Leaf Life
by macrothing

Comment:
I love the textures that this photo shows - very nice use of lighting to show the detail of the leaf - and nice use of bokeh for the background. 8

desk bell
by undieyatch

Comment:
This bell seems completely out of focus. It has a lot of cool detail to it, but we can't see it.

Warning to Young Music Lovers
by elizadeb

Comment:
Pretty nice set up for a shot (and very funny sign) - but the saturation really seems off - the mortar on the brickwork looks purple to me and the rest of the image has a strong orangish tone on my monitor.

Beatnik Understudy
by Muppet

Comment:
The set up of the photo is pretty good - especially the drum and hat. But, this image seems a little fuzzy and the lighting with the sharp shadows is not very flattering to the cool drum. I woudl love to see more detail on the drum - sharpening and improved light might help out.

554 - Synchronization Complete
by emayner

Comment:
A nice effort. The illumination from the iPOD seems a bit blown out compared to the CDs around the photo. A little better lighting on the CDS so that the exposure could be adjusted would probably help this.

Shhhhhh!
by dkershey

Comment:
Nice lighting from behind. The 'concentration' on the face is displayed pretty good. The only problem is that I had to really look to find the iPOD - staging it more may have helped a bit more.

Bridge Over Troubled Waters
by Rissa

Comment:
This is an interesting perspective. I think this may have worked better in B/W. The colors from the strings are a little distraction. There is a great deal of good light and reflective surfaces going on in the photo from the soundboard of the instrument and the bridge has interesting detail and B/W with good contrast would probably help bring it out more.

Maybe a slightly wider shot would also help, showing the connection of the strings to the soundboard. Another thing that might help is having the horizon more at 1/3 from the bottom rather than at ~20%.

Taylor & I (How I miss High School...)
by candlerain

Comment:
Oh, to be in HS again.... It is amazing how a guitar, a couple of Eagles songs, and a girl can make a Saturday night into a party. Great concept for a photo, but I really don't like the lighting of this much - the underwear has some strange shadows on it and the focus could be a little sharper. It is strange, but it almost seems that the background is in focus and the guitar and the unmentionable is OOF.

music
by adam_nicholls

Comment:
This is a pretty good set up of of a photo - i like the low angle on the music, bu tthe lighting on the recorder is too dark and you really can't see the finger holes and other details very well. Adjusting the focus so the recorder is tight in focus woudl probably help.

A MIx of Studies
by russiansergee

Comment:
The set up is pretty good - but I think it just seems so forced with all the stuff in the image - especially wih the individual writing on a piece of paper that is under a book on a page that is already filled up. In addition, the lighting is a little flat - it needs more contrast and better color adjustment to make the apple etc.