1. Just a spoonful of sugar
by suemack

Comment:
I really like this; all the bits and pieces fit nicely together, from the toning (I don't usually like blue toning, but here it works), to the granules still on the spoon, to the motion from the pouring. Composition is strong, too. This is something I've seen people do thousands of times (I don't put sugar in my coffee), but probably never really saw. Nicely spotted and captured (even if it was late :P ).

twentyfour/thirty
by UNCLEBRO

Comment:
Excellent shot. The contrasts both in tones and in sharpness between the image and the reflection give some really cool effects (should that be affects? I can never figure that one out). Nicely composed and captured.

Message edited by author 2007-05-31 10:38:41.

twentythree/thirty
by UNCLEBRO

Comment:
Excellent composition/crop, and wonderful use of DoF; slightly soft border adds to the effect. Nicely done!

twenty/thirty
by UNCLEBRO

Comment:
Cool choice of subjects, with excellent textures and tones from the conversion; I might have liked a bit more DoF, but then I would be looking at what I wanted to look at, and not what you wanted me to look at :)

twentyone/thirty
by UNCLEBRO

Comment:
Perfect choice; nicely seen and captured, and wonderful conversion with excellent range of tones. I don't think it's boring at all!

twentytwo/thirty
by UNCLEBRO

Comment:
Neat image; I thought this was a blurred chandelier (I have no idea if I spelled that right, and I'm too lazy to check, but you know what I mean); I like the motion I see in it, even though on closer inspection it looks like flowers of some type (especially with the little one poking up from the bottom). Nicely done.

No Picnic Today (Day 14)
by colorcarnival

Comment:
Okay, first, I like this as is; you've made good choices in composition and choice of subject, and it all works well together. Contrast, focus, and aperture work well enough for me; change any of them and you have a different image, but I'd have to see it to know whether I'd like it better. But you've asked for a critique, so here goes another thought: I might have tried this two additional ways; first, with much more attention to the picnic table, from a lower angle (I'm a big fan of holding the camera near the ground and taking shots), and with nothing between you and it, so that it dominates but so that you can still tell it's a picnic table, in the ground, at the edge of Lake Erie. The other way would be to minimize it, move back, with a wider angle, so that it's almost not seen unless the viewer looks, really looks, at the image; that is, kind of lose it by composition.

On Guard (Day 13)
by colorcarnival

Comment:
What Jon said about the composition, what Sandy said about the effect of the lines, and what Roz said about the crop (the existing crop giving us a feeling that he's right above us). I think it's spot on!

Mother's Day Gift (Day 12)
by colorcarnival

Comment:
Lovely lighting and tones, excellent composition, perfect for the subject matter. Wonderful floral shot.

Day 30 - End of Challenge.jpg
by jonfrommk

Comment:
Excellent celebration; but you're not so think looking as you haggard you are :) Wonderful composition, and I love the perspective and closeness. Nicely done!