Tranquil Dawn
by justin_hewlett

Comment:
You created some mood with darkness of this photo. Compositionally there seems to be alot of empty space. I like the idea of a vertical frame for the shot, with the edges to either side of the large light reflection on the water. But then again that may take away from the horizontal lines of the photo.

Message edited by author 2005-11-05 10:37:18.

Storm Coming
by justin_hewlett

Comment:
Wow, this one goes largley unnoticed? I think this is a pretty good photo. The colors are great. Jammur and elee3009 both make good comments about emphasizing the storm clouds more, that would bring some drama to the photo. I like the road through picture, I would like to of seen the curve of the road as a more integral part of the photo.

Surreal Falls
by justin_hewlett

Comment:
I like the composition of this photo. Blurred water shots are always alot of fun to do. I haven't had much luck with them myself, but I keep trying. I think the photo could use some more contrast or texture. The blurred water is good but something is needed in the cliff to set that off more. I agree with Jammur, use a slower shutter speed, more water blur is always good.

King of the Zoo
by alternarule

Comment:
Very cool, what a great idea, kind of a panoramic series. The color of the lion is bold and majestic just like the lion. You have a little bit of a halo around the mane in the top photo. Again, super cool!

Grande Finalé
by GeneralE

Comment:
The strong part of this photo is that it is telling us a story. The negative is that I think you have competing focal points in the composition. De-emphasizing the hand in some way might help, or maybe rather the showerhead since the photo is about the singer.

Message edited by author 2005-11-04 23:42:21.

Flowers Never Bend ...
by GeneralE

Comment:
Hmmm...I like it, bold color contrasts are the strong point. Abstracts are tough for mass appeal, perhaps if there was some sort of interesting pattern to ease the eyes. I think the eyes just tire out searching for something.

47 Steps - 1
by alfresco

Comment:
I agree with the other comments pretty much. The photo's got texture and the subject is good. Maybe so stronger contrast to people to stop and look closer. Contrast emphasizes texture, I think. This on would be fun to experiment with high contrast.

Perseverance
by alfresco

Comment:
I like this photograph, you have great contrast and detail, just not much of it. There just doesn't seem to be enough there to get that coveted second, deeper look. Maybe get closer to the subject or get more of these stems in the photo. I definately don't think it is uninteresting as you suggest.

Coco
by Rikki

Comment:
Cute cat, he has pretty cool eyes. Very difficult subject to photograph, I know my dad has an all black dog and I have no good pictures of him. They just confuse our TTL meters. I think the natural light suggestion is good, go all manual and use your spot meter setting, and meter on something middle grey in the near vicinty. I don't think the white background works very well, it makes the cat look like it was cut out with scissors.

Picnic in Cathedral Park
by Elemmennope

Comment:
I agree with Digitalknight, this is a terrific photo. I think there are a great many elements to be discovered if you take the time. My favorite is the repeating arches, each inside of the next. The picnicing couple in the photo. This one I really can't offer any improvement critiques. One reason this probably didn't score higher is that voters were looking for photos with an exaggerated upward perspective. It meets the challenge in my opinion, its from the ground up and has dramatic effect.