broom vendor
by whiteroom

Comment:
Congrat's on your first Blue! Great shot.

Summer's End — Sunrise
by Bear_Music

Comment:
Congratulations Robert--Lovely shot!

Times Forgotten
by phinbob

Comment:
Very nice. It is perhaps a bit too high contrast--the clouds have posterized in the background.

A Summer Afternoon
by jenesis

Comment:
Great use of light. I think this would work best square--I don't see the benefit of all the negative space on the top.

Do I understand your question then, is it hopeless and forlorn?
by fstopopen

Comment:
Wow--this is FANTASTIC. Only nit is the flare. Good luck I expect this will ribbon!

Remenising
by leaf

Comment:
This picture shows a wonderful "soft texture" to it. The lighting and colors are fantastic, and the subject is interesting.

I am mixed about the centric nature of the composition. The background here does seem to add to the image, but the centered almost all there composition isn't as strong as it could be. I think it would be worth trying to crop the photo and wall out on the right, and make a squarish format portrait of her with no background. It seems to look good when I cover it with my hand. Try it and judge--it may or may not be better.

Message edited by author 2005-09-11 18:09:23.

Beamish1
by p2jvr

Comment:
Good choice of subject for the time capsule challenge. Shot looks sharp enough without being oversharpened.

Suggestions. The composition on this could be improved by cropping in on the trolleys. That would bring them closer, and their detail would make the subject stronger. You don't need more sky than the lowest power pole--it identifies the electric source of the trolleys and is the nicest of the two. A slight crop of the right will get rid of a little bit of some car or something edging into the picture. Finally, some work on the shadow detail would be good--you might be able to do a simple adjust using the shadow highlight filter of PS CS.

Hope that helps!

Diagonals and Lines
by banmorn

Comment:
Great shot Robert! Really has beautiful tones and patterns!

the Decayed and the Living
by madhatter

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

This is an interesting idea, and the colors are striking. Sharpness looks good to me, as does composition. The lighting and contrast present a bit of a harsh look, but they do present this as sort of an "abstraction" of the pattern, if that's what you had in mind.

The extra plant matter on top of the fungus isn't contributing to the pattern though. And the dark areas in this hight contrast shot are empty of any shadow detail. It almost seems like it's struggling in-between trying to be an artsy abstract, and a straight shot of nature. Perhaps pushing the envelope, and your design, one way or the other might move you up a few notches in the rankings and scores.

Keep shooting!

Dangerous & Little
by bobdaveant

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

This is a very striking image with a very strong "impact", with equal contributions from the subject's intense gaze and the photo capture and production. I think you've chosen the correct composition here: the centric subject works best here. On the other hand the background on the viewers right isn't really contributing to the photo--it might even be considered distracting. You could play with some crops on the right, which may or may not improve this already fine shot.

Excellent work!