king kong
by visaksen

Comment:
King.. Huh?

I assume it's an ad for King Kong on the poster you can barely see?

Nice study in light, not the greatest title IMO

The General
by jmsetzler

Comment:
I don't know how many have said it, but your focus really grabbed his chin here, and left the eyes rather soft. Not sure I like that effect. I can see the photographer in them though. Sort of makes it look like he's turning into a snake :)

St. John's Lutheran
by undieyatch

Comment:
Good work getting light and detail in the church with the sunset in back. A little noisy, which is probably hurting you somewhat. People tend to go ape over the absolute smooth in sunset shots.

The Tree That Went Up
by Marc923

Comment:
I was going to say that it's a little too dark in the foreground, but maybe that works.. It's kind of confusing though. Like, does this photo want to be a silhouette, or do we want detail in the landscpe, or is it trying to be both? I don't know! :)

Lifepulse
by taterbug

Comment:
Nice line work here. The darkish 'grungy' (not to be confused with \"grunge\" style), coloring is definitely different. I'm not entirely keen on it, but it works here. The fibrous parts of the leaf almost look alive.. like capillaries. Which, by your title, is probably what you were going for.

What if...
by heida

Comment:
Processing is good for this type of photo. This is one photo that really suffers from the 640 pixel limit, as your composition is great, but it leaves the model just a little too small. You could compensate by cropping in closer, but it hurts the comp that way too.

Great tones in the dress and skin, but the wall and far back wall are maybe just a little too heavily worked? Something seems odd there anyway.. loss of texture.. a little too dark/light in areas. Not horribly so, but it's something that distracts me from the model for some reason.

An Australian Summer
by GIS_boy

Comment:
This really does leap out and smack you in the face with the brightness. Not too fond of the coloring myself, natural or not, and the surfer tends to get a little lost.

Laugh & Be JOYful!
by 777STAN

Comment:
You really need to utilize the full 640 pixel limit on this site to do well. No matter what your subject or how great a photo, people just do not tolerate small image size entries here.

Pretty in Pastels
by gerdagrice

Comment:
Contrast and focus are just a little too soft for this to really work. A more diffused light source, with a stronger fall-off would have really helped. By this, I mean getting it to become darker, faster, the deeper into the photo we go.

Life in Death
by DefyTime

Comment:
I'm a little torn with this.. on one hand, I like what you've seen and are saying, but the desat seems to be just a little strong for me.. and I don't really like the lay-out of the gravestones.. If you'd found an angle where the stones were angled to lead into the tree, it could have been a much stronger compostion.