Helophilus pendulus
by UberFish

Comment:
Not sure that such extremely shallow DOF serves this shot well - though it gives god depth to the image itself, it's just a bit much.

Manhattan
by MarkS224

Comment:
Hmmm ... Not sure how to vote. I think there would have been more impact to a shot that was entirely filled with buildings - though i can appreciate the thinking behind including streets, trees and a famous building.

quell the burn
by nborton

Comment:
I find the angling of this a little disturbing - and not really to any great effect. The colour rendition is fantastic however.

Driftwood and shells
by Robro

Comment:
So small ... a lity really, because it looks like it'd be a great shot. But at that size, it's difficult to make out any detail.

'67 Beetle
by tfarrell23

Comment:
One of the best car shots I've seen here - and great light. Those details are actually useful - in that they're some of the defining styling of that car. Great work.

Round²
by mbardeen

Comment:
Matt - your critique club moment is at hand. damn I'm glad to see this one come up, after our convversation about that other shot of yours.

My first reaction is surprise that it only placed 7th, but it does step on the toes of the 'literal representation of others works of art' rule quite heavily.

What I love about this, and what for me perhaps puts it above all the other shots I've seen in the challenge, is the light: not only is it the perfect light to shape this image, and to give a real sense of three dimensions to the do-nut, but you've also caught the colour ttemperatre of it perfectly: the warmness of it on the wall to the left of frame is marvellous.

The circular border effect (however it's achieved) works perfectly too. My first impression of this, on seeing the thumbnail, was that it was an eye - and that feeling still hasn't quite gone away after looking at it for quite a while.

I'm not goig to begin to criticise this technically - there's quite obviously nothing wrong with it: it's the first shot i've added to my favourites in quite a little while. Must be getting picky in my old age.

Congratulations on a fine photo.

ed

Trends go in Cycles?
by Imagineer

Comment:
I very nearly submitted almost exactly the same photograph for this challenge: this is better than the one i took - but then i didn't submit that. Like the image though - and hope it's better understood than the one I did submit :-)

Good detail, great light, perhaps a little too undramatic for here, but then it is a kind of 'documentary' challenge.

Modern Architecture
by BobsterLobster

Comment:
Some nasty jpeg artefacts here, and possibly oer-sharpening too, especially around that tower to the left. Great colours, and an interesting image otherwise.

Lava!
by bot_alpha

Comment:
Best lava-lamp shot so far: unfortunately that isn't saying much.

Building Material Trends
by mzanoni

Comment:
The weird rotation is quite amusing - if only it didn't look like a mistake quite so much. Intersting shot for all that.