Daylight On a Florida Reef
by Gracