a sharp look...

[vesitata]

Canon EOS 400D, 1/50, F4.0, ISO 200, EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

I'm new to DPS, and I hope I'll be able to learn from your critiques...
Enjoying my new 400D with some A4 sheets as background, 2 scissors and two lamps... Would be glad to hear your opinion..
Tibi

[Manda]

I like your exploration into original concepts.

[jiminyClickit]

vesitata, Welcome

While I have no proof, I believe blurred foreground (or background) objects can be distracting if your viewer is trying to figure out what they are, and how they relate to the subject, and why they are important enough to show, but not in focus or well-lit.

From this arrangement, I'm wondering what the partial covering of subject scissors, and alignment of second pair appearing to be ready to cut vertical sheet, are intended to depict. A well-lit pair of scissors might tell more of photographic skills. The subject scissors are not as sharp as they could be, for a Canon.

[cjaegel@hotmail.com]

I see what Jiminy is saying but I like it just for the colors and shapes. Good job and welcome to DPS.

[vesitata]

Thanks for your help... I'll keep you're advice in mind next time
An interpretation of this scene could be that the out of focus scissor is gazing at the other one with envy, from behind the corner(the vertical sheet is meant to be a simple wall which devides the two worlds:P)...Maybe the blurred scissor wants to cut the wall, so it also bathe in the spotlight....This is why I like taking 'abstract photos'...they can tell many stories.
I thought that the focus was spot on...but you're right. Next time I'll be more carefull
Best wishes, Tibi

[jiminyClickit]

vesitata,

That's the attraction of photography, being able to show a "reality" in many different ways, suggest the viewer take their own stroll through it, and take away whatever comes from that experience.

I see every new member through whatever they present in the beginning: in introduction or the opening statement in their first post. Camera type no longer is a sign of experience, so I look first for basics, like is the subject in focus.

When experienced people here first looked at my photos in the largest view on Flickr and announced to the world that they weren't sharp, I was disappointed. But it made me begin to check every focus after that, pre-shot and in edit. So if you're experimenting, start with basics and move from there.

Picaso learned to draw a realistic cow before he started moving face/body parts around.