The Escape
by jmritz

Comment by adine:
Delicate like glass - the reflections add to the effect. Wish the background were darker - the dragonfly gets a little lost in the green. Like the detail of the little bug on the opposite sife of the grass.

The Escape
by jmritz

Comment by fotodude:
use ofrule of thirds here is nice. green is a bit over sat. for my tast. but very viberantly false looking ;O) good luck the color is my only gripe

The Escape
by jmritz

Comment by ShutterPug:
Holy MACRO ! What a superb close-up image. The focus and colors are great. I like the composition too.

The Escape
by jmritz

Comment by Konador:
I think the dragonfly is slightly overexposed, but still a fairly well done shot.

Once upon a time
by jmritz

Comment by fotomann_forever:
::: Critique Club :::

As requested, here is an indepth critique of your submission.

First Impression - the most important one:
I love this image. I found the subject very powerful and intriguing. I imagine it as an older mother that has been abandoned by her adult children. Works well for me.

Composition:
A tad off. You've used the Rule of thirs fairly well, but the image is slightly rotated CCW and I find it somewhat distracting.

Subject:
The subject, as stated in my first impression, is very strong. The baseball cap is a little unneccesary in my opinion, but not so much as to destroy the image.

Technical (Colour, focus, and light):
Focus is good as is the DoF you've chosen here. Maybe a little fill-flash in the would help the lighting, but it's not bad overall.

Colour ... I'm not real fond of the colour treatment here. It comes out a bit too green for my eye. A more natural sepia would have been a better choice for the color. B&W only may have been a lot stronger.

To grow its vote?:
More than likely, the lower votes were from the composition problem with rotation and the colour choice. Subject is obviously not the problem.

Summary:
You have a really good image here. A few technicals could have made it a very strong contender and perhaps even ribboned. Overall, this is a image in which you should take pride.

Hope to see more from you soon,
Leroy

Once upon a time
by jmritz

Comment by ubique:

Originally posted by ubique: ... I don't think one can successfully simulate pathos.

I was wrong. This ....

shows how little I know.
My apologies.

Every line has a story
by jmritz

Comment by ubique:
This is sublime. For me it suggests something of Norse mythology. Heroic and classical.

And I recently suggested to you that one can't simulate pathos ... more fool me! Whatever this is, it's real.

Quality Time
by jmritz

Comment by Keith Maniac:
Loved reading your "photographer's comments"! Awesome!

Once upon a time
by jmritz

Comment by ubique:
You'll dislike this comment, but I don't think one can successfully simulate pathos. The quality of the photograph is very nice, though. Very good tonal range. 6.

Once upon a time
by jmritz

Comment by LindaLee:
This image makes me so sad. I just hate that there are people out there in situations like this. This certainly looks like it could be the real deal - the shoes do throw me off, but nevertheless, there ARE people like this, and this is a moving depiction.