Symbol of Life!
by vikas

Comment:
6 - Met the Challenge quite well in my opinion - "Use candlelight to create the impact of your photo.". Criticism; nice and simple, colors are nice, especially the green, which is more subtle, including the shape and resulting reflections etc. The 'effect' is nice, but again, although I can decipher what appears to be a full spectrum, just seems a bit harsh, not sure. Although shots like this usually have a lot of softening/blur - if this had at least the edges, especially bottom left 'softer' would likely have given this an overall better 'feel' and made it better in my opinion.

All Gathered Round
by Rentrenz

Comment:
6 - Met the Challenge quite well in my opinion - "Use candlelight to create the impact of your photo.". Criticism; don't mind the rotation (your call obviously), but given the composition, includiing reflections/refractions, I wonder if a more 'symmetrical' and horizontal/vertical framing would have worked better. Good use of marbles, like to see a little more detail in them (candlelight effect mostly), including the reflections/refractions on the 'surface/base', 'using' them even more. The choice of a glossy 'wood grain' base 'works' but wonder if a more 'neutral', or just less glossy surface may have been better - but then you may have lost some of those effects so who knows. A little grainy in the top areas. Overall if the candle were more subtle (difficult I know) and the 'effect(s)' more dominant, would have made this better in my opinion.

IMG_5996 copy.jpg
by ButterflySis

Comment:
Excellent capture and clarity. Nice composition. Very nice (and complementary and simple) background. Like the pose. Even 'sharper' on the head/beak make this even better - likely camera/lens dependent - perhaps some was lost with pp, or just this size, who knows.

CRW_0176 copy.jpg
by ButterflySis

Comment:
At a quick look through your 'wolf collection', I think this is the best one. Beautiful creatures, and this shot captures that the best out of all your shots, especially given the environment. It is obviously blurry, the background, black/contrast/gamma issues, etc, but you know all that. Potential perhaps with pp but you may have only put these in your portfolio for 'show' and not so much comments/criticism, who knows. edit:CRW_0183 copy is a fairly good 'wolf character capture' too ('hand of man'/leash aside of course)

Message edited by author 2005-12-11 19:46:38.

CRW_0199 copy web.jpg
by ButterflySis

Comment:
Nice macro and colors. Perhaps a slightly different crop on the right may have made this even better, not sure. Of course the 'copyright' being smack in the middle detracts but - I guess that's the idea.

CRW_0331 copy web.jpg
by ButterflySis

Comment:
Wow, nice composition/balance and capture. Difficult to guage the scale and perspective here. 'If only' it were nice and sharp, again, trying to 'somehow' gain more space between the icicles and the water, but difficult. Perhaps a slightly different angle/perspective may have helped attain this, depending on access of course.

CRW_0337 copy web.jpg
by ButterflySis

Comment:
Nice capture and angle. If the angle/perspective were even sharper (ground 'up'), and 'somehow' a bit more 'depth' attained between the 'ice sculpture' and the waterfall/river/etc(?) flowing behind it, would have made this even better in my opinion. Nice colors. 'If only' it were a little sharper on the 'sculpture'.

orangutang.jpg
by Falc

Comment:
Very nice capture, excellent colors. 'If only' it were sharper/not quite so 'blurred' - but opportune likely.

seal-pup3.jpg
by Falc

Comment:
Good shot and good capture. Apologies if wrong, but seems needs a slight nudge rotation up on the left, but difficult to tell. The sheen on the coat/fur is good, especially given likely contrast/lighting issues. Nice sharp whiskers, especially against the blue/water background.

Great and Small
by Faye Pekas

Comment:
Ha, funny. Good capture. Of course, shame it is a little 'blurred', but obviously opportune. Oh, just noticed the squirrel's tail, depending what you had to work with, perhaps a slight nudge rotation up on the left, and 'somehow' enhancing that tail more (as the squirrel is the main character here in my opinion), may have made this even better. Perhaps the color version (assuming you had one) helps bring out both characters, who knows, but the toning here is nice too.