It just breaks your heart....
by Truegsht

Comment:
B/W Club!

this is a great photo. the full-frame works well, and the focus and composition are dead-on.

like others have said, it is quite dull and gray. i plan to use this as an example for the group because there is a TON of potential here that we can draw out. you'll have a real winner of a print on your hands soon!

Intimate Setting
by aboutimage

Comment:
B/W Club!

i think this is a nice still life. i'm not sure that it makes the best duotone shot for a couple of reasons.

1) still lifes are normally color. i'm all about breaking rules, but one kind of "expects" to see them that way.

2) there are a couple of things in the photo that also are "expected" to be in color: the wine, flowers, and the oranges particularly. again, anything CAN be in black and white -- the challenge is deciding what SHOULD be.

i think the tones and contrast in this are pretty good. yeah, there are blown-out bits, but i have no problem with those.

The Thinker
by Kavey

Comment:
B/W Club!

great shot and great title. the composition is good, but i would like to see deeper tones throughout -- it looks a little gray. i think having the solid black border so near the photo makes it look plain as well. making the shadows a bit darker and the highlights an oh-so-little-bit lighter would make the formation itself "pop" more.

i took the liberty of doing a few contrast adjustments. i'm not saying that my version is "better," but i think it more accurately describes what i'm talking about more than words could:

Old Panes
by Kavey

Comment:
B/W Club!

i really enjoy the lines in this shot. it DOES look like the reflection is cut off to the left, but i understand why. i think a bit of a wider shot showing the reflection tapering off might help "explain" that to the viewer.

i don't know what's under the window, but i keep finding myself wondering. and i like the texture on the glass but would like to make it a bit more prominent. at this point in time, i can't see if it's etched or if there's like a grassy hill back there or what. and it seems rather gray. i think you could bump up the contrast a bit in the window to make the whites "whiter."

overall i love a good window shot, which this is.

Three in One Macro
by Falc

Comment:
you're on quite a roll here lately, sir. congratulations.

Flower Spin
by ty_roni

Comment:
cool effect. i hope this was done in-camera.

Circle of Friends
by swoops1976

Comment:
great idea but the coloring and lack of contrast hurt. it appears to be overly or poorly compressed too, as the details in hair and eyes are lost.

Full Moonness
by Gauti

Comment:
this is a great shot. really good concept and a damned fine beer. i hope you celebrated after taking the photo. ;)

'Round & 'Round We Go
by dwolff

Comment:
would be stronger without the tree in the foreground

Iris and Pupil
by yeoua

Comment:
i think the high key effect works well here