Still Life Beginner

Jan/Feb 2019 Photography Contest

Tidelands Photography Club

Beginner

“Looks Real to Me”

11

Statue is sharp but the angle is such

that the large shadow takes away

from the subject.

Beginner

“Stairs”

10

Sharp picture. The floor on the right side

takes your eyes away from the main

subject. It would be better if more of the

stairway showed.

Beginner

“Apple Bowl”

12

Nice sharp picture. The background is

a little distracting and pulls your eyes

a way from the subject.

Beginner

“Jewelry”

10

Very busy subject. The dark hat appers

to be to dark to see the texture. The

chest of the cat seems to be blown out.

Beginner

“Grandma’s Sconce”

13

Nice colorful picture. It appears to have

everthing sharp.Could have a little bit

more space on the each side

Still Life Intermediate

Jan/Feb 2019 Photography Contest

Tidelands Photography Club

Intermediate

“Called to Duty”

11

Neat subject. Our problem is that the helmet

needs to be blended into the picture. A small

white halo makes it stand out instead of

blending in.

Intermediate

“Red, White, & Glass”

13

We really like the idea. The problem we see

with it is in the right side of the of the flower.

The area seems to be blown out (lacks detail).

The wavy lines in the glass are really neat.

Intermediate

“Saddle”

11

Light leaking through

the back totally ruins the

picture, your eye goes

straight to it. The subject

is interesting and could

have scored higher. Also

the broom should either

been all in the picture or

totally out.

Intermediate

“Live Beach”

12

Picture is sharp and

colorful.The white

spot on the tail takes

your eyes straight to

it instead of going to

what we perceive as

the subject. The

subject is a little to

busy .

Intermediate

“Memories”

12

The subject is very interesting and the

pictue looks sharp. Our feeling is that the

picture is to dark.

Intermediate

“Just Like

Grandma’s

13

Good idea. The top of the picture

takes our eye out of the picture.

Intermediate

“Just Do It”

12

Nice subject. The only problem we see is with

the glasses. The bright white on the lens brings

your eye in and then it starts searching for the

rest of the glasses.

Intermediate

“Italian Tonight”

14

This is a good Arrangement

of the pieces for a still

life. In getting a little picky

There are several hot spots

in the glass. The secret to

this is to do it and not have

the hotspots.

Intermediate

“Do You Want

Lemon With It”

13

Nice idea. Probably should have adjusted the light

a little higher so that the back items would show a

little more; The hotspots on the pitcher need to be

removed. The spots are distracting.

Intermediate

“Mallard in

Stone”

9

The actual rock picture is ok but the

subject does not have enough interest.

Intermediate

“Dance Party”

12

Looks like a very

good set up. To

show it off more

the lighting or

background needs

to be changed so

that the elements

show up more.

Intermediate

“Bouys”

10

The picture just does not have any real

point of interest.

Intermediate

“Old Tools”

11

Picture is clear and sharp. To us it just

doesn't have a subject to grab your

attention.

Intermediate

“Spilling Shells”

13

A nice layout for the

shot. The diagonal

line makes for

interest. Picture is

sharp and the colors

go together nicely.

The upper left looks

like a lid for the box

but needs a little

more light possibly

even a light dodging

just so it can be seen

Intermediate

“Crosswords”

10

The picture does not have a real

subject and the eye goes wondering

looking for a subject.

Intermediate

“A La Matisse”

14

Nice picture. Our

complaint is the

background is very

busy and that

disracts from the

subject

Still Life Advanced

Jan/Feb 2019 Photography Contest

Tidelands Photography Club

Advanced

“Sunday Sauce”

12

Good idea. The

lighting is not real

good. The words on

the bottle start to

disapear which

distracts from the rest

of the picture. We feel

the picture may have

been of more interest

if taken a little further

back showing more of

the bottle and vine.

Advanced

“Awaiting Ship”

10

We think the basic idea

was good but the

treament did not work

Advanced

“Morganite”

12

Nice idea. To make it work the rock on

the right needs a better reflection

Advanced

“Angel Among Us”

13

A nice artistic

approach. We would

liked to see a little

more shape to the top

of the angel. To us it

blends into the

background to much.

