Botanical
by basia03

Comment:
I love these colours: reds, greens and whites together! Nice composition, and a good example for opposites working well when one part is out of focus. Whites could be more clear, expecially in the bottom left corner, and it's a bit overexposed on the right side, but alltogether nice one.

light of times
by yoman

Comment:
Great idea, but what you have done to the lightbulb stuff is a disaster. The candle is overexposed, too and out of focus... Sorry, but I feel too much useless artifical elements in your photo that doesn't help the story you wanted to tell, evenmore they ruined your photo... :-(((

Jackson contemplates a drink
by cierrecart

Comment:
Nice candid with lovely emotions and I like the composition. :-) Shin tones could be improved... But where is the opposite of old and new?

Béinchen (1684) & Rout Bréck (1966)
by gloda

Comment:
I would like this one with full colours. The natural colours of the stone bridge and nature would be opposing enough with the unnatural reds of the new bridge. Composition is great and the subject is loveable, too. I am very curious about the full-coloured version, because personally I think making pastel colours for the yet desaturated elements would have made your shot better. This way it's a bit agressive for me. If it was the purpose, it works well, but be careful with selective desaturation. I love this technique, too, anyway. :-)

Hands
by MikeO

Comment:
Wonderful soft photo, with loveable colour tones! My only problem is that the mother's hangd doesn't look that old at all, I think, grandma's hand would have helped the opposite here more. I like the emotions of the photo a much.

1927 vs 2003
by kenbo

Comment:
Great subject! I wouldn't have cropped the bottom of the electronic dictionary, but I might have cropped a bit on the top, because the cover of the books leads my eyes to unused depths of the photo. The background could be better, black velvet would work well with the warm brown tones of the book and the silver metal of the electronic dictionary. I love old and beautiful books like this, and the photo coul dbe even more dramatic if it were a Longman dictionary, too. :-)

Old times, new times.
by toti

Comment:
I think the old clock is more beautiful than the new one, therefore I am a bit disappointed to find it out of focus. The lighting is harsh on the metal of the new (use diffused lighting for metals), but I like the composition. I would have left more space all around, this way it's a abit tight for me. Just a cm on all sides. And more DOF. The old clock is too interesting to push it out of focus, IMHO.

bottles
by phatmatt11

Comment:
The idea is great! The background is too busy and therefore distracting. I also feel WB problems here. I would show more of the text on the old bottle and I miss the top of the bottles very much. This subject cries for a portrait crop. I think noone needed these bottles anymore, in your shoes I would have taken them home to make a nice composition. I would have filled them with Coke as well, but at least the new one. Use diffused light for glass, because reflections can be very distracting and cause overexposed areas sometimes.

82 cents
by kelstertx

Comment:
Nice idea, but I would have chosen a lower angle. For me, photographing exactly form the top is too direct for such an indirect composition of coins. I would have used a different background as well. Dark green or maroon velvet maybe, silver, gold and bronze hard metal always reminds me to the need of something soft and opposite colour. This might have added another nice element of opposites to the opposite of old and new. Just an idea.

Great Grandaughter
by SteveJ

Comment:
Nice idea, but needs more improvement. B&W usually works well for family photos that show us contrast and opposites, like here, old and young. I would improve sharpness: the baby is out of focus, though, I think it's important for opposites to get both subjects clear and sharp. Very few out of focus opposites work well IMHO. Backround is busy, the door or wall or whatever is too bright and the person with the striped top is distracting, too. Shame you cut off the baby's hands, for me, the composition would be working if I saw her (his?) hands, therefore I would have left more space on the right and bottom. The baby is looking at something in her (his?) hands and I miss this thing a much! And a more homogenic background, and focus on both characters. Maybe lighting didn't help you with this candid shot, but it would have been important.