Gearing Up
by subject22

Comment by bmilne:
i believe a crop would make it stronger

Train Crossing
by subject22

Comment by smudgeSMJ:
I always think it's funny to see pictures that invoke a color (red) and are presented in black and white. This is very sharp and looks great, but I think it would also pop in color. Especially if you could get that red light to come on! :D

soft, silky, smooth....Choooocolate
by subject22

Comment by gaurawa:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

My first impression was textures? but yes it does fit the challenge.

The composition throws me off a little, its too centered for me, I would have considered moving it further down and a close crop/shot, but again with 18-55 mm, you don't have that much control as you mention.

I like the reflection and overall the picture quality is good which usually ends up with better scores at dpc.

I also noticed from your comment that you had trouble with the speed of the chocolate and then the motion blur and I see you were shooting at 1/200s, F5.6, ISO100. Why not go higher on ISO? 400D I am sure can produce pretty clean results upto ISO400 which will give you fast enough shutter speeds and you could also trade-in some of the shutter speed for more dof if you like.

regards,
Gaurawa

Train Crossing
by subject22

Comment by Teafran:
A excellant conversion to black and white, this image is both a technical and artistic success. One minor nit pick is that the sky could be a little more dramatic, but adjusting for that would be outside the challenge parameters. It might be worthwhile revisiting this with an eye towards a local print competition. Well done.

Train Crossing
by subject22

Comment by Yo_Spiff:
A simple, but effective and strong b/w treatment.

Train Crossing
by subject22

Comment by jdixonsd:
Nice shot, just a little bright there's some glare on the sign and you've lost some of detail in the clouds. JMO!

soft, silky, smooth....Choooocolate
by subject22

Comment by subject22:
pretty stoked with 11th ,just outside the top ten...maybe oneday ill get there!
thanks to all who voted and all there great comments!!

Shaun

Message edited by author 2009-04-16 02:24:36.

soft, silky, smooth....Choooocolate
by subject22

Comment by Jessicaaa:
Its a great shot, should have done a lot better than 11th place in my opinion

soft, silky, smooth....Choooocolate
by subject22

Comment by rdaily:
Love the warm color !!! It looks so yummy , I want to stick my finger in there , pull it out , and hope it's covered in that deep , rich chocolate !!! Absolutely Love it !! Best of Luck !!!

soft, silky, smooth....Choooocolate
by subject22

Comment by Sheryll:
mmmmm. Great shot. Not noisy, good comp, good contrast, well exposed. Hmm... I like to try to give something though for improvement. I do like the composition here but maybe it would be better to have recomposed and put it more to the bottom right. I'd have to see it that way to know for sure. Just a thought.