Dark Days Call for Dark Chocolate.
by tryals15

Comment by sandabella:
'The' ultimate Comfort food......Nice composition and lighting

Big City Meets the Middle of Nowhere.
by tryals15

Comment by Rikki:
I hope you see my comment as constructive and helpful in your pursuit to improve your photos ;)

My first impression of this image is that it is a well taken shot. Too much ground IMHO. I think with a greater expanse of the sky serving the negative space, this would have been up there. The tonal qualities are good but could use slight improvement. As you can see, some of the trees almost go to black in the background. The noise helps this image. It adds a certain flavor to the whole composition.

Keep on practicing but most importantly have fun! This is a great image!

Cheers,

Rikki

Message edited by author 2006-03-01 15:45:55.

Big City Meets the Middle of Nowhere.
by tryals15

Comment by DrAchoo:
It's not a bad shot. I didn't make it to this one in the voting. The biggest problem is the sky not having enough definition because of the exposure. I see you were already on 1/1000th. Perhaps a different time of day? or with a polarizer or ND filter? The horizon exactly splits the picture, which isn't always bad, but probably is a bit static here. I see you were trying to contrast the expanse of blank with the building, but perhaps less dirt would have been better in the end. I would have given it a 5, which is right where you finished.

Eiffel Tower Study #3
by tryals15

Comment by UNTITLED:
Amazing how many creative ways you can find to photograph the eiffel tower. Your entire series is very good! This one is great, I love the detail in the ironwork. Great work!

Memories of Another Life II
by tryals15

Comment by Arcanist:
I really like the deeper tones of blue and the narrower crop of this version! A great improvement!

Mardi Gras - Dionysus #5
by tryals15

Comment by Jutilda:
Nice candid. I like the stop movement of his hand. GOOD DOF too.

Storm's Rollin' In
by tryals15

Comment by tinmason:
I think you have a good image here...needs just a bit more work. The overall concept behind the composition is good; however, The horizon is too busy. I would have tried cropping part of the right side of the image and remove the last building and trees and leave just one tree on the right to balance with the trees on the left. The tree just to the right of the building at the center of image, I would have cloned out as I felt it created a distracting edge with the cloud. I think thats a stop sign just to the left of the building at center. Reminds me of a four way stop on a lone country road and a point of interest and I may have cloned out the trees next to it to make it stand out much the same as the pole next to the building just left of center. Now, having said that, I took the image into photoshop to see if any of this worked. I think removing the tree right of building at center helped and also cloning out the tree behind the building at center helped; however, cropping the right side of the image did not. I also tried increasing the curves and saturation which helped the right side of the image somewhat and did help add some impact to the clouds. One thing about the clouds I did find distracting was the blues and although the blue works well with the yellows in the horizon, I felt they pulled the eye away from the horizon. The last thing I would try is to change is the border. The white in the border kept pulling my eye away from the image and didn't work for me; however, borders like photography are very subjective. The wrong border can hurt an image in the voting. I did try the image with 2 to 5 pix black border and felt it worked better. In summary, adding some curves and saturation to the clouds with selective editing, playing with the horizon to remove distracting elements, and adjusting the border would have helped move the image up in the voting. Even though the horizon may need some minor adjustment, I also think it was the strength of the image. A very nice silouhette! IMO, just needs a little work. If you have question, please contact me through the PM system. One last word, After looking at your profile, I see good things a little down the road for you!!

Big City Meets the Middle of Nowhere.
by tryals15

Comment by Djabordjabor:
I love the noisegrain in this picture

A Study of Destruction #3
by tryals15

Comment by ShutterPug:
I like shots with old posts and rocks, but this seems a bit too busy. I didn't even notice the person at first look. Wonder if doing a selective desat on this would be better - leaving just the person in color? Also, might try bumping the contrast on the rocka

"Santa Claus is Watching..." or "COPS Calendar - April 2006"
by tryals15

Comment by ShutterPug:
What a great catch! I wojuld also recommend sending a copy to them if you haven't already