Christine Falls Bridge
by Swashbuckler

Comment by MattW:
nice idea and good angle. bridge is kind of hard to see, but it's still good

Christine Falls Bridge
by Swashbuckler

Comment by W.R.Miller:
Very nice subject and composition but the photo appears to have been over sharpened IMO. Good luck with the challenge!

Colorful Meringue
by Swashbuckler

Comment by camelotnorth:
Hello Swash..I don't think most guys would know that meringue is egg whites. I found the colors good and except for the hair made a nicely colored composition. I gave you a 5.

Christine Falls Bridge
by Swashbuckler

Comment by NicNic101:
Beautiful landscape.

Colorful Meringue
by Swashbuckler

Comment by Jazmyne:
Is that a hair?!! Eew!! :)

Wrestling With Coffee Addiction
by Swashbuckler

Comment by inspzil:
Greetings Swash from the Critique Club
By Inspzil

Composition - Very unorthodox depiction of despair. I'm not real sure this meets the challenge as it was intended, but we'll say it does for the purposes of discussion. The expression is the first thing I notice and its good for this challenge. I'm a coffee-holic also so I can relate. I'd be wrestling with the EMPTY cup though. The background needs to be smoothed out, or not so brightly lit. The bright light on the bottom left corner really makes the wrinkles in the background stand out. The hand is also very brightly lit. I think the intensity of the lighting on the subject's face is pretty good, but it's generally too bright on the left side of the picture where I'm guessing the lighting source was held.

Technical - I think this photo was pretty well taken actually. Most of the problems I feel are due to the lighting. The exposure of the subject is pretty good though on the face and for this particular challenge a little on the dark side is probably beneficial. Processing stuff doesn't seem to be too much of an issue on this picture.

Overall - A humor photo more than a despair one. I think the lighting is the source of most of the other problems with this picture. The background needs to be smoothed out a little more as well. I'm not particularly fond of this photo for this challenge. I think there are other challenges for which it would be more appropriate. Good luck swash on future challenges. I look forward to your comments. - Bob

Colorful Meringue
by Swashbuckler

Comment by jmsetzler:
hmmmm.. intersting concept.. without the title i woudl have no idea how this related to 'egg'... is that a hair in it? - setzler

Colorful Meringue
by Swashbuckler

Comment by Chuckie:
i dont uderstand the picture, definatly too many colors, my eyes are always wondering and i dont see any egg??

Colorful Meringue
by Swashbuckler

Comment by Anachronite:
oh man, hehe, this had me giggling from the get go... that hair just makes it look more disgusting! hehehe.. and while perhaps negative impact, it is still nonthelesss visual impact! and that's actully good! really great colors too! as for the egg thing, well I am not too up on meringue.. is this some sort of egg conconcoction? my guess is most won't recognize this as an egg, and that could hurt the score badly.

Colorful Meringue
by Swashbuckler

Comment by ChrisW123:
Looks like there's a hair in it. Is that egg? Colors are really nice.