IMGP6956-Round and Square.jpg
by wehrmacher

Comment:
This is one of my personal favorites to shoot in Eau Claire market (the windmill). I've never had any luck working the buildings into the background. This definitely works.

Just to let you know, the vanes used to be orange so when you converted it to b/w with the channel mixer and set the red channel to 100 they were practically white.

IMGP6841-Calgary Cityscape.jpg
by wehrmacher

Comment:
Nice shot of the Husky towers. I've seen them in all sorts of lighting conditions but I never get a chance to shoot them with that kinda of sky. (i.e. I am jealous!)

Waves of Grain
by tfarrell23

Comment:
Love this shot. Sharp where it needs to be. Soft and glowing otherwise. I love the monochrome conversion - it really works well with this shot. Composition is interesting especially in the portrayal of depth.

Mossy Pines in the Grand Forest
by signal2noise

Comment:
wow...cool effect with the fisheye. I think I like it! btw...this is my 1500th comment!

Selvellir
by arnarpall

Comment:
I like the different layers in the scene. The reeds anchor the image in the foreground, the, mountains create depth and the sky is moody and dramatic. The water is dark but still contains good detail.

One small note: if you enter a shot in challenge make sure that you don't have text on it. Its fine here but adding it to an entry will get it disqualified.

eta: I see you've entered a few challenges so I am guessing you already know that.

Message edited by author 2008-07-05 12:51:44.

Out on the lake.....
by cowboy221977

Comment:
A little small. By about half actually (you can go up to 640 px). The bigger the image the easier it is for the viewer to see (and therefore appreciate) the details in your shot.

Fresh Start
by LadyK

Comment:
Greetings from the critique club!

As mentioned by previous commenters its a nice simple clean image. I don't see the spots that the one commenter spoke on however.

The idea works however I am wondering how it would look if the line was longer and perhaps coming more out of one of the corners.

The shadow of the pencil does work well with extending the line.

The orange of the pencil is a bit oversaturated and tends to take your eye away from the line.

The border is effective in this case as it serves to define the image space.

Focus is good and sharpness is okay. I am wondering if maybe f/8 would have helped add a bit more sharpness. Not sure about where the "sweet spot" for this lens would be but with the angle of the pencil a bit more DOF might have helped sharpen the upper part.

In terms of the challenge? Perhaps a bit cliche but the idea is also fairly well executed.

eart,water,fire
by saltwatershots

Comment:
Nice shot but make sure you use the full size allowed to allow us to see more detail

Hey, I see Hay....
by Truegsht

Comment:
Except its straw....

:)

Rural colors
by littlebigman

Comment:
Moving to the left or the right would create a strong diagonal which may have created a more interesting shot.