Out of the Shadows
by Toddh

Comment:
Not the typical approach to the challenge, but a good one none the less. Great lighting and pose.

Paris Las Vegas
by beekper

Comment:
Really nice photo, the long exposure creates a nice look on the fountain.

I will no longer fear the future nor will I regret the past
by byshen

Comment:

Originally posted by byshen: Originally posted by Konador: Congrats on your ribbon :) I was just wondering, why did you use a TV, and not just print the picture and sellotape it to the mirror? That would have been a lot simpler by the sounds of what you went through :P I actually thought of that. The problem with that idea is it was much too dark in the car for the picture to show in the mirror. I would have had to shine a light on to the mirror for it to work. The additional light on the mirror would then spill over to the mirror frame window etc plus it would not look as real as a reflected image in the mirror. The TV on the other hand was a real reflection of light and therefore looked more realistic.

Ahh, good point! I didn't think about that

Watch my sugar intake
by johnm

Comment:
lol, this is great!

On the Corner of 13th Avenue
by OneSweetSin

Comment:
Critique Club:

Hi. There are some things I really like about this photo, and then there are some things which I think could be better. First of all, I really like the black and white areas. The contrasts and detail looks good in B&W. I'm still wondering why you left some parts in colour? Is it because the diner is 70 years old, so thats B&W, and the colour things are newer? I'm not sure, but I don't really think the colour areas are very effective, and could possibly detract from a nice overall B&W photo.

The sky in this is very blown out, and just completly white. As this challenge was open editing, I think using a shorter shutter speed would have helped. This would allow you to get some detail in the sky, and if the buildings were too dark you could select them and edit them separately. You could then also burn the sky a bit to get some detail in there. I find sometimes adding a little grain can help make a sky more interesting, even if some people complain about it being noisey :)

The snow piled up around the diner looks really good. I think I would have been tempted to crop a little closer so more detail can be seen, and less of the not-si-interesting surroundings. I think that would also focus peoples attention more to the corner, which is what your title is doing.

Overall, nice conditions in a nice area make this a good photo, which could be improved by a little different editing, and moving in closer.

A whole life ahead
by Harz_Joerg

Comment:
Critique Club:

I thought this was a great photo, one of my 10s. There isnt really much negative I can say in this CC. The DoF in my opinion is perfect. The skin tones, lighting, focus, all perfect. I think one thing I may have tried differently is to have made the catchlight in the eyes smaller. You oculd have done this by either using a different light source, or in postprocessing. At the moment the window in the eye looks a little too big and it overpowers the pupil. There are also a few stray eyebrow hairs going down towards the eye. Now, this are extremely minor things, and if the rest of the photo wasn't so perfect, then I wouldnt be mentioning them, but you've done 15 CC comments in the past week so I think you deserve a constructive one yourself :)

Well, I can't think of anything else to say, except congratulations on a fine photograph.

pipe
by takethat

Comment:
This is a GREAT photo, one of the best in this challenge in my opinion. I love the DoF and the colours are awesome. A definate 10. This is the kind of photo that I'd like to be able to take.

Underneath
by JB707

Comment:
This looks a bit too oversharpened to me. You can see the jagged lines along the diagonals.

Home
by johnm

Comment:
It doesn't look like the conditions were very good for photographing, with the really blown out sky. It also looks like you had the wrong white balance set, giving everything a pink tint, rather than nice red bricks. I've forgotten to set the WB before, it's really annoying.

Untitled
by aperture_disaster

Comment:
I like the softness of this photo. I think being sharp would ruin it. The B&W is really effective too. 9