I'm not sure what this image is. An ashtray, I'm guessing, but too much is blurry. What's the white thing, a cigarette? Sorry, I just can't make out everything in the image.
This is a rather vague image. Reproduced in a paper, it would become unintelligible.
The idea is good, but more butt, less ashtray, and moreof the image in focus would illustrate it better. Keep taking pictures!
very interesting shot! i like how you focused on the butt, but i think there is too much of the blurry ashtray in the pic. cut it down a tad! very creative!
Took me about 1 second to figure out what that is without looking at your title. You'd want the viewer to notice what it is once he first looked at it. Maybe if you took the photo with more of the cigarette and without the ash tray blocking parts of it then it would be a better photo.
This is far to abstract for journalism. Journalism (ideally) requires clarity in order to inform a wide public. I would argue that even if it were a beautifuly focused shot of the ashtray and smouldering butt that it would lack relevance to the story without a human element. Still lifes do not make good journalism. So in that respect I would say that it fails to meet the challenge.
From a strictly photographic POV, I find the depth of field far to shallow to really draw me in. The tiny bit of in-focus subject is unappealing to me and as an abstract there aren't really any dramatic or beautiful shapes, forms, lines, or colors created by the blurring.
Good use of depth of field, and nice tones in the black and white. Perhaps some smoke trailing would have added some more impact to this "discarded" cigarette. Also maybe slightly more of it in view would be easier to understand.
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