Challenge:Blue (Classic Editing) Camera:Olympus C-700UZ Location: Home in NJ Date: Nov 29, 2002 Aperture: F3.5 ISO: 100 Shutter: 1/2 sec Date Uploaded: Nov 29, 2002
I got so excited when I came up with this idea that I went all the way to the supermarket to buy blueberries. Unfortunately the pictures did not come out as good as I thought they would. Anyway, I hope everyone likes it!
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Composition : I like the composition quite a bit. The berries on the table looks quite natural.
Exposure/Lighting : I notice you shot F3.5 at 1/2 second which implies to me that you didn't have much light here. You may want to get hold of a portable light source and experiment with it a bit.
Focus : Your choice of a shallow Depth of Field didn't work for me. It looks focused more on the back of the container then on any berries.
Post Processing : I'm certain that you had your reasons for going Black&White on a challenge for Blue, but I'm not certain it worked to your benefit. It was risky and I have to applaud your courage, but I think the score here would have been MUCH higher for "Blue" blue berries.
Emotion/Challenge : I struggled with whether this shot met the challenge for sometime when I was voting. I finally decided to give it to you since I believe you wanted folks to think blue instead of merely see blue.... This kind of thinking can be the sign of a true artist. But you'll need to get your technique down better for folks to see what you are saying without being distracted by how you say it.
Opinion : While I'm not a big fan of this shot, I do applaud your vision and think that once you get over a few technical issues, you'll be doing some exciting things :)
I liek the fact that you went "colorless" in this. they are definately blue berries, and this does convey the IDEA blue. angle and framig/cropping are good. I only wish for better focus. Great shot. Good luck in the challenge.
with the coloring of this photo, the blueberries look more like tiny chestnuts. i love black and white, but this photo would have been better in color.
I don't think this is a very effective picture in black and white. Especially since you are supposed to be evoking the color... and besides them being blueberries... I don't really think blue. When I first saw this picture without the title I almost thought olives.
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