If Blood Were Glass
by shareinnc

Comment:
Phagocytosis must be a terrible way to go ...

Sea Beads
by ScottK

Comment:
I think I'd crop in to lose all the background in the upper corners, or fill that part with coarse sand. Might have tried to saturate the colors a little more, but overall a nice bead assortment.

The Professor
by jmsetzler

Comment:
Mostly because of my work I'm more interested in the embossing die than the specs, although you did a fine job shooting those too, showing the glass by refraction instead of too many reflections.

code orange
by tomzinho

Comment:
What could be more representative (even cliche) of "Transportation" than a yellow cab? And standing still is emblematic of the number one complaint about transportation in the modern era...

Point No Point Lighthouse
by robbieh

Comment:

Originally posted by robbieh: I live in northwest WA state. It rains here often for weeks at a time. It is very discouraging to have people tell you your photo is bland or has bad lighting. When the contests are under time constraints and you are working two jobs, you do the best you can with what you have. I set this shot up carefully. I got the rugged messy beach in, an interesting angle on the lighthouse, the water and the distant land in the photo. It is often stormy here hence the lighthouse. Though this photo did poorly here, I did have two people who wanted to purchase a print. I really liked this shot. I do intend to be more careful what I submit for contests-- if I submit again at all.

Don't be discouraged -- that's very positive feedback, that the only problem is something beyond your control given the time constraints, but that re-shot under different lighting it would rate highly.

Or, now that the voting is over, you can go back and selectively edit it to be closer to the vision you have of the scene, not the light values present when you released the shutter.

A very big part of this site (to me) is to see what flaws others can find, so I know where to improve.

I'd have made that type a little smaller, and maybe a light blue (or maybe a light yellow) to try and fool people into thinking they see some blue in the sky.

Message edited by author 2003-05-17 11:00:03.

The extravagance of yesterday's commercial waterways
by jjbeguin

Comment:
I appreciate the architecture even more with the background notes...it sure wouldn't last long out here in earthquake country however. I like the aged look you've given it; everything else too!
I agree having a large boat on the river below with one above would be even a little better -- I would probably title it something about "Freeway Interchange c. 1500" (or whenever)...

Prism
by autool

Comment:
I wanted to do this for Primary Colors (or Secondary or whatever) -- nice job.

Nitric
by dadas115

Comment:
I didn't even think of shooting a condenser!

Magnifying Picasso
by kosmikkreeper

Comment:
Great idea...I wonder if shooting from any farther back and cropping would put the right side in more equal focus (if you wanted that) without making the lens too obvious.

Glass - can hurt you!
by arri

Comment:
I think people are taking this contest stuff too seriously...