Memorable Entrance
by dw_photo

Comment:
My sister gave you the vote. A guest 'expert'. :)

What amazes me most is how clean the lines are on the building. Straight as an arrow. Nicely captured!

Wake Up and Pay Attention
by dpjerry

Comment:
I like your background.

"Oops, you dropped him."
by nsbca7

Comment:
Great story here. 3rd page newspaper.

Never Change An Answer
by lilkarebear

Comment:
The grain seems to work fairly well, but I'm having trouble with the alignment, particularly with that top right corner. At least it matches though.

Good idea though

xx
by messerschmitt

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I actually thought it was kinda interesting too, I noticed that there were a couple of X patterns in the bark, but I did feel that it was a bit too much of a stretch for me.

You might try hitting a desat on the blue channel to get rid of the distraction on the top left.

Otherwise, an interesting abstract with a bit of a gothic feel.

Jean
by caba

Comment:
Underrated. Nicely done example of good lighting. Simple is good.

Seems a tad OOF, and needs some of the left cut off. That fold is rather distracting.

bra...dp (bradp)
by sacredspirit

Comment:
The Visual Pun challenge lives on. Bra Digital Photo. BradP.

Excellent image, excellent take on his name. I don't think I'd ever have taken a picture like this in a million years.

A million years being a rough average of the amount of time before most girls would consider letting me take a picture like this of them. ;)

Nice and a half!

Frozen Bubble
by Cantique

Comment:
ROBBED!

I think a lot of people were really under the impression that this was not what you said it was.

I didn't even think for a second that it was an actual bubble. Knowing that you actually did take a bubble, I'd say this is pretty damned amazing.

Oh well. There's always the favorites list...

11:59 PM, The Rollover
by jrtodd

Comment:
Hysterical. I also want a button like that. I love that it was right next to the END button.

It's a nice touch that you brought out plenty of detail in exactly the right place on the finger.

Very nicely done.

I'm so "BLUE" without you!
by shaver

Comment:
Couple of tips that might have helped in this pic obviously taken in difficult light circumstances:

Remember to try to use manual focus and not too much of a narrow DOF. From where you are going to sit, focus on the tripod head, then lock focus. Place camera on the tripod head and set up the timer.

Also, try to straighten your horizon before posting. Although, seeing as you are in Iraq, I couldn't say for sure that you even had access to your own personal computer. This could have been done using unfamiliar software.

It looks like you definitely got your lines right.

Canon cameras have recently started coming out with a feature called an Intervalometer. It allows you to tell the camera to take pictures at a certain interval. If you felt like it, you could set up to take 5 or 6 shots in a row at 1 minute (or less if this is possible on the 5D) intervals allowing you to make a few attempts at being reallly reallly still.

An aperture of f5.6-8 at an ISO of 1000 or even better could possibly have helped make things a bit easier to handle, placing the greatest difficulty on remaining still for around 2-3 seconds.

Hope its a bit helpful. Your profile indicates you have some pretty serious equipment, so it's just as possible that you know all of this and just didn't have time to muck about.