Week 26 - The DARKROOM
by Ken

Comment:
Really enjoyable. This is a great Deco store front.

Yellow Daisies
by BAMartin

Comment:
Light is good and I like the dof & soft feel of this.

fantasy
by photokariangel

Comment:
Your August portraits are enchanting & revealing - fabulous performance.

Sunlit Roses
by GeneralE

Comment:
beautiful tone & contrast in this wonderful California light.

Nicotiana
by tnun

Comment:
a really nice bw conversion and superb comp for this complex and difficult bloom.

Caterpillar 1
by ErikV

Comment:
These are really sharp. I prefer this one.

4 & 20. . .jpg
by drydoc

Comment:
Beautiful specimen, superior edit, marvelous light & excellent colour. A perfect crop.
Some other ways to slice the pie:
Abandonment of pixels, the tight crop, works to some extent to reveal detail for an advertisement or newspaper story - for other images, one may consider - reasons to crop. Where does it live, why an environ shut off; is the subject suffocating at the edges; unnaturally isolated; too tight; no air; no context.
Denial & elimination of the context of space in the frame may seem efficient, focused, consequential or important, and a crop can be an easy fix for careless viewing through the viewfinder, but inclusion & affirmation also may also contribute to a way to see.

Message edited by author 2008-08-28 02:00:22.

Orchid
by inamo

Comment:
A marvelous specimen. I like this crop, which includes some of the environment and green of the plant.

Nine Red
by pixelpig

Comment:
Excellent presentation - near perfect uniformity of the utilitarian black back on the individual images serves this well. Top center image has some illumination in the back, it is very subtle. I would say that the other images also would benefit from the added dimension of that glowing effect.

Message edited by author 2008-08-28 00:07:22.

purple & red flower
by Lelez

Comment:
Pink of the buds and bright red of the open blooms is interesting on this tropical beauty.