Hickory, Dickory, Dock ...
by GeneralE

Comment by levyj413:
Clever idea, but the picture itself isn't grabbing me.

Hickory, Dickory, Dock ...
by GeneralE

Comment by CNovack:
Voted earlier coming back to comment.

I bumped this up a tick when I noticed the placement of the computer mouse in the clock. That is a nice clever little twist that I almost missed. I think the idea has potential to garner higher marks if 2 things were attended to to polish off the piece. First off, is that there is the distracting elements on the left side of the composition that just functions to draw focus off of your main subject. Had this grandfather clock been on a wall that spanned the full frame it would offer a clean backdrop for you subject to shine. Now I realize it would possibly be darn heavy and difficult for one to physically move it to a full wall so the other option that was open for you was to take advantage of the Expert Editing. It can be accomplished by taking an additional shot of a blank wall and then selecting the clock from this shot, feather the selection to avoid hard edges and transporting it to the shot with the blank wall. Lighting is also an element that needs a little work as that you have some high glare on the right panel of the glass and on the left top panel that obscures the numbers on the grandfather clock. Lighting needs to be more evenly balanced. Picky, yes, the devil is in the details. The computer mouse lacks any defining details for the highlights are so blown that it mostly appears as a white oblong shape. Had it not been for the 'wire' tail that is partially obscured behind the glare I might not have recognized what it was. If you can show off and capture all the great details it will garner higher marks for effort and attention to the details.

Hickory, Dickory, Dock ...
by GeneralE

Comment by ThingFish:
Gets a 5 from me. A bit static and not very exciting.

Daily Indoctrination
by GeneralE

Comment by Neat:
such a shame they don't have school uniforms, they probably would perform better!

Making A Cameo Appearance
by GeneralE

Comment by littlemav:
Ohhhhhh let me guess who this is.... ahhhhh Bear_Music... yep that's it!!

Fiddlehead
by GeneralE

Comment by Ammie:
Well seen and shot. Great picture

Fiddlehead
by GeneralE

Comment by BubBroad:
Looks great. The sharpness and softness is awesome...

Fiddlehead
by GeneralE

Comment by markwiley:
I had never heard of fiddleheads until I took a trip to Maine in April. It was fiddlehead "season" and they were selling them to saute up to eat. Nice detail and interesting subject.

Heaven-y Anemone
by GeneralE

Comment by markwiley:
I found this shot fascinating. I thought it deserved an higher placing and more than a single comment during voting. Nice shot.

Pelican Itch
by GeneralE

Comment by spiritualspatula:
Was the odd ghosting due to the tele extender then?