Emergency exit
by Melethia

Comment:
Terrific shot. Wonderful colors, amazing shadows and great symmetry. An excellent.

The Anchor
by velzymonkey

Comment:
I like the idea and intenet here. I think you have a good making for a spectacular photo. The line is good. Would be interesting to see if the climber was halway up with hime being in focus... Just a thought. Still colors and nice and it is a well thoughtout idea.

Umbilicus
by ksymeon

Comment:
Simple shot, simple lines, simple composition, and nice water textures. All in all a terrific shot and I think it encompases what a nude should be. Highly rated.

mirror mates
by undieyatch

Comment:
Something about this picture I really like, okay I love this picture. Only one bad thing, the blue lens. I hate the selective coloring, otherwise it is superb. The lighting, the poses, the lines in the frame all wonderful. I am just going to pretend the blue isn't there. Highly rated.

Viva Las Vegas
by Shermy

Comment:
Interesting idea. The lighting is pretty good. Not sure if I like the pose though, showing half of ass line isn't that appealing...

My Little Brother
by erl89end

Comment:
Interesting pose. Cute outfit. Nice angle. Some minor compression artifacts, but nothing major. Back and white works well and the lines are pretty good. Not sure about the table in the top left though. A few other "minor" distractions, curtain hanger... I actually think the flash hurt you here, or you needed another directional light to remove the hard shadows. Still a fun candid.

entrance to another world
by B-rock

Comment:
Great idea. I like the pattern on that black thing, along with the sun reflection. That is the only problem, too abstract for me, I don't know what that black thing is... But I get it, otherworldy... It is a good play on light and dark. Maybe just a bit too pure of a black on the right, or trim it down a bit... Very sci-fi-ish and a great concept.

Seems the shadows will enter into the twilight zone before I do here.
by HighNooner

Comment:
Interesting play and the shadows are nice. Maybe a different setup with the person and his shadow only. It just seems a little out of place. Other than that good, composition. I like the warm tones going on here, though, too much blue for me. Wonderful varied textures throught the frame. Fun angle.

Footprints
by KarenNfld

Comment:
Great simple shot. Contrast is terrific in this one. Love the shadow, though I wish there werer a couple more. Lots and lots of wonderful lines. A great picture. Above average rating.

Pelican coming in for a landing...
by RitaD

Comment:
Just a quick comment, since I was one of the three people who gave you a four I thought I would elaborate. First off, you did amazing things with the frame here the lines are well collected. Of course it is a crop, and a very well decided and educated crop, but cropping just nicks off a point to me.

Now, the main reasons I knocked you down. Yes, the action is superb, do I think the shot was difficult. Mmm not really. Of course I base this on alot of assumptions, what camera you are using, what lens, etc... That stuff you don't know while voting. Back to simplicity though, it just isn't hard to get a pelican to do this. Just go to the pier/lake (if you have pelicans in your area) and throw some rocks/food into the water. It's not a "difficult" shot to setup. If the pelican had a fish or was doing some strange maneuver it would be a different story.

The real point is I saw this shot as a fairly easy setup (when it comes to wildlife). As such I think the seagulls are major minuses. Especially the one emnating from the rear. If I would have deemed this a difficult type shot than I would have more understanding for the pooping seagull. The same goes with the background, I don't like how it splits the bird's body in half. Like I said it all depends on the context of the shot.

Lastly, I had a problem with focus. It is more or less sharp, but has a strange edge to it. Almost like you had IS on while mounted on a tripod. Then I think there was just a bit too much sharpening done in post, because the inner feathers have halo-ing. It's not bad but it made me notice.

I do love the lighting though. Also, like I said I love the pose of the pelican just not the composition as a whole.

I know, this was a bit over-critical, just giving you a ring why I scored this a four. However, a congrats still goes out for the wonderful finish. Obvisiously others saw the magic in this photo where I missed it.

Message edited by author 2007-01-30 19:42:53.