The Architect's Journal
by gowf67

Comment:
I love the "richness" of the colors here. Great exposure.

Birds and Blooms
by Marjo

Comment:
Great capture. And you have cropped it wonderfully.

Birds And Blooms
by dmunger

Comment:
Great colors and focus. Very well done.

Firehouse Magazine
by Diversq

Comment:
Awesome shot! Emotional, and technically well done.

Aqua Skies
by Artifacts

Comment:
It doesn't effect the score at all, but i feel the need to comment on your border. I think something a little more subtle would look better, but that is just my opinion. Interesting sculpture.

one for the scrapbook
by indigo997

Comment:
WAY TO GO INDI!!!!

I thought this was an awesome shot!! very well set up and executed!!

"Highways"
by GeeGee

Comment:
That looks like a NC DOT Wildflower Project median!

Note of D
by Kneeforu

Comment:
CRITIQUE CLUB CRITIQUE
by karmat

Great job with your choice of subject. It really does say "sound" to me (though that may be because I am married to a guitarist). I think what makes this shot unique is that you perservered to get the vibration of the string, and that could not have been an easy task. Oddly enough, I think that was the best string to choose because any of the others would not have seemed so balanced to me.

Your lighting on this is wonderful. You catch the nice "tone" of the wood, and this helps to add to the "sound" element of the guitar because I can just imagine the "warm" sound of the instrument.

I like that the strings are not at a straight vertical, but rather at a slight angle. This makes the shot more dynamic, I think (no pun intended).

It seems to need just a bit wider cropping/framing, but I'm not sure without actually seeing it.

Great work and best of luck in future challenges.

Coke Classic....aaahhhhh
by OneSweetSin

Comment:
CRITIQUE CLUB CRITIQUE
by karmat

I like the general framing/cropping/composition of this shot. It leaves no question as to what the point of reference/focus is. Having said that, I do find my self looking more at the face than the bottle, so I am thinking a bit more of the face being visible may not be a bad thing. Also, this is a great use of a shallow depth of field. It really helps the background to be in the background, and not distracting at all.

A couple of minor things would have really helped it for me, though I know it may sound nit-picky. One, the side of the bottle looks like it has been pushed in, and this is causing a "crease" near the "la" toward the top. Nothing major, but if you are going to go to the trouble of framing such a nice shot, the minor details are worth it too. Also, the hands look like the are posing for a picture or something. Would it have been possible to have a more natural grip, one without looking like the bottle was resting on the fingertips?

Finally, I really do think this shot would be better in color, even though I really like black and white. The red of the label would really stand out against what I think is a green background. Being in bw it just sorta sets there, maybe.

Best to you in future challenges.
karmat

Playboating
by vjoz

Comment:
Nice action shot. I can almost feel the water. Just a side note -- what is that on his forehead. It looks like he was shot or something.