A Famous Irish
by Pascal

Comment:
Just a touch more detail in the label area of the bottle would be nice. 6

Sophisticated 2 (86275)
by hopper

Comment:
Excellent lighting. I do find the position of the hands slightly distracting. But only slightly :) 7

Moonlit
by gaurawa

Comment:
Awesome picture, Awesome place.

a single light source to dramatically light up a mudpuddle under a hemlock tree branch in my drivewa
by charliebaker

Comment:
Spectacular goal setting and execution of the goal. Congrats on your ribbon and on further review, i should have given a 1 instead of a 2 because your title was not punctuated and it was incomplete. :)

... a man who sailed the sea
by anotherday

Comment:
Hi from the Critique Club.

Please feel free to PM me with any comments or questions.

First impression: Nice environmental portrait. Love the character, and his expression, but missing his feet! :) He looks like the sea has tossed him around, shook him up, and dropped him in the middle of your picture. Perfect pose, dignified, but rough around the edges.

Technicals: Nice and sharp, maybe a little contrasty but it doens't hurt the pic in my opionion. My monitor shows his skin tones as a little bit on the red side, again, considering the style of the picture i dont think it hurts the pic(its just me being a little picky :))

Composition: Just the missing feet bother me. I like the inclusion of the smoke drifting through the frame. Makes the picture come alive and provides a dynamic element to the pic.

Nice score in this stiff competion! This would have also done very well in the enviromental portrait challenge i'm sure. I looked at your original and im not convinced you made the right choice. The light was pretty harsh but thats OK, he is a rugged/harsh looking character so it might not have hurt you. But, you scored very well so congrats.

Keep shooting,

mark

Enlightening
by DigiFotoBuddy

Comment:
Hi from the Critique Club.

Please feel free to PM me with any comments or questions.

First impression: What is it? A second look reveals the outline of a person but still leaves me wondering about the bright light in the center of the frame.

Technicals: Hard for me to comment without your comments, but after reading them i would have to agree with karma regarding some letting some light spill back onto the models face. As a whole the picture is too dark for my taste but i certainly admire your creativity. A little more light to backlight the top of the models head would have been good to better define the model's shape.

Composition: The square crop with the centered light works well so i feel you made a good choice in that regard.

This is one of those entries where your creative thought process and implementation was lost on a majority of the voters. At least that is my suspicion. Out of the box thinking and you are to be commended. Knowing the details, it is easy to see how it met the challenge but most, myself included, would have probably suspected more than one light source.

I like your stuff and you have had some very nice pics. dont let the end result be discouraging(i'm sure you won't)

Keep shooting,

mark

We Made Our Own Stars
by Parker

Comment:
Hi from the Critique Club.

Please feel free to PM me with any comments or questions.

First impression: nice, simple composition, but not boring, makes me wonder a little more about the story that is behind the picture. And congrats on a 6+ score.

Technicals: Good color, focus and lighting. Really nothing i could suggest that would improve this picture.

Composition: I really like the addition of the yellow flower in the frame. I like the pools of light, in contrast with darkness beyond the bench and the night blue sky. Great use of color.

It looks like you spent some time with Post process and you have done a nice job of that as well. Good contrast/ dodge/burn throughout. It would have been nice to see just a little more detail/definition on the end of the bench but that could also be my monitor adjustment.

This is a good picture, one which met the challenge well. I figure any score over 6 is pretty good so i offer you my congrats on that. The only think that i can think of which might have upped your vote would have been the inclusion of a person. But, that would have really seemed creepy :) I know what you mean about going about after dark with your camera.

Keep shooting,

mark

Golgotha
by philup

Comment:
Great BW textures and tone. Good shot.

Did you say walkies?
by joynim

Comment:
Just a quick comment. Gave a 5 during the challenge...I don't like long haired dogs :)

For me the picture is so much in profile that it seems a little two dimensional. It would seem, based on the catchlight that the camera and the light were in the same position. Rather than the light sweeping accross the little guy and providing some shadows/definition to his shape it blasted him head on leaving a flatly lit image. Your exposure is right on, just needs a little different direction IMO.

You did a nice job on cropping, the empty space above his head is nice. His darker hair does disappear which gives the impression of a floating white head unless you look closely. This may have hurt your score as well if some voters did not have their monitor calibrated correctly.

I'm jumping aroudn here but the other thing that comes to mind is... next time try to get a little light raking across the background resulting in a lighting gradient. This would have helped separate your subject from its background.

Picture is sharp, subject is cute. Keep shooting,
mark

edit: didn't realize it was stuffed. Is it??? "slap myself upside the head and walk away muttering"

Message edited by author 2006-06-07 15:10:30.

Return to Multnomah
by DrAchoo

Comment:
surreal for sure. Great color contrast between the blues and greens. I would prefer the greens be somewhere between your original and the hyper-sat greens of this one. Like your tighter cropping choice and the lack of a border on this entry.