your thoughts.
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hey thanks very much for the critique alice, yeah I do have a series of photos like this from several sparklers but mostly using different shutter speeds and how close I was to the sparkler, I assume you mean using a ND filter so I can still get the long streaks of the sparks but not have such a blown out centre, well that will be on my list of many things to buy, the list seems to be endless!
Welcome to DPC. What fun it is for me to get your first image for a critique. And it is a play on your user name!
You're making a good start, for sure. Well, maybe not in the scoring department, but you did get some very educated comments on why you scored in the bottom tier - and a guide on how to make your images show up well for competition.
You had a good idea and shot it fairly well. Of course it is way too hot at the moment of ignition, and there are filters that can deal with that - the Internet is a good teacher - so I'd like to make a suggestion on composition. It is completely natural to zero in on your subject and make it 'center' on the page which is what you did. You might also (in this case, assuming you had enough sparklers) experiment by putting your camera high, low, to the side, and anything you can think of to safely make this story stand out.
Okay, that's my advice for this time. I do look forward to seeing more of your images in DPC. good luck!
damn! wish i'd known how i could have gotten thr most out of the file size boefore i had posted it! i thought it was a really good photo! thanks for the help
Devesh, in regards to size, most programs allow you to 'save for web' or similar, stripping the EXIF data off the photo. Most programs also have a slider of some sort when saving, allowing you to adjust the disk size of the image, therefore allowing you to upload at the full 800px. The 'Loss of Quality' in the image by doing this is not noticable int he range we are talking, and is significantly better than submitting a smaller image, that is very small on many of our monitors..........I think many people marked you down because of the size the image was here.
The biggest problem for me in this shot is the size. It is too small to really get a good feel for it. I think you had a good idea but the size really hurt.
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