Servi-Car
by SHALIGA

Comment by bvy:
Drive by street portrait? It works, I guess, but I wonder what's in the bag.

Tied up Crabs
by SHALIGA

Comment by jess8185:
Thats a mess. What are the crabs thinking about now? Great picture. Great job!

Servi-Car
by SHALIGA

Comment by salmiakki:
Probably not the only one to say it, but the guy has a sign sticking out of his head.

Got to Go
by SHALIGA

Comment by SandyP:
:) Actually. . .that is pretty cute. I wish I had a picture of the setup of this tho. I have a visual in my mind and it makes me laugh :)

Got to Go
by SHALIGA

Comment by Lydia:
Wow... what a wild self portrait. the shine and composition are wonderful. (not voting)

Got to Go
by SHALIGA

Comment by hahn23:
w/o people?

Life After Death
by SHALIGA

Comment by Citadel:
Greetings from the critique club.

Interesting take on the challenge theme. Unfortunately, the subject is hard to make stand out amongst the other entries in the challenge.

As for how it was shot: It appears that you had an overcast day to work with which helped provide more even lighting. I'd be curious to see how this would look if it was shot closer to the golden hour (i.e. right around dawn or dusk).

To be honest it doesn't look like a lot of time was put into considering the composition. The subject is stuck in the middle with the branches sticking out of the frame. There is nothing wrong with your subject extending into the frame just make sure its deliberate and not accidental and its done to enhance your image.

As one commenter suggested, moving to get rid of the sky or adding a lot more of it might have worked well. Remember, that the eye is drawn to the brightest part of a scene. In this case, the eye is drawn to the top of the frame away from what you wanted us to look at.

Overall, not a bad image especially for your second challenge. I look forward to seeing more of your image.

Life After Death
by SHALIGA

Comment by itsamio:
I think a little more contrast would've helped this photo out.

Life After Death
by SHALIGA

Comment by Jason_Cross:
I think if you would have framed this to either have more sky or no sky at all it would have really helped the composition.

Life After Death
by SHALIGA

Comment by kmusser:
Yes, this does show life and death but it is not a very interesting photo to look at.