Door of Wonder
by Antithesis

Comment:
Maybe more light on the other side of the door would have brought the colors out more. Good job and good luck.

Puzzling Door
by DougPaz

Comment:
This is a great idea and I wonder how well it will do. I would have cropped some off of the top because the puzzle piece lines just stop which almost ruins the illusion.

Patterns
by HBunch

Comment:
I like the reflection of the sky in the windows. I think I would have not included the blue in the upper right hand corner. The focus seems a little bit too soft. I would have liked to see more detail in the bricks. Good work and good luck.

Who`s Got Bottle
by redfig

Comment:
Congratulations, this was the number 1 in my mind but I'm not the only vote. Great work!

Golden Gate
by GeneralE

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club.
First off, what a splendid photo. I like the colors. It almost makes this place look like a different world. I think what you did here was very cool. I can understand why this photo didn't place well. I think mostly because it is different. I like the branches hanging down in the shot but whether you did it intentionally or not the outlines around them are very distracting and makes it look a little over edited.
I have never taken a photo with this technique so I can't tell you ways in improving this photo in those terms.
The composition is nice. I don't like the building in the bottom center. I don't mind the buildings and bridge furthur away but I don't like that building there. I think I would have wanted more of a seperation between the city and nature.
I found this photo difficult to critique so forgive me if its not the bext one ever. Good work and good luck in future challenges.

Egg T
by redfig

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club.
I must say yet another fine photo from you.
I think this was a difficult challenge because part of it was to make the viewer laugh. I didn't laugh at this photo only because I don't get it. So in those regards I don't believe it met the challenge. I think this photo being taken on a tee box at a golf course with someone about to hit it would be better.

This is very clear and sharp photo. The contrast is brillant and I honestly couldn't think of a way to improve you technique. I think you choose B&W very well and I look forward to seeing more of your photos in future challenges. Other than not being all too humorous this was one of the finest shots of the week.

Moonlight
by emorgan49

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club.
This is a great photo. It's a shame it didn't do better. There were some really beautiful pictures this week but some didn't beat this one out in my opinion.
Anyway, I think the main problem with the photo is the noise. You could use either Neatimage or Photoshop with Despeckle to smooth things out. I may be wrong but doesn't snow usually reflect a blueish hue from moonlight? I ask this because you comments mention something about not making it so blue. I think this is a very natural looking photo and I can't imagine changing it. That said there are a few ways you could try to do it. If you can adjust the white balance on the camera you could trick the camera to think that the subject it is shooting has a different light source. I don't want to go too deep into that but if you are shooting with moonlight and tell the camera that the light coming in is from a flourescent light it might change the colors a bit. That's just an example. The other way of changing the amount of blue would be to use Photoshop to adjust the curves. I'm not sure if you have Photoshop but if you do give it a shot. I took the liberty to make some adjustments to the photo. I made it less blue and removed the noise. If you'd like I can e-mail it to you. I hope this helps.

Fortified
by crabappl3

Comment:
Nice picture and border. It must have been difficult to get all of these things in focus. I may have tried to get the end of the needle more in focus. The shadow from the needle on the cream box is a bit distracting along with the one on the box of oj. I think the best way to avoid that is to play with the angles of your light to minimize the shadows. i don't think you could completly avoid them but they might be less pronounced. Good work and good luck.

Nature at it's best ...
by CreativeFlyPhoto

Comment:
This reminds me of the old Tarzan movies I used to watch when I was a kid. I think this a great photo. I'm curious to see what this looks like in color. Good work and good luck.

Walk of Beauty
by kathleenm

Comment:
The title fits the picture and I must say you are lucky to have such a view. I love the contrast between the sky and land with the border of dark hills and mountains seperating them. Great work and good luck.