a new day dawns
by joannadiva

Comment:
The lense flares are cool, but the rest of the shot has not detail due to the contrast, leaving it rather uninteresting overall. That's too bad because the beams of light in the background look like they offered a lot of potential, but thye just don't come through very strongly because the shot is completely dominated by the sun flare in the top right.

Illusion
by Spanish_Grease

Comment:
Great idea for a shot, and wonderfully executed. The cool blue tone was a good choice as well.

Helping Hand
by timj351

Comment:
It an interesting idea, but this photo seems to have been sapped of all the potential emotion that is present. To some extent I think we fill in the gaps naturally, assuming the awe of the boy and the tender smile of the officer, but you've cut that all out of the shot. The boy is completley passive in this shot, and the officer's hand carries a little bit of expression, but other than that the figures in this shot are cold and unemotional, which certainly couldn't have been the intention. I think including the officer's face isn't necessary, since having it cut off adds to the feeling that he is larger than life in the eyes of the child, but perhaps a side angle that showed the kids face or at least some pose with more expression to it would make this a much better shot.

Fire Island
by phaedrus

Comment:
Great colors here, but I find it a little compositionally uninteresting.

First Snow
by Crafty Sue

Comment:
I think I'd have gone black and white on this shot, if for no other reason than to keep that yellow sign in the background from drawing attention to itself.

Love in Red
by Rooster

Comment:
I'm really not a fan of the selective colorization here at all. The shot itself is interesting but of course the colored portion changes it dramatically and attracts all the attention. I can't say that this is a bad shot, it seems well done, it just doesn't work for me.

Exhuberance
by amsmyth

Comment:
I like the big x pattern that this makes, but this really isn't close enough or detailed enough to be very interesting. I'd recommend that you try to get closer, get sharper, and maybe try more unique angles or setups.

Finding Nemo
by marbo

Comment:
You got some really vivid rich colors here, and they don't look oversaturated at all. Nice work.

IceHotel
by indigo997

Comment:
Facinating.. I'm looking forawrd to the description to find out where this is. Maybe getting in a bit closer would have improved this, as well as maybe trying a less straight on angle, because currently only a small portion of the shot is your subject of interest, and it is dead center, which doesn't work out very well. Perhaps even shifting the frame just a little higher would have made this a much better shot.

Up or Down
by JC_Homola

Comment:
Interesting forms and I especially like the angle you shot from. A nice abstract. Good work.