In the middle of new housing development.
by fototracy

Comment:
I think you did a nice job to get the subject off center and to control the rather difficult to deal with grey sky. As Sonifo commented, taking a lower angle may add a bit more drama to the shot. Also, the barn itself comes off as rather dark, maybe trying to photograph it in the early morning or early evening when the light is softer may help pull out the textures and soften the sky.

This barn sure needs some more investigation on your part! I think you could find about 10 entries out of that one barn. I could imagine that there are lots of cool bits that could be taken in macro - rust and decay sure show up great in close ups.

Town Hall Day 23
by riversong

Comment:
This one is awesome! The lighting is really warm and the streak of light from the car is pretty darn cool. I like how the lights are not blown out.

On the levelness of the photo - that is really easy to fix in photoshop! If you use it, send me a pm and I can walk you through how to make it level.

Message edited by author 2008-01-23 18:10:24.

Cuddle Buddy
by XMountaineer

Comment:
You have a cute dog. I think you did a pretty nice job with the focus on the face. A couple of things I noticed:

I think the most major issue with the photo lies in the use of on camera flash. It will really give you very harsh lighting as it is directly at the subject, giving harsh shadows. Taking a photo in poor light will generally result in a low score here at DPC.

From a composition standpoint, the narrow crop of the photo makes the image seem a bit closed in to me. By going to a more square crop - it would allow you to keep the bear and the dog at opposite corners of the photo and provide a more interesting composition.

Keep snapping and keep entering!

Message edited by author 2008-01-23 17:58:54.

Burst of Mellow
by riversong

Comment:
Excellent work here - the vibrant-ness of the yellows is so cheerful and bright. I wouldn't call it mellow at all!

Sand and Sun
by jaysonmc

Comment:
This really has a cool feel - If I would have voted I would likely have voted it down, but I do like the layers of colors and how it reminds of those big swooping abstract paintings that cover walls in museums

The Flowers Within The Flower
by scarbrd

Comment:
Beautiful control of DOF on this one. I like how only the bottom left is tack sharp and how the petals just seem to melt away.

Keeper of the Barn
by Sonifo

Comment:
Awesome details and textures in the bird...I think you need to go back and find that barn again...the perfect challenge is here

Zachery's (son) incision
by Sonifo

Comment:
Goodness...That is serious! I hope Zach is feeling better...

Final Exit
by alanfreed

Comment:
Wow! I can't believe the nasty score on this one Alan. The voters were sure grumpy. I like the simple composition and the layers and textures created by the door, the bricks and how the graffitti leads us to the bare lamp. I didn't get to vote on this one, but I would have easily given this a 7.

dragonfly
by roz

Comment:
ROZ!!!!! Awesome image. Congrats on the Blue in Yellow...it kind of makes it green, huh?