Let sleeping bears lie...or else!
by Kelli

Comment by chalice:
Good idea and nice capture. It's not easy to freeze the moment for the photo. I like the crop because the row of logs adds to the picture (it is, after all, the bed). I tighter crop would have been about a bear growling. Instead, you have a bear waking up. The story gets told doing it your way. Nice photo.

Careful, I spit
by Kelli

Comment by tngrndream:
hello again,

maybe i spit back. lol.

i liked the guy but i was not so keen on the perspective of the guy there. i like the green trees and blue sky (could have popped a bit more) but you "man" is a bit off.

overall i think it is a great image. i think that the only reason you may have done so poorly is because you probably disgusted the dpcers. i personally think this should have done a bit better than your placement.

Kook sets fire to Coney Island
by Kelli

Comment by tngrndream:
hello again,

i liked this image. thought it was cute.

what i didnt like was the blown highlights on the guys face. i think had you dropped the exposure a bit... the whole thing would have grown well. the suit could be darker and the fire could be darker. i think that would have got you gallons closer to the ribbon.

Let sleeping bears lie...or else!
by Kelli

Comment by arnit:
I would get to close to that one. I would have liked to see more space to the left of the bear instead of the right. We read picture from the left to the right and the bear stops me right away. Just an idea. Good luck :)

Dirty Pond Crisis (A documentary on the effects of water pollution on fish)
by Kelli

Comment by posthumous:
Looks like pretty standard dirt, and the fish look complacent. This isn't going to sell your documentary well. I like the image, though, on its own.

Kook sets fire to Coney Island
by Kelli

Comment by kirsty_mcn:
~trading post~
Nice and quirky, definitely meets challenge fine, but I'd prefer to see him actually breathing fire, rather than just 'drinking' petrol.

Composition seems a little stifled. Exposure seems good overall but his face seems pretty blown-out. Colours are good.

Sorry, its hard to comment on this challenge. All I'd suggest to improve would be a less-centred composition, and a capture of some action.

Message edited by author 2006-05-09 11:34:01.

Let sleeping bears lie...or else!
by Kelli

Comment by rossbilly:
hehehehehe I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dirty Pond Crisis (A documentary on the effects of water pollution on fish)
by Kelli

Comment by Arti-Elvi:
It's good that you wrote that this one is for a documentary. I think it's a nice one for a documentary.

Dirty Pond Crisis (A documentary on the effects of water pollution on fish)
by Kelli

Comment by DefyTime:
poor fish

Kook sets fire to Coney Island
by Kelli

Comment by Louis:
Cute and engaging, with beautiful vibrant colour, and interesting elements such as the flame, and the matte behind him. Cropping or composition might be a bit tight to the top, and there are some blown highlights. Cute risk you took with the title, but not sure it's too photojournalismy. (Sorry about that word.) Otherwise a great photo that is very engaging.