Femmina
by Rino63

Comment:
not even sure how to comment on this image. Great use of shallow depth of field. The elements you've presented um..really tell a story. Wow...

used
by liberty

Comment:
Great texture captured in this image. I love the use of close up to draw attention to the details. great shot!

Wet Merrell's
by jagar

Comment:
I'm guessing topaz filter? Its a bit on the heavy side in my opinion

Future Olympian
by benfica

Comment:
vignette is a bit harsh for such a soft subject. Maybe going with a lightening effect rather than darkening might have worked?

High Key Shoes
by PhotoTess

Comment:
love the symmetry and the high key lighting. Great job

Plane of perspective
by snaffles

Comment:
strange. I had thought you had ribboned before. Well congratulations on the first of the many you will receive =)

Tagged
by toddw62

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Judging from the votes this was ok image. I think it needed a setting to help it really stand out. The perspective is unique but unfortunately in this case it doesn't make the image stand out. This chair in the right setting could really work well (empty ware house or by the back of an old building comes to mind). As a subject for this challenge, this chair has a lot of potential.

Technically: Focus is ok. It might have needed a bit more depth of field. There's a couple of spots that are a bit hot and the shadows fall of strangely for some reason. (almost like dodging and burning was used with a heavy hand?)

Composition: Really not much to say here. The chair is plunked down in the middle of a square frame. Central composition and square framing work well if you want to depict symmetry and balance. With this type of subject you'd want to go for something more dynamic I think.

Seul dance le mer
by marcoesquivel

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

The first thing I will say is to make sure you use the full size allowed. You are really putting your image at a disadvantage when you submit a smaller image.

So that aside, the image is simple and its simplicity can be greatly appreciated (you got an average of 7 from commenters) or not appreciated at all.

As the one commenter indicated it would be nice to see more of the bench. Then again, you appear to have deliberately matched the lines of the back of the bench with the railing so that may have been more difficult had you included more of the bench.

The colors are nice without being oversaturated. Exposure is pretty good except the railing is a bit out of focus due to the large aperture you used. My guess is since you were using such a long lens you were relatively far away. If you were on a tripod you could have gone with around f/11 and got the railing and the bench in focus. (I am guessing though).

Overall, an original take on the challenge and in my opinion well seen.

Driftwood
by Insomniac

Comment:
Greetings from the critique club!

I'm glad I've come back again to this image. I just disabled the calibration on my monitor for now because it tends to make my monitor a bit on the dark side and it really helped me appreciate this image. I still agree that the chair does get lost in the scene however based on its position in the image your eye does find it.

I personally like more contrast in my skies in monochrome but that's me being nitpicky and its still nice the way it is. It would be nice if the rocks in the background had more detail but I am guessing that wasn't an option at this time of day.

Overall a great image. I would like to see what this looked like in color.

that afternoon
by krnodil

Comment:
I think the OOF attempt was gutsy and worth a try. I think that the very bright window however is a distraction that might have hurt the image. I actually think that everything to the left of the window has a lot of interest and does work as an abstract in my opinion

Message edited by author 2010-02-15 00:14:17.