Time Marches On...
by Alecia

Comment:
A reall killer to expose correctly. I'd have gone under just a bit more to keep the sky from blowing out quite so much, then used a positive gamma adjustment to retrieve the shadow detail. The flagpole emerging from the bell is a little weird - might work better if you'd gotten it perfectly centered on the round bit of the bell's yoke and avoided the bit of the column at R.

The Look
by Remie

Comment:
So in-your-face. I'd blow out the highlights even more, and just keep the detail in the darks. Upgraded on 2nd look.

Smile
by jhcross

Comment:
Skin tones could be just a little bit lighter, but good control of the flash overall. For the print, you could black out the stuff in the background. Kid looks sharp!

Self Portrait
by BambooChica

Comment:
Very pretty, but needs some brightness.

Intensity
by jasonmccarthy

Comment:
Good B/W (an all photography, really) is all about light, and the ugliest light known to man (except possibly flourescent) is, for some reason, built into most cameras. It's very hard and directional, which flattens textures, and casts horrid shadows nine times out of ten. The party headwrap would have me worried if this were my surgeon, unless I was 7. For intensity, maybe you could zoom in on his eyes.

Dark Tower
by eddy

Comment:
Glad there's a little detail (windows) in that black. The sky is nice and dramatic, almost as if the bldg is giving off steam or getting ready for ignition. IMO, some positive gamma adjustment to bring the windows out just a little more (you could always punch up the blacks if they lose density), would make the big dark area a little more interesting.

The Creek
by freetime

Comment:
Needs a positive gamma adjustment to make the snow at LLHC whiter and bring out some detail in the bg shadows. A tighter composition on the play of light on the snow and a few stones might have been more effective than the wider, scenic view.

Cleopatra's Vase
by BNC

Comment:
Good use of light and shadow, but I do have a couple of suggestions. Don't know how much control you had of the setup, but it might have been nice to have the bottom of the shadow connect with the bottom of the vase. The edge of the platform at bottom doesn't do much for me, and I'd like to see the people on the front of the vase arranged so that the light falloff doesn't cut anyone in half (while maintaining that perfect profile shadow, of course). You obviously know what you're doing - just my thoughts. Nice work.

back in the day
by connie

Comment:
She really looks the part. Nicely composed, and pretty good tones. The overexposure on her foot and dress is a bit of a negative, and the wheelbarrow, though it's a nice prop, doesn't really fit for me (especially missing the tire), but the latter is really reaching. I expect this to do very well.

Tranquility
by JTMedia

Comment:
Nice, tranquil scene. Wish you'd panned left just a little, as the R side is a bit empty. You could crop most of the R side and the leftmost seagull to make a nice vertical comp. A little more density to the blacks would make the gulls stand out from the sky better, as well.