Surfing With the Alien
by LegatoMuzic

Comment:
Whether staged or on-stage, well-done isolation, lighting, feeling of action.

Conception, Creation, CD
by wkoffel

Comment:
One of the more interesting ways to use a CD in a photo. Despite the "incorrectness, I'd have considered flipping it horizontally so the music was right-reading and not the mirror-image.

Rays of night
by tkalect

Comment:
Nice job -- I've been trying to get more shots of rays but mostly in the daytime. This gives me ideas for trying it at night.

Was that really a four-second exposure?

New Photographer
by scalvert

Comment:
Kids often have a good eye for interesting shots ... she looks just like she's composing the photo mentally before shooting it. I look forward to seeing her work.

abandoned car
by alptraum

Comment:
Using selective desaturation is a tricky thing. In this case, it almost makes it look like a collage, which could dilute the impact of the car's location.

However, without seeing the original, it's hard to judge if anything else would work better. Other things you might try are fading the background color (going to pale pastels or maybe sepia-toning) instead of going to pure B+W, or reversing the effect and having the landscape in color and the car desaturated.

I really like the overall idea and composition; terrific landscape and clouds. I hope you took a few shots without the car too : )

Blue
by faidoi

Comment:
I like this -- I have a similar picture with blue rails and gray concrete which provided a "natural" partially desaturated look.

Semaphore
by GeneralE

Comment:
Thanks for the great comments, especially the ones about the sunlight on the shirt -- I really liked the way that came out. I would have cloned out the little spot (a crow, I think) but this was a Basic rules challenge.

I also left a lot of foreground grass to try and give the impression of a high hill, even though it's just about a 10-foot rise. For comparison, here's a square crop of the same photo.

Opposable Thumb
by GeneralE

Comment:

Originally posted by hlswilson: Returning for comments: I struggled with this one. After looking at this photo for quite a while, and finally recognizing that the model was holding a bone, I realized that you were tring to say that a human being's defining feature is the opposable thumb. What would have improved this photo greatly for me would have been to have a more recognizable bone - like one of those big knuckle bones that you can purchase for dogs in pet stores. Also, I know that it might be cliche' but the photo would make more sense to me if a big, burly, hairy, caveman like guy were holding the bone. This small, delicate hand made it difficult for me to understand what you were trying to convey. Lastly, I would have used a little more light to help dispell some of the shadow under the fingers. Your idea was excellent, but refining the execution would make this a much stronger shot.

Thanks for the comments! I looked for a bigger bone but couldn't find one in time ... that's a turkey drumstick. Isaac is kind of hairy for his age (like his dad!), but it doesn't show that well here : )
I thought about getting a gorilla hand (Halloween shops are open) but didn't get around to it in time.

Next time I try a shot like this I'll try to put a white sheet on the ground to reflect some sunlight up onto the underside of the hand.

Post Swing
by aznym

Comment:
Pretty cool -- I don't think that's a traditional recreation in California : )

Chistina and Sara. Wild? You'd better believe it!
by livingfiction

Comment:

Originally posted by vfwlkr: This is a cool photograph. Guess most voters here lack a sense of humor.

You'd better believe it!