Nap
by LevT

Comment:
Ivo, thanks! you're right about highlights. Thanks to the RAW file I was able to rescue them. Is it better now?

Message edited by author 2005-09-23 02:05:53.

Making bubbles ...
by kari1

Comment:
nice composition, but the background wall is unappealing. Should have either blur it by shallowe dof or replace by something else.

Chaos
by Brad

Comment:
Great shot Brad! Congrats!
I had a feeling that I've seen this row before but wasn't sure. Now I am. If I remember correctly, this street is called Hope Str, right? I took a similar photo some years ago in my film days with this row of boxes and the street sign above.

Edit: Darn, just read your comments - it is Hope str, of course, and your Serendipity entry (which I hadn't seen before) is almost identical to that photo of mine which I mentioned above.

Message edited by author 2005-09-21 11:36:16.

Bare
by LevT

Comment:
Thanks to everyone and especially to Neuferland for comments and critique. I think, my experiment (see above) worked - nobody accused me of being off-topic, and I found that about half of the viewers liked the colors and another half found them tacky and unnatural. Of course they are unnatural, that was the whole idea, if I kept the original sky color it would be one booooring photograph. Surprizingly, over a span of the past week I more-less made peace with the colors here, so while for me they still ARE tacky, the overall package kinda works, not as a photograph, but as a piece of pop-art. I can see it on a wall in some New York Upper West Side apartment :)

Escape to Heaven
by wavelength

Comment:
I like the composition, but I think it is over-saturated, esp. the sky...

4 sale
by lightning

Comment:
what does it have to do with perspective?

Underground Aliens
by Dvosdon

Comment:
I think the shadows on the ground (esp. the shadow of the photographer, the other one is kind of nice) somewhat distract from the nice perspective of the alley. If you could step in the shadow and take a phot with only one shadow, it would be much stronger IMO.

Unlimited (In Limited Dimensions)
by Tej

Comment:
nice colors and DOF. I wish the arch in the foreground wouldn't be cut at the top.

Walking on Water or What?
by nzorro

Comment:
the boots should've been mage sharp (deeper DOF)

The Big Hand is on the Little Cat
by cyan

Comment:
you should've made sure that hand is in sharp focus - need a deeper DOF (smaller aperture).