Masked Up!
by timwest167

Comment:
Hilarious. This was my idea for the challenge, but I never got around to it. (That had to hurt, by the way.) An eight for you.

Masque
by Love6

Comment:
A little dark, focus is a little soft. A catch light in the eye would have helped.

Laissez Les Bon Temps Roulez
by dfstevenson

Comment:
Focus is too soft and the lighting a bit harsh.

Cirque du Soleil
by whiteroom

Comment:
How cool is that?! Excellent on every level.

Walk a mile in my shoes.jpg
by overclover

Comment:
Beautifully sharp with great contrast. The sepia works without giving it a nostalgic feel. Nice. Start entering some challenges!

Tampa inbound
by Denise

Comment:
This would have some major impact with the top cropped off such that you can't see where the water ends. Still a very impressive shot.

head Butt
by Kronus

Comment:
Not sure what the overlay is. Some cracked surface from his helmet maybe (hence the head butt)? Interesting idea, but somehow incomplete.

Signs
by canary

Comment:
I like the idea of your metaphor, but without the narrative, it's lost -- the composition is too busy, as the star and the traffic light are competing for attention. The building looks overexposed.

Keep trying; you have some creative ideas.

Message edited by author 2008-06-02 20:51:02.

Dawn on the Bay
by Scapeshots

Comment:
I like this, but there's still something lonely about it that I can't quite place. Maybe it is the colors. The city and the water suggest dawn, but the sky overhead looks like afternoon. Maybe a tighter crop would help. Still, great focus and very clean processing. Once the building construction is done, I look forward to some great skyline shots.

Morning fields
by Melethia

Comment:
This is good if a little too busy. I think the rows of flowers (crops?) leading to the trees on the horzion, with the land filling the bottom third or so of the frame, would have been good on its own. Of course you probably didn't want to go traipsing through someone's property with your camera to get a better shot. I'm glad I could recompose your image for you.

Working with what you have, I think cropping off the bottom row of dirt and grass would help orient the viewer and make it less busy. I'm wondering too how this might have looked in low-saturation color or a duotone.

Probably more than you wanted to hear from me...