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TheSpenner

Spencer D.
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My Bio

I'm Spencer. I like art. Hi.

Favourite genre of music: Electronic/Ambient
Favourite photographer: Many.
Favourite style of art: Surrealism, expressionism.


Favourite Visual Artist
Dali, Henriette Valium, Van Gogh, Escher, Gaudi, many many others.
Favourite Movies
This one.
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
There are many.
Favourite Writers
e.e. cummings, Mark Z. Danielewski, Bret Easton Ellis.
Favourite Games
The spoon game.
Tools of the Trade
~my mind~
Other Interests
Psychology, art, light; everything.

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:star::star::star::star: Overall
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:star::star::star::star::star-empty: Originality
:star::star::star::star::star-half: Technique
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All in all this is a wonderful piece, no doubt. As for it's accomplishment of the theme-- I think there is one aspect lacking, which is the hopelessness and circular thought loops of real insomnia, but it is a subjective topic.

What I love about this immensely is it's essence of being a place where, despite being late, I would not sleep. It is dark, it is past my bedtime (perceivably), but this space is so welcoming. It engages the viewer in the lush textures of dawn. The cool, for some depressing, tones of temperature really make it a surreal kind of comfort found in this image. You don't know if this is a comfortable place physically, you just know it is vast, and flourishing, even without you there to witness it.

There could be more focus directed on that reflection of body of water in behind-- I think that, serving as a barrier between the intimidating night sky and the unexpected warmth of the foreground. It is just one solidifying element I can think of.

As for your choice of focal length and rectilinear final outcome, I think you hit the nail on the head. The straightness of the trees in particular enhances the mood significantly.

I would have been tempted to keep in some more details, although the crucial ones are included here. There is clearly a dramatic moment happening in the photo, so dramatic reduction of shadows feels fitting. I like the element of warmth in the tips of the grass and blooming trees, and feel like there could have been just a touch more.

Looks like it was fun to go shoot <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/s…" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" data-embed-type="emoticon" data-embed-id="391" title=":) (Smile)"/> keep it up.
.i n s o m n i a
:star::star::star::star: Overall
:star::star::star::star::star-half: Vision
:star::star::star::star::star-empty: Originality
:star::star::star::star::star-empty: Technique
:star::star::star::star::star-half: Impact

This is a wonderful shot, the rich background and foreground give this a strong first look. The subtle group that you found to focus on works perfectly, and knowing there's so MANY more flowers there, distantly viewed, makes this set of them feel exclusive.

My suggestions have to do with the contrast of the image. On most of the flowers, there is a lot of clipping. Clipping is an especially bad thing because it can't be fixed by just dropping the curves... the lightest parts of the flowers are big patches of solid white-- overexposed. Which is a shame because everything else is in good detail and focus and lighting. If you can, and have a tripod or something, take multiple exposures of the same shot if you think you will get clipping, because otherwise it's so tough to fix! And if your camera supports it, shooting in RAW makes things so much easier.

Hope this helped <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/f/f…" width="24" height="19" alt=":fish:" title="Fish"/>
A Tendency to Breath
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There are a couple things I would have changed when shooting this photo. Firstly I would have shot it back further, getting the whole flower head in the shot, with more space surrounding it. A feeling of intimacy and longing is present in the photo, but I think that would be retained with having more space. The plus to doing that as well as helping compose the image better, would be that there is far less blur on the parts that are just too close to focus on, and there would be more focus on the whole flower. With the flower so close, it's individual sections of the flower that my focus is segmented to.

I see that there's more behind the flower. If at all possible I'd want nothing really behind the flower when shooting it, that way there's more focus on it. I see that it was shot in F/3.2, which would be perfect if you were further back with the camera, and more likely to capture all of the details of just the flower and the surrounding line in that DOF.

The colours are quite nice, my only issue is that the darks of the flower have the same value as the darks of the ground, so there isn't as much focus as there could be on the whole flower. The more contrast you have, the darker the darks and whiter the whites will be, so I think there is a tad too much of that.

This kind of shot is also quite generic, but the colours and location of it gives this one a bit of an edge.

Happy shooting <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/f/f…" width="24" height="19" alt=":fish:" title="Fish"/> hope this helped a bit!
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I really like this, great contrast and shapes.
Daisies