Desolation
by Joey Lawrence

Comment:
8 - Good use of grain for the Challenge, adds to the 'drama' and 'story'. Criticism; not much, perhaps an even sharper angle (ground up), giving the man more 'dominance' and setting the 'house' back a little perspective wise, may have made this a better shot in my opinion. Maybe even a bit more sky, as it adds such a great 'effect'. Good shot open to a few 'story interpretations', 'desolation' being just one.

Horses love grain
by BrennanOB

Comment:
8 - Good use of grain for the Challenge. Criticism; difficult given the coloring of the horse, but perhaps a different 'contrast', also perhaps a little more 'space' to the right, or at the bottom, may have made this better in my opinion.

Glowing
by macrothing

Comment:

Originally posted by 1olddawg: Sort of confused on this one. I don't understand how the orange centre can reflect below the flower with a large petal laying flat in the surface in front of it. I think the photo is great just don't know how this was achieved. "8". Is it possible to pm me and explain?

- Scientific explanation: "The illusion of a reflection underneath the flower is achieved by selecting the right angle to take the photo from, relative to a horizontal plane.......as well as determining the correct, yet subtle angle to place the object at......thus creating the illusion of an underneath reflection". (thanks to my better half)

Originally posted by Tuckersmom: I'm a flower lover, this is beautiful. Colors are perfect and focus nice and crisp. Only small complaint would be the leaf in the upper left.

- Not a leaf, but part of a statue and I had the same 'complaint'.

Thank you to all who voted it high.

Message edited by author 2005-11-01 21:41:14.

The Dog Went First
by hideout

Comment:
7 - I do like this, and/but(?) the title carries a certain amount of 'weight' here in my opinion, primarily in regard to the fact I may not have picked up on the 'paw prints' without your title, but I do like the title and am not implying you are 'forcing it'. Criticism; I would like to see more 'context', it is difficult in my opinion to discern the 'top' and 'right' part of this shot, ie: 'real' or 'reflection', which I would like to have 'realized'. The shot is kind of 'abstract' though in an unusual (and good) way. Colors are nice.

Hello There
by Tuckersmom

Comment:
Good shot, angle, colors and texture capture. Looks like a dove(?).

Water Colors
by ucanoe

Comment:
6 - Nice colors. Criticism; I like that you didn't flip it, but 'somehow' incorporating the 'real', even a little at the top, may have made this even better in my opinion, though you would lose the 'abstract' kind of 'feel' it seems you have gone for. The rock(?), even though barely discernible, is a nice subtle texture and pseudo frame for the 'reflection'.

The Jacaranda in Bloom
by biggood53

Comment:
5 - I like this mostly for the potential. Criticism; knowing the brilliant color of these trees, I wish you had been able to capture more of it in this reflection, perhaps the time of day/sunlight may have helped, not sure. Also, especially given the beauty of these trees, I would like to have seen this particular tree incorporated if possible, along with the reflection, and hence, the reflection not 'flipped', which it seems you have done, apologies if I am wrong.

Seagulls on thin ice
by Gauti

Comment:
7 - Like this. Criticism; wish the seagulls 'popped' out more, somehow. Colors are nice, but perhaps a slightly tighter crop may have made this better, not sure.

Mirror in Lake
by Marduk

Comment:
7 - I do like this but, Criticism; the frame detracts from the colors and 'feel' of the shot in my opinion. Also, if possible, the shot this size (without frame), would be much better and have more impact.

Bel Air Reflectionz
by alzart

Comment:
7 - Like this and 'different'. Good colors. Criticism; not much, perhaps a slight rotate and different crop, excluding the wheel and white panelling far right, may have made this better in my opinion. edit:typo

Message edited by author 2005-10-26 09:19:06.