Minimall
by tomtitus

Comment by willem:
closer please, even if you do want to show the overall context. I would like to see the person better, I think he is part of the story.

Minimall
by tomtitus

Comment by notonline:
Nice shot. The contrast on the awings make this photo really hard to look at. It also looks a tad on the blurry side. Keep up the good work and best of luck in 2005.

Lightscape
by tomtitus

Comment by mycelium:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Ah, the lengthy-motion-blur-caused-by-driving-at-night technique. It's a fun one. I'm guessing that this is one of several that you took during this particular outing and selected this one from them. The colors and lines are interesting, which shows that you've got a good eye for composition. The problem is that, at root, this is the sort of photograph that probably everyone takes at one time or another, and the more of them you see, the more you realize that they all look pretty much the same. Unfortunately, there is very little to meaningfully distinguish between most pictures of this sort of thing- they are all streaks and blobs of light with very little form.

Also, the challenge was about the out-of-focus elements of the background, and the whole image here is a blur. It doesn't actually meet the challenge well at all.

I looked at some of your profile photographs (what are those-herons?) and those looked good to me. You also have an excellent camera, so it seems like you're in generally good shape. Just keep taking pictures!

Lightscape
by tomtitus

Comment by Imagineer:
I was going to do something like this but ran out of time.

This is nice - very attractive colours and good crispness in the focal range. Just pretty basically. : )

Lightscape
by tomtitus

Comment by Bear_Music:
striking image but it doesn't really play to the challenge for me, because it is not relating a sharp subject to an oof BG in any way.