Advanced

“Model”

10

Good idea. This

would have

scored better if

everything was

in focus. Also the

brightspots in

the brim are

very distracting

Advanced

“Pottery & Flower”

11

Good composition. The picture is a little bit soft

and would probably show better if it was sharp.

Advanced

“Shelling”

9

Picture is to blurry to make out the objects

Advanced

“Mermaid”

11

The object was to

close to the

background and

the shadows make

confusion in the

picture.

Advanced

“Pretty in Pink”

14

This rose picture is

nice. We think a little

could be cropped off

the left side and

lowering the camara

a little bit could

possibly show the

rose a little better

Open

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Open

“Hungry Heron”

12

The bird picture is very sharp. The rest

of the picture is very noisy

Open

“Lily in the

Garden”

12

Picture could be worked a little more

Bad spots are to bright so your attention

is brought to then instead of the subject.

Open

“Study”

14

Nice scene. Our only complaint is the light

in the front window is much to bright.

Open

“Chihuly Glass”

12

Nice colorful picture.The picture is soft

losing some detail

Open

“The Glen”

13

Great scene. The

picture is soft and

the bacl wall needs

to show a little bit

of texture

Open

“Iris”

13

The picture is nice but a little bit of work could make

it much better. We think the flowers can be lightened

and the yellow could be brightened to make the eyes

go straight to them.

Open

“Spring Bud”

13

The flower is very sharp and good color.

Probably needs to be cropped on the left

side.

Open

“Lightning”

13

Great picture it really caught the light at the

right time. There is way to much noise. We use

Topaz DeNoise on our pictures and it works

great.

Open

“Renewable Shoreline”

13

Good subject and for this picture we think mono is

perfect. To much noise in the sky.

Open

“Misty Morning”

14

Nice moody picture and the light is perfect for

this type of picture. We would suggest dodging

the trees on the right so that they have a little

bit of detail.

Open

“Sandy Dunes”

14

Sharp and colorful picture. The subject is to

much in the center

Open

“The Blacksmith”

13

Nice idea. We find there

is a lot ofarea that is not

essential to the picture

and should be cropped

out

Open

“Olde Glory

Greets the Dawn”

11

Nice sunset. However, we don't like part

of flag being cut off and the flag wrapping

around the pole.

Open

“Starburst”

12

The leaf is bright

enough to draw your

eye away from the

subject. It could be

darkend or removed.

Also the dead piece in

the subject should be

removed.

Open

“Lightpost”

11

The subject looks

good but maybe a

different angle

would show off

the detail better.

Open

“Flowers

Monet”

13

Very colorful.

Open

“Brookgreen Live Oak”

11

The tree appears not

to be very sharp. It

maybe ovr processed.

Open

“Lets Go To The

Barn”

11

The picture has a grungy look to it and we feel it

is too much for this picture. Also cutting the ear

off the horse isn't good

Open

“Sun Setting on Lady Liberty”

13

Nice picture under tough lighting.

Open

“Bodie Lighthouse”

13

Nice B&W. Tower apears to be leaning

Open

“Red & Blue

Boats On A

Black Sea”

12

Sharp photo. We would like to see a litle more of

the boats

Open

“Webs”

12

Large webs - We have not seen such big ones

Open

“Costa Rican Fishing Boats”

14 Very colorful.

Open

“Live Oak”

13

Nice photo. The bushes need to show more detail.

Open

“Love”

12

Nice idea but the way it is arranged it is to busy.

Open

“Cormorant”

11

Background has to many bright spots which

takes away from the bird.

Open

“OBX Wild Horse”

14

To many dust bunnies

in he picture

Open

“Fuel Fossil”

13

Picture should have

been futher back so that

the bottom of the pump

is not cut off.

Open

“Mr. Bufflehead”

14

Wehave never seen this type

of duck. The bill is very busy

and should be cleaned up.

Open

“Red Fox”

13

A vignette should be there but

not really visible. This is much

to dark.

15

Jan/Feb 2019 Photography Contest

Intermediate

“Rustic Arrangement”

15

Looks like a classical still life. Has a subject to

draw your eyes into. Getting picky with a nice

picture, we would like a tiny more space on the

left side.

Advanced

“Cherry on Forks”

15

Excellent photo. Picture is sharp

and the colors look good.

Open

“Arches”

15

Excellent picture. We think it looks good as

a black and white

Open

“Sail Boarder”

15

Excelent picture.