Broke My Finger
by Kronus

Comment:
Well, you certainly don't need me to tell you big frames don't fly on DPC. That cost you right there. (I haven't looked, but I'm sure nearly half your comments mentioned the border.)

I like the composition, lighting and PP. The PP looks to be along Goodman's style who uses Acid a lot. One limiting factor may be the viewer doesn't know if this is staged or real. I think it's because there is nothing else in the frame other than our subject. A real candid of such an event might be worth something; a stanged shot, less so.

Personally, I'm a bit surprised about the 4.9. I think it should rate higher. The frame brought you down and perhaps a lack of "wow". It isn't a bad shot at all though.

EDIT: Well, looks like you only got one comment about the frame. Consider yourself lucky. ;)

Message edited by author 2006-06-02 11:21:19.

Finally
by jerseyjim

Comment:
A) Ignore the 1s and 2s. Everybody gets a few so it all evens out. Just troll voting.

I like the idea. It's a nice shot. The biggest problem, and it isn't really a problem in reality, is there isn't a ton of "wow" to the shot. It is also quite centered which leads to a static composition. Focus and colors are excellent. Lighting is well done. You are on the upper end of the range I comment on and I can easily tell. There isn't as much for me to comment on.

4 years of trying........... And a moment to enjoy their success
by Jaded_Housewife

Comment:
Yes, good concept. Good composition. The DOF does need to be deeper. She doesn't need to be in focus, but here she is too far out. What makes it worse is the lighting or exposure. Her shirt and the flowers are both blown out.

Failure to Put Out Fire
by Shea927

Comment:
I think the window, while acting as a natural frame, is very harsh. It also is crooked which distracts a bit. It looks like it's a result of your perspective though and not holding the camera crooked. Nevertheless, people hate angled lines near the edge of the frame. The inside is interesting, but also lacks any specific subject. Our eye wanders around trying to latch onto something. We are constantly drawn to the white frame which keeps us from finding a subject even more. The two things my eye is drawn to is the foam (not too appealing) and the diagonal slats (but I don't know what they are because it's too dark).

Never to be Found
by nova

Comment:
Gotta love the 24-105L. I use it now for 90% of my pictures. Not everybody here likes selective desat, but I don't mind it. I think it helps here by bringing the boy out of the jumbled background. I can think of 3 reasons why this scored a 5:

1) The lighting. Shooting at noon gave quite a harsh quality to the light. Note the leaves at two o'clock to the boy. Very harsh.
2) The background. Forest can get very jumbled and chaotic. It often becomes unappealing to the eye. I deal with this all the time in the NW, especially with fir trees.
3) Selective desat. Like I said, not everybody likes it and it probably costs you a bit. (not much)
4) Ok, one extra. DNMC. I tend to be fairly liberal, but I can see how the concept might not come across. If the description could have been posted as well, I bet it would have done better.

Nature's Sweet Smell of Success
by obsidian

Comment:
Two suggestions off the top of my head.
1) The close crop, while helping us see detail, doesn't help the composition. Because of it, the roses seem quite centered and static. Zooming back a bit so you can have some negative space on one side may help.
2) The lighting is a bit harsh. Look at the lower right petal of the middle rose. It is quite bleached out. I'm guessing you used a flash. Sometimes something as simple as covering the flash with a kleenex will help.
3) Watch reds in digital photography. They saturate very quickly. I see you did hue/saturation and I'm guessing you bumped everything like we all do. It is becoming more frequent that I actually desaturate reds because of how they can look. I pulled the pic into PS and tried it and do think it looks better. Adjust the reds to -30 on sat and also +30 on hue. Tell me if you like it better.

Rotunda
by smartypants

Comment:
Consider a double conversion with RAW. The windows are too blown out.

the old power plant
by TrollMan

Comment:
I may be tempted to crop out the bottom fifth of the picture. Neat roof and nice shot. Good exposure. 7

Glass Rainbow
by LouiseB

Comment:
Cool colors. Hmm, perhaps crop off the right 1/3rd? I'd have to see it. Could you have done a head on shot perpendicular to the windows?

Spinning Windows
by ace flyman

Comment:
Too much NI? I tried a shot like this, but thought it was a bit too abstract. I like the windows. Nice colors too. 7