Sun's Flowers
by heathen

Comment:
Mark, Thanks for your comment on my on the beach entry and I wish I had got that ribbon too! I thought I would return the comment, congrats on breaking six and having a new personal best. My only suggestion would really be to try a crop where the center of the flower in focus is directly in the intersection of the horizontal and vertical rule of thirds. IMO with so little in focus having the one thing in focus in that spot may have helped out, but really I think its great and thats all I can think of for improvement. THanks again.
joe

The Hangout
by devoid

Comment:
Jon, thanks for your comment on my Beach entry and thoguth I would give you a comment in return. This is a cool shot and well composed. I enjoy the colors in the photograph as well. The things I could think about for improvement would be to maybe have shot at more of angle so thatyou could see the birds and down the levee into to the water, or maybe just keep your camera on the birds and when they start to fly away strat taking photos of them. Who know if any of those suggestions are good but just a thought. Thanks again.
Joe

Kaleidoscopic
by moniepenny

Comment:
Monica,
THanks for my comment on my beach entry and I thought I would return the favor. This photo is great and has tons of color and lines for the eye to enjoy, not too mention bokeh. Great job and congrats on your second highest score to date!
joe

A Kiss for 10 Toes
by SandyP

Comment:
Sandy,
Thanks for your comment on my on the beach photo I thought I would return the comment. Congratulations on your ribbon!! Hard to come up with anything I would change. Its really nice that you got a photo with personal mean to also place so high. Very well done. Thanks again for your comment.

joe

me and my dad
by mimsydotes

Comment:
Kim,
Thanks for your comment on my on the beach entry and I thought I would return the comment.
Tsweet moment you have captured here. I think the color is good and lighting as well. One thing that stands out right away is the tilted horizon, I think this line should really be horizontal and detratcs from the photo abit. Another thing would have been to shoot from a much lower angle so that the photo felt like it was more from the child's perspective. Black and white may have been a nice touch but I am not sure I would have done. And one other thing that may have helped your score would to be to have the photo larger, at the 640 px limit. I hope you found these suggestions helpful and thankd again fpr your comment.
joe

Thunderhead
by tate

Comment:
Tate,
Thanks for you comment on my on the beach entry and I thought I would return the comment. This is a cool image for gold and makes me want beer. To me it appears that alot of the highlights in the glass appear blown out specifically in the rim of the glass. I think the composition is great but could see how many people may find it distracting. If I had voted I would have given it a 6, higher if all highlights were there. Thanks again for your comment.
joe

A moment in time
by Kelli

Comment:
kelli,
Thanks for your comment on my on the beach entry and I am now coming back to give you a comment:).
I think this entry is very well composed as my eye is drawn to the boy from the rule of thirds as well as from the line of the wave to which runs to the head of the boy. The only thing I could suggest would myabe to have used a wider angle or lowere perpective to get more of the beach area and possibly the horizon. A more open composition may have helped show the concentration and focus of the boy also. It may also have lost impact with the boy smaller in the phot also I am not sure. Just a suggestion. Thanks again for your comment.
Joe

Path to God
by vchandra

Comment:
Vikas,
Thanks for your comment on my On the Beach entry, I thought I would return the favor.
Then first thing I notice is the the photo is only 600 px instead of 640 and the file size is 113 kb instead of closer to the max allowable of 150 kb. I find tht alot of photos will get marked down for being too small rather then the merit of the actual photograph. here is the link to preparing shots for submission using photoshop, which may be helpful.
As far as the photo I think it is good, I think for perspective they were looking for more of a repeating pattern or something to show depth. Perhaps being farther away to show how large the bulding in may have helped out. I think the composition is good and like the thline in the photo I just wish that there was more of them. THanks again.
joe

Joe at risk of being trampled
by BrennanOB

Comment:
No yarn can hold me back!!! I look ragged, Lol.

required shot of the bay
by BrennanOB

Comment:
This one's great, way to turn around and take a shot, Lol, I myself forgot the required shot of the day. whats going on with the gray bar at the bottom?

Message edited by author 2006-07-30 18:43:46.