Kook sets fire to Coney Island
by Kelli

Comment by chalice:
Nice placement of the central figure. The colors seem a bit faded to me (chiefly because gas containers are usually a vivid red and this one seems a bit washed out - of course it could be the sunlight, too). Good sense of humour in this one.

Careful, I spit
by Kelli

Comment by ericwoo:
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Great coloring here and excellent focus, but I think you picked a subject that is a bit too common for a free study. These are the toughest of all challenges to do well in, and I normally avoid them. This one makes me chuckle, and the composition is very nice. I still believe that it should have scored better, and well above a 5, but voters on here are hard to figure out most days. I think you'd have done better if you would have isolated the llama against the sky and left out that tree line that's centered in the frame.

Kook sets fire to Coney Island
by Kelli

Comment by ericwoo:
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Very interesting. You have several elements working together in this shot to keep the eye moving all around the frame. You've captured a very interesting scene, and your placement of the actor is priceless. Nice background hair. The shot immediately gave me a smile. I think it could have been better without the harsh lighting on his face, but we can't control everything. Nice score.

alittlemore.jpg
by Kelli

Comment by sfalice:
Next thing you know, you're going to get it right in the face.

Cute series. Good seeing.

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

Comment by neophyte:
Or my favorite...Don't poke the bear! Nice capture and DOF

Kook sets fire to Coney Island
by Kelli

Comment by Cam:
Wow, that is cool, a bit creepy...but I love it.

Great shot.

Kook sets fire to Coney Island
by Kelli

Comment by DefyTime:
Great shot for the challenge

Kook sets fire to Coney Island
by Kelli

Comment by robshookphoto:
interesting photo, but shouldn't it show him setting something on fire?

Profiles of Purple
by Kelli

Comment by kirsty_mcn:
First, to get it out the way, although I didn't vote, I'm one of the people who thinks there is definitely too little yellow, and what yellow there is seems rather arbitrary rather than an integral part of the composition - I wouldn't have voted it high in this challenge.

Other than that, I think the main thing that hurts the photo is the lighting - its very hard to make out any detail in the flowers, especially those facing us, and the purple is very flat. I'd suggest trying to light from the front a little, at an angle, just experimenting to see what enhances the tones & shapes in the flowers.

The diagonal composition works well, but it does seem veeeery busy - I guess thats partly a characteristic of those particular flowers, but I'm sure it could have been made a little less busy by arranging them differently or even breaking of some of them flowers. Simple compositions nearly always work best.

Hope that helps

Kook sets fire to Coney Island
by Kelli

Comment by kteach:
A unique shot that gets your attention. Tells the story on it's own, but pulls you in and makes you want to read more about it. Well done!