Alumni Office Arches
by igoofry

Comment:
You should list your lense and exposure settings on your photos.

This is a nice photo. Architecture shots are very appealing and this one has very nice shapes within shapes and good detail throughout. I think the fact that the whole of the exterior arch wasn't caught calls for a tighter crop here. I would come in more so just enough of the exterior arch (the vertical portions) show to frame the rest. I would also dump the first step. That would focus the eye less on what is incomplete and more on that great brick detail of the floor as well as immediately pulling you 'through the hall'.

Very nice. I hope you got around to shooting some of that interior as that sunlight on the far end makes me want to go grab my camera heheh.

At the beach
by igoofry

Comment:
Really nice shot. What I like most about this is it looks real. The colors of the sky are natural and beautiful without getting the hyper-saturated photoshop treatment. So, kudos for that.

I think a tighter crop here would work well. nothing wrogn with the nice scenic background, but being relatively small in the frame, that golden light shining on their hair and the great expressions on their faces aren't as fully realized as they could be. Ditto to other commenter about the line of string there, I would clone that out if possible. Agree as well about seeing all of the kid's shoe.

Really nice photo. The sort of shot you can actually get a few nice pieces out of depending on how you approach cropping it.

Circle of Life
by alfresco

Comment:
Very simplistic, well composed shot. Only thing that is sort of odd is that there are no apparent shadows beneath the rope, yet there is a shadow beneath the rope where it crosses over the rope below it. some magic of physics I guess, but it looks odd. Nice shot.

Bondage for beginners
by scaramanga

Comment:
Like the lighting here and I think the braided hair sort of adds another dimension to the 'rope' theme. What really kills me about this photo is the centered model offers a chance at symmetry and balance which is very pleasing to the eye and would work well with the negative space and highlights on her back and hands, yet the wooden floor beneath her is noticeably off kilter as far as being horizontal. It distracts my eye. Also think she might have pulled her left shoulder back a bit so that the light fell evenly across her upper back. Nice photo, good luck.

Lifeline
by MichaelC

Comment:
I like to see the point of the challenge as the subject of the entry, and obviously that's not the case here. Still, it's a cool shot with nice exposure and good crisp detail all around. For purposes of the challenge (getting a bit more attention to the rope), might have cropped in more on the guy and the two other pieces of rope next to him. Still, a pretty neat photo. Good job.

Intertwined
by kano

Comment:
Nice texture, nice earthy tones. I think the shot could be better balanced by cropping (or arranging the rope) so that the large strand is a bit more to the right and possibly aligned horizontaly. nice work.

Knotty
by StuckOnTheFarm

Comment:
Decent composition, nice DOF that focuses your eye on the main strand there. The thing that I don't care much for in this shot is the metallic tone of the rope itself. I'm not sure if that is from PP or just the nature of the material, but it tends to kill some of the contrast in the shot and give it a washed out look. Otherwise, nice work.

all of a muddle....
by fayebee

Comment:
I don't care much for desat shots but I think it works well here. Nice texture on the rope as well as the hand. Good composition and I like how you've filled the frame completely. Like the DOF you've chosen here as well. I actually had this at a 6 and was just rolling back through dropping comments but I'm going to bump this up to 8. I actually like it more each time I view it. Really nice work, good luck.

Old rope
by Marella

Comment:
Nice BW, good composition.

Bound
by meo729

Comment:
I think the negative space works against you here as does the overabundance of middle gray tones. Some highlights, even if just light gray, would add some much needed contrast and spark to this shot. I also wouldn't be afraid of centering the subject here as I think it would work well. Nice work.