Red and Green
by Jean

Comment:
Jean, pardon my asking, but, what is this? It looks like silk or satin covered buttons on a piece of the same fabric used to cover them. But I'm probably way off here, because, then, what are all the little tiny round things?. It's not bubbles, but it almost looks like it's floating in something. I'm just very curious by nature :)

BTW - it's a very nice picture, I love the colours! And congratulations on winning picture of the day at PhotoNuts with this (was it yesterday?).

Immersed
by jjbeguin

Comment:
I thought this was you, I recognized the glasses from the self-portrait, and the hair, and the look ... but I didn't want to commit myself! Anyway ...

Flirting
by heida

Comment:
IMHO this shot was the best one in this challenge, I love the smile, the slightly soft focus, the excellent b/w, and it fit the challenge perfectly!

Ka Boom
by dodobird

Comment:
Congratulations on your first ribbon!!! Good work.
~Ursula

. . . About me?
by dsidwell

Comment:
Nice!! Good picture, David. I like the light background. You'll have to work on keeping those students in line ...

~Ursula

Zero spot editing. How?
by kiwiness

Comment:
Excellent!!! Congratulations. I hope there were no fish in the aquarium, especially after you siphoned out the water :)))

~Ursula

Message edited by author 2003-07-14 09:53:04.

Are You Kidding Me?
by sagestudio

Comment:
Marianne, CONGRATULATIONS on a well deserved ribbon. Way to go!!!
Did your father pose or does he look like this all the time :)???

~Ursula

Message edited by author 2003-07-14 09:27:42.

High-speed motion in Blue and Yellow
by SharQ

Comment:
FROM THE CRITIQUE CLUB

Hello,

I like this picture very much, the colours, shapes, the crop, everything is very beautiful. But, like a couple of your commenters below, I am not making the connection to "Speed", unless I think of speed as movement, and you are depicting the camera's movement here.

It is a beautiful picture though. The yellows, oranges and blues are very clean, as is the movement. Technically I can find no fault with it.

As a composition it is very interesting, especially on second (or third ...) look. At first I think the reaction is, "Oh, just another long exposure." But on looking again, the building to the right becomes visible, the dark sky to the left. After that I start to see shapes, and the picture becomes a sexy abstract, at times an almost scary abstract. To the right there's a woman, bending backwards a little, as if she's trying to get away from something, possibly the big thing in the middle. The middle also looks like a being, but I can't tell the gender, and it's a frightening being. But I'm letting my imagination get away here.

Anyway. I like this picture. I think it didn't do better in the challenge because it doesn't come out and hit you, "THIS IS SPEED!!!". Your picture, though beautiful, is out of the norm. I like a lot of your pictures - you have quite a style!

Ursula (uabresch)
Comments, questions, complaints ... feel free to contact me.

Resaurant
by roo

Comment:
And I thought it was a spelling mistake :)

Body Art
by mbardeen

Comment:
This is beautiful, both the picture and the body-art. I like the slight pink tone to the inside of the celtic design. I like the soft light. Very nice. ~10