The Other Way
by fotomann_forever

Comment:
Nothing so exciting as staring at someones poop shoot!

Springtime Roller Coaster
by Basta

Comment:
Great example of changing the
PoV to add interest.

Coca ~ Cola
by Ja-9

Comment:
This has some real good interestingness!

Can't Be Fenced In
by Socom

Comment:
I would've voted this higher if there had been some darker tones in this image. It is a good photo but is is mostly middle grey. I would like to see some enhanced shadows in those clouds to make them more ominous.

The Company of Carp
by Paul

Comment:
I am guessing this is a Clive Patric Nolan photo. I could be wrong though...

escape artist
by Kevin_Flynn

Comment:
The real strength of this photo is the exposure. The composition adds a lot to it as well. Excellent point of view!

Pascual's
by Germaine

Comment:
Awesome reflections and lensbaby action! Such great colors. This is commercial quality.

Grafitti Alley
by DJWoodward

Comment:
This would be a great background for a film noir shot, especially with the low key lighting you have captured here! I like this shot! I could envision a few bats flying out of that dark belfry in the background! I also love how you have a nice bright area protruding from the mid-ground of the scene and progressively getting darker as it goes into the foreground and background out to the sides of the frame. Very cool!

Blooming Tulips
by dtremain

Comment:
I gave this a low average vote and wanted to leave a few comments as to why. First the good points: You have great color and a very good exposure with very even light. I like the composition as well. The line of the fence at an angle across the foreground and the layers going into the photo with the flowers in the mid ground and the trees and water and finally the bridge. It's a nice, peaceful and a beautiful scene worthy of a shot for the photo album.

What brings this down for me is the lack of good focus. Nothing is really sharp and the plane of focus doesn't seem to land anywhere in the photo. I would have to see the exif to tell if you used a small aperture here. I think you may be somewhere in the f5.6 - f8 range. With good focus, at a minimum the fence should show off the details of it's great texture, and the tulips should be nice and crisp. The background can fade off out of focus slightly to taste. I would go minimum f8 to f11 and maybe even f22 if you want this in HD quality sharpness. But with an aperture that small you may have to use a tripod as you tend to get down into the 1/40, 1/20 or lower shutter speeds which doesn't work out that well handheld and leads to camera shake.

I suspect that camera shake killed the sharpness here due to being handheld at small aperture and longer shutter speeds. There is a general rule for handheld that says use a shutter speed of 1/focal length or higher to hand hold.

Sorry for writing a book but some people complain about not having any detailed comments when they leave lower or average votes. I will revisit this post challenge to hopefully see your shot data.

cherry blossom time
by posthumous

Comment:
Lensbaby madness!!!