Singer with new light
by Quigley

Comment:
This lighting is better. You might try sitting in front of the machine, like you were going to use it. I so like all the old decorative patterns - especially on the base, and you almost have to shoot down on it to capture those. If you go any lower on perspective, the background comes into play as a major element of the photo.

You've lost the hand crank in this shot - a critical part of this machine's vintage.

Message edited by author 2007-09-15 13:48:07.

Catch!
by cynthiann

Comment:
Nice capture, lighting, composition - really, really bad subject. They greyed out eyes (animal red eye?), major view of the tongue, and unidentifiable orange/brown item in the jaw (hot dog slice?) is repulsive. Worse, I am torn between feeling scared or just being grossed out by this. But your technique is so good... can I give two different scores?

Ready for Opening Music
by eaglebeck

Comment:
A tad soft on the focus. Like the intensity of the near band member's look. Nice colors (and there always has to be at least one clarinet that sticks out from the group - and one trumpet that is too loud...)

Open My Eyes
by sigrun_th

Comment:
Very narrow DOF leaves the white of the eye OOF while being (for me) in the top 3 foci of the shot.

Portal to Another World
by bryanbrazil

Comment:
Beautiful reflection, with the optical illusion of the back left side of the puddle being an arch.

Hey! Get out of there...
by signal2noise

Comment:
Opening? This is a nice crop with excellent detail (including mom's eyelashes) and a very nice DOF.

Don't shake before opening!
by JMart

Comment:
LOL! Something wrong about this just sitting on a table. I seem to remember these incidents with someone holding the bottle at arms length trying to keep from getting sprayed...

Open The Day
by cogerox

Comment:
Your sky has some very noticeable "banding". There is nothing of interest in the quite dark foreground, and including that much foreground splits your picture in half. In this case, I'd go for 2/3 sky and 1/3 land. The sunrise colors (and size of sun) is nice.

day14.jpg
by Puckzzz

Comment:
This is a great shot! I can picture you flat on your back in the middle of a bike path! LOL! Definitely don't want to stay there too long unless you want to have a conversation with the local police. You did a great job of fading out the background - there is virtually no clue on the context of this - it could just as easily be indoors. It is near enough to symmetrical to fool the eye at first glance. Including the square tab with the circular hole at the upper right of the object is perfect, and I think it truly makes the shot.

Day 14: Compositionally Speaking
by jasonlprice

Comment:
Nice shot. The bright fencing definitely adds to the shot, and the fact that it looks like rule of thirds display, but is not is just a bonus.