The Afternoon
by stormy

Comment:
Tag! I think the color and composition work very well in this image. Your timing is great for the best lighting. Like the texture in the (crap, what do they call them?) stamens and think it empasizes your short DOF which works well in this image.

1869
by stormy

Comment:
Tag! There are things I really like about this image and things I don't. I like the composition, I like the textures, I like the tones. I love the two windows in the door and the way they kind of fade into the brown at the edges. I don't like the white spot at the lower right or the white bar at the upper right - they compete with the windows above the door for my attention and I would love to see them gone. I'm not sure what your processing technique was but I get the feeling that this was softened and then sharpened. While the door and the left side look really good, the blue wall seems to have sharpening artifacts or something. Maybe if the magenta was desated I wouldn't see that. A well seen image!

Newport Lakes 2
by stormy

Comment:
Tag! This is beautiful. I love the tones in which you've rendered it. I think the composition works very well. Only nitpicky thing I can find is the distracting blade of grass that goes through the water and to the other shore. It cuts the fluidity of the water and looks like a line that is supposed to lead me somewhere. The lighting is good. The fluffiness of the clouds plays against the lines in the shore and the grass. Very well seen.

Butterfly Orgy
by SJCarter

Comment:
Wow. Very cool shot. Sometimes the best images are of things we never see if only because they give us a glimpse into what is possible. People could argue about composition and busi-ness and DOF but in doing that, they miss what is in front of them.

IMG_5566 - revised - small.jpg
by thatcloudthere

Comment:
Wow! This is cool. Very well seen. No clue how you revised it but I think the colors and tones are excellent.

IMG_8448 - lantern - small.jpg
by thatcloudthere

Comment:
I wouldn't crop it. At worst, I would clone out the black bits on that side. The blue balances the black compositionally - vertical lines to contrast against the curves of the lamp. Love the wall texture you captured. So much better than flat!

IMG_0404 - small.jpg
by thatcloudthere

Comment:
Wow - 2 favorites and no comments! This is an excellent image. Your timing was perfect.

morning.JPG
by thatcloudthere

Comment:
I really like this. A lot. Course, I love B&W so I may be biased. Think the tones, composition and lighting are all strengths. I can't find a weakness. I think the frame works.

IMG_9379 - small b&w.jpg
by thatcloudthere

Comment:
This is great! The expression, the contrasting tones, the action captured! Well done!

Grazin'
by taterbug

Comment:
I think you did a great job editing this image. I will agree with the others that I would like to see a little of the grass cropped out.