98 by m. bishop

Mike Bishop

This is my first challenge so I probably won't spend a lot of time with my eyes peeled for the next possible shot. This is what I am looking at going with unless there is just something horrible about the photo that I don't see.

lensmole

Mike Bishop wrote: »

This is my first challenge so I probably won't spend a lot of time with my eyes peeled for the next possible shot. This is what I am looking at going with unless there is just something horrible about the photo that I don't see.

It appears that you have an almost equal amount of green and red, 50% to 50% ,try haveing one of your colors dominate the other say 75% to 25% this will give you better contrast.

DeuceFour

I like it, but the Coke can is distracting.. Not sure if it adds anything

Mike Bishop

DeuceFour wrote: »

I like it, but the Coke can is distracting.. Not sure if it adds anything

Really is distracting. I can feel it every time I look at the image. It was meant to give some depth but really failed. I'm not liking it either. Thanx for pointing it out. I didn't realize that I was actually forcing myself to ignore it.

tinamarie52

Welcome to the challenges!.
I'd suggest losing the can, using more depth of field to get the whole image in focus and possible using a less fluffy background. somehow that nice soft fabric interferes with the contrast between the organic-ness of the fruit and the hard figures.

Chris

dnie

Welcome!
For me, I would rather see just the robots or just the fruit. I agree that the can doesn't belong.

Mike Bishop

There is no doubt the can needs to go. What I have a hard time figuring out is how do I know when something should or should not be there before taking the shot? With the legos and the fruit, I get a lot happening in the image. The can does turn out to just be a distraction.

How do I identify this before taking the photo? I didn't see it as a distraction at first because it is more in the background. I hope that makes since. I've seen other examples of distracting points in backgrounds but really not sure how to pre-identify them before getting them in the image in the first place.

In this case, I was hungry and my subjects were eaten before I realized how stupid that can really is. I can't retake this photo. I don't want this to happen on important shots in the future.

DeuceFour

This shot would have been really neat I think on a plain white background. The colors would have stood out more, and the background wouldn't be so busy and distracting. I guess normally you want your subject to be just that. Either framed in a way by the background that enhances the subject or makes it stand out more. In this photo with the can and the what looks to be a towel? And only some of its lit and some is in shadow.. Just makes the viewer search around and have to look too hard to pull the main subject out of the background. Hope this makes sense?

SeascapeS

I'm with Donna. Fruit or toys, not both.

Mike - sometimes you don't know until after you take a picture that something isn't working. If it doesn't work, you start over and fix the flaws. Next time, don't eat your subjects.

jberenba

i almost disagree

Mike Bishop wrote: »

Really is distracting. I can feel it every time I look at the image. It was meant to give some depth but really failed. I'm not liking it either. Thanx for pointing it out. I didn't realize that I was actually forcing myself to ignore it.

I took this photo as a war and its red versus green. i thought of the coke as another opponent for red. id try a different object if you were going for that.