sinking...
by IreneM

Comment:
I don't get the message you were trying to convey at all. The coin doesn't appear to be sinking and I don't see how the water drop adds to the idea of currency or economies sinking. It almost looks like the coin was just set there to give some sort of generic theme relevance to what is otherwise a water drop shot.

An injection of liquidity
by MilesW

Comment:
Very creative and an original concept.

Should have scored a lot higher, but for this dumb mass of chimps who twitch and salivate as they vote 10's on water drop shots challenge after challenge after challenge.

Good stuff, your effort paid off.

tunnel.jpg
by rlewis

Comment:
- the image has nothing to say. There's no story that I'm picking up by looking at it, no strong sense of any particular mood, no point being conveyed to me by the photographer via the photograph.

- The composition makes the tree in the center of the image the focal point. The tree is hard to make out and is not in sharp focus.

- There are spots of overexposed (or nearly overexposed) sky showing through the trees.

- Apart from the stark difference between tunnel shadow and the rest of the scene, overall contrast in the image is somewhat lacking. Perhaps a function of shooting directly into the bright light coming through the trees, or maybe it was a less than ideal time of day to be shooting at.

- I think there's too much negative space. Maybe crop it tighter, or try and recover some more detail inside the tunnel via processing.

All of that said, your instinct to pull it was correct. It's not a strong image and the fact that you could sense that is great and most important to you as a photographer.

The Gathering
by karenk

Comment:
Grats!!

The_Man_V.jpg
by david_c

Comment:

Originally posted by david_c: It's like they were the same guy, or something. :-)

Shhhh, shhhh, shhhhhhhhh.

The_Man_V.jpg
by david_c

Comment:

Originally posted by geoffb: Originally posted by violinist123: Just so you know, aperture doesn't control ambient light. Aperture controls both flash and ambient.

You don't have a clue.

David_C, here's a decent article on this fundamental piece of lighting theory. If you're in a rush, read the last 4 paragraphs link. Happy shooting.

The_Man_V.jpg
by david_c

Comment:
Just so you know, aperture doesn't control ambient light. Shutter speed does. Shooting below sync speed lets some ambient light into the exposure.

bent
by jdannels

Comment:
Good eye, this is a hell of an entry. Now if only it were reflecting in an icelandic lake you'd have been golden ;)

HIgh Desert Overhang
by Ristyz

Comment:
Nice finish teammate!!

Tickled Pink
by sfmorris

Comment:
Hey nice score nice finish!!!