Crystal Ball
by Phoyo

Comment:
I was wondering if anyone else would do a crystal ball shot, I did one too :-) The refraction works well. I would rather have seen the crystal ball and it's details sharp and the background blurred out though.

Mr. Swineys life in a bowl
by boyte1

Comment:
Awesome detail in the fish and the texture of the glass in the background is cool. The front glass is dirty though, was there no way of cleaning it up a little first?

Traveling by boat
by xertion

Comment:
Critique Club:

EJ, I think the random photo disher outer likes giving me your pics to critique :-) So here goes number three from me.

The first thought that hit me when I looked at this pic is the serenity of the scene. The water is dead flat, no one to be seen anywhere and the sunrise going through its phases in the background.

Contrary to what you wrote in your description I think the sunrise is awesome enough. I think more clouds would only have darkened the image too much and dampened the effect you have captured here. The photo is on the darker side, especially where the boat is concerned but I don't find this a negative point.

It does seem a little tight to me though. I am not sure you had the possibility but I would have tried stepping back a few steps to get more of the boat into the image. You could have also done this by using a landscape format, although I don't think you would have captured the total impact of sky and water with the same effect as you have here.

Congratualtions on another fine photo and am looking forward to seeing (and critiquing) more of your work.

Gary

Floating Glass Balls
by Renee

Comment:
Very colorful and glassy :-) The refraction in the lower part of the glass creates a nice effect. I'm not too sure about the background you chose tho.

Sticky Fingers
by connie

Comment:
This is a very good image. There are so many wonderful glass shots this week that it is difficult to find a real favourite, but this one is definitely in the running.

Zebra Features
by Eliza

Comment:
I don't know what it is but the effect is awesome! Stunning textures wow!

"COLBALT"
by Denise Catania

Comment:
Very abstract! The textures are what really make this photo work. I like the many different tones of blue throughout the image.

United
by Musicman

Comment:
How did you get those glasses to balance like that? Did you put something under the bottoms to support them? What a good idea I like it, if only it were a little sharper it would be a top shot.

Glass - can hurt you!
by arri

Comment:
I hope you didn't do that just for the challenge shot :-) If it is just make up then you did a good job of it, it looks very authentic! A very original idea for sure good luck in the challenge.

Day's End
by welcher

Comment:
Critique Club:

Hiya Matt. First up I gotta say that you sure made a good investment in your 10D cos ever since you have had it your scores have stayed constantly up in the clouds.

Congratulations of 5th place with your multi image shot. I like the idea you have chosen for your photo. It is very original and you carried it out well to create a photo which is a pleasure to look at. It tells me a story and I can relate each photo easily to the next one. The decision to take each three shots from different perspectives adds so much more to the charachter of the whole image. I just hope you didn't stay up there for the whole three hours of photoshooting!

The middle photo is really the masterpiece shot of this composition and would surely have ribboned in the bridge contest as a stand alone pic.

Keep up the good work Matt, I have a funny feeling we're gonna see some pretty good stuff from you now you've got that killer camera of yours.

Gary