day 01
by Firsty

Comment:
wonderful shot - the tones, textures and contrast are really well done

Body language
by Melethia

Comment:
I am not sure what people were looking at saying this didn't follow rule of thirds. Maybe people are interpreting the rule to apply only in the vertical direction?!

I gave this a 7 for clearly meeting challenge (in both horiz and vertical, by the way) but that I didn't find it a 'wow' photo that could have bumped it up to 8...

Day 2
by edmeng

Comment:
The crispness and depth of the focus is very impressive and the conversion to B/W provides very nice contrast and good tones and textures. That sigma lens sure seems to work pretty good!

Day 1 - Towards the Light.
by sherpet

Comment:
Shez - love the processing on this image. I know it is really annoying to not be able to get out and about right now to take many new shots, but you sure have found some great images to process for this challenge. Your treatment with the high contrast is excellent - almost comes off like a drawing rather than a photographic image.

House of Sand and Fog
by noraneko

Comment:
Catherine - i really like this image a great deal. The repeating line from the beach fence -especially being almost completely black - really reinforces the idea that this scene goes on forever. Your choice of cropping works really well - closed in and tight - so that no unnecessary information is brought to the viewer. One thing I have seen with your B/W photos so far is a tendency not to kick up the contrast enough. B/W photos tend to have the full dynamic range from full black to full white. Muted tones can work on some images, but using the full range (pushing it a bit more than you already have in your first three entries) will create a more film like image.

Message edited by author 2007-05-03 06:31:02.

Through the door to nowhere
by bergiekat

Comment:
Really great lighting and tones. I love how the texture of the wall is so amplified by the angle of light.

Sprague Lake, early morning
by hahn23

Comment:
I love RMNP - and you have really done a wonderful job capturing the early stillness of this wonderful location

day 1 - separate lives
by GinaRothfels

Comment:
what a great candid shot - it is amazing to see how on one bench we can see two completely different worlds

Railroad Bridge
by Bravo23

Comment:
I really don't follow the symmetry based on the perspective shown. I see repeating shapes and angles, but it doesn't seem symmetric

Dandelion Lane
by sallyjo1

Comment:
I like the effort here - but I think you could have been a little more powerful if the 'reflection' of the fences was more dead center rather than offset to the left.