Lifting its Skirt
by Paul

Comment by tanguera:
Fun and colorful. Love the glow on the ground.

Fallen Vases, Breaking News!
by Paul

Comment by bspurgeon:
Critique Club

Congratulations on the high finish and a fantastic set up photograph. I loved this shot during the voting. I commented during voting as well.

Composition: Beautiful concept and staging. I still feel it is a bit tight superiorly and on the right. Mostly because I'm imagining a broadcast!

DOF and focous: I suspect manipulating the distance between your anchor and the TV would have allowed geater DOF to pull in the forks, but keep the monitor blurred. However, as is, it works quite well.

Color: Always a fan of black and white. Works very well here to give an old feeling.

Lighting: This is the one area that I think kept this from scoring higher. IMO, it needs a second strobe to light from camera right. Even lighting across the face would have gone a long way to improving the photo.

Overall: Very good, love the humor, particularly since I'm in SoCal and remember that day like it was yesterday.

Cheers and happy holidays,

-BS

Lifting its Skirt
by Paul

Comment by smardaz:
interesting building /6

Fallen Vases, Breaking News!
by Paul

Comment by Haneck:
Made me chuckle - the expression you've so ingeniously created with the reflections is hilarious! ;)

...is for him to have a great time!
by Paul

Comment by TheStick:
Skin seems to have an unusual tint to it.

...is for him to have a great time!
by Paul

Comment by tanguera:
Fun shot, although I think better lighting on the face would have made him the subject and not just part of a very busy collage.

Bishop's Cap Cactus in Red
by Paul

Comment by bvlindalou:
this one has so much more depth than your outtake.

Message edited by author 2008-12-23 16:11:56.

Fallen Vases, Breaking News!
by Paul

Comment by BillBankson:
Is that OJ's truck?

(In)visible Melt
by Paul

Comment by jeger:
Greetings from the critique club...

As an image on it's own, I find this photograph very interesting. I like the abstract feel. As an image in a "before & after challenge" I understand why it did not do as well as you would have liked. It appears you have already figured this out on your own, but perhaps you would like to hear it from someone else. While you know there was a puddle of water underneath the ice cube, as a viewer, I wasn't sure if there was or not. The puddle appears to be the same shape as the ice cube, and is therefore easily confused for something it is not. That doesn't mean it isn't a good photograph, it just means that the viewers weren't able to figure out the before and after, and voted accordingly.

If you need any clarification on any of my comments, please feel free to pm me. It might take some time for me to get back to you.

Bishop's Cap Cactus in Red
by Paul

Comment by chromeydome:
PostLuminous Award Nominee!
intriguing