The Garage - Men's Last Dominium
by byshen

Comment:
Bing, this is excellent work. It was my favorite of the challenge... It does speak strongly of masculinity. The connection between that and the garage IS quite strong in my mind also. Seeing this image just reinforced that thought. This is no Martha Stewart garage. I think you tapped my own mind's eye vision of the 'garage' in this photo.

Great work :)

The Garage - Men's Last Dominium
by byshen

Comment:
best of show.

Hoar Frost and Holly
by dsidwell

Comment:
I love the shapes here... the contrast is beautiful... excellent work :) -btw, I would love to hear about how you achieve this excellent tonal range in your photo :)

On Edge
by crabappl3

Comment:
The simplicity of this photo inspires me. I think the blue adds to the overall feeling of 'fragility' here as well. I like the hightlights on the bubbles and the rim of the glass as well... they offer some nice definition to the objects. As you can see here, reflective surfaces, no matter how subtle they are, can be tough to work with. Kudos on a great photo...

Ice lady
by darix

Comment:
This is beautiful... i love the blue... great work :)

Tax Time is Here
by smellyfish1002

Comment:
This is a good example of 'extreme' shallow depth of field. I think it is extreme to the point (no pun intended) where the subject loses out to 'technique'. This is a good demonstration of the technique, but the photo itself doesn't seem to have much impact other than that.

Red Rose
by neenee1999

Comment:
The 'red' saturation in this photo feels a bit harsh for me. Shallow depth of field works ok, but the parts of your image that are out of field are insignificant and don't support your subject with much strength.

Florida Gold
by ddmckinney1954

Comment:
The shallow depth of field works here... the lighting is a bit harsh for my taste. Subjectively, I can't find appeal overall.

push pins
by shutterfly

Comment:
The shallow depth of field works here, but the lighting seems to be creating something that doesn't appeal to me visually.

Lazy Susan
by Crafty Sue

Comment:
Your subject choice for this photo doesn't strike my interests in any way. The shallow depth of field doesn't seem to be happening either.