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Mar 15, 2016 18:38 | #1

I am going to submit this for my bokeh composition and would appreciate feedback here first.

Leaning towards the square.

Thanks.

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Mar 15, 2016 19:43 | #2

Im a fan of square crops at times so id pick it

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Mar 15, 2016 20:28 | #3

You're cutting out most of the background in the rectangular crop; given that you're submitting for "bokeh", I'd go with the square crop that's showing more of the b/g. Overall, I'm not a fan of the quality of the OOF area, here, though. Your subject was still too close to the lights, so the cord for them is too apparent (to me). Moving the subject further away should have minimized those a little bit more, while keeping the lights.

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Mar 15, 2016 20:40 as a reply to @ Snydremark's post | #4

Thanks for the feedback. Space is a bit limited. I do have another set of lights that have dark green chords instead of these white ones, so I'll try those tomorrow.

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Mar 15, 2016 20:49 | #5

atsilverstein wrote in post #17936676

Thanks for the feedback. Space is a bit limited. I do have another set of lights that have dark green chords instead of these white ones, so I'll try those tomorrow.

That'll probably work, too

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Mar 15, 2016 22:41 | #6

If it is a submission for bokeh, I'd go with the square

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Mar 15, 2016 23:55 | #7

I like the square in this case.

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Mar 16, 2016 00:16 | #8

Definitely square.

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Mar 16, 2016 05:50 | #9

I think the lights in the BG are a distraction. The candle light on the figures would make a nice warm atmosphere IMO.

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Mar 16, 2016 05:56 as a reply to @ rwmson's post | #10

Read the original post, it's a bokeh submission.

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Mar 18, 2016 19:11 | #11

I have a bunch of those figurines, too. My mother buys them as gifts for me.

I like the square crop the best.

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