path.jpg
by dewdodesign

Comment:
I agree w/ Melanie on her comments. The other thing I'd add is the postioning of the horizon line in mid-piture is very static and tends to leave the viewer saying "is this aout the sky or the land, sky or land??" I'd crop either up or down to have 1/3 sky and 2/3 ground for example.

Jack

flower2.jpg
by dewdodesign

Comment:
Agree, nice image, very nice colors, nice mix of very warm colors. I'd consider cropping down to just above the plant, you get rid of a lot of distracting bright areas that don't add anything to your main subject.

Jack

Pianista di piano bar
by Rino63

Comment:
Great capture, very moody, great detail on the main subjects. An interesting variation may be to crop down from the top, removing the bright lights and even some of the light on the picture and really focusing on the two main subjects.

Great shot though, Jack

4
by mia67

Comment:
Nice shot, great dof and bokeh, the challenge here was the lighting looks quite harsh with strong shadows and many bright spots on the leaves and in the background which takes away from the shot.

Jack

Hidden
by Retroesque

Comment:
Interesting shot, I like the bright negative space above her, I think an interesting variaton may be to lighten up the bed cover she is leaning on and her bluse and gone more high key. Great detail in her hair and nice skin tones though.

Jack

BananaTreeEmbrace
by UrfaK

Comment:
This one has a little too much going on for my taste, but the conversion looks very good.

Britney.jpg
by robgs57

Comment:
Really nice tonal range, looks like you used on camera flash which tends to lose some natural contrast that exists with a differently lighting sceme. I'm not sure you can get that back in pp so in terms of that I think you've done a great job with the processing. Only other thought is that you caught her while she was talking and her mouth looks a bit in mid-postion.

Jack

Hold on to your hat
by robgs57

Comment:
Great points in the comments here.. "brackgrounds make or break a picture" is right on and really summarizes why this is a good picture not a great one. The car is aproblem as are the white posts - you are right there tho.

Jack

Fountain .jpg
by robgs57

Comment:
great sharpness and range of tones. I think, as you can see, your kinda between on your shutterspeed, a little slower more blur faster of course more frozen and detail. Kinda depends on what your looking for but I guess I prefer more blur. The other suggestions are cropping below the top of the fountain bowel adds some mystery to the shot, and bluring the background or cloning out some of the benches and detail in the background.

Nice shot though, you are doing some very nice stuff, I really like your RofThirds challenge entry. Here it is for those that didn't see it



Jack

Some Advice
by robgs57

Comment:
Great shot, I really like these candid shots that capture a unique moment. You really nailed the focus, great clarity on the boy. In a perfect world it would be nice to have some of the background a bit blurry just to set him off, but otherwise a great shot. I just wanted to add a word about the lighting on his face which is really nice too.

Jack

Message edited by author 2007-05-05 09:34:53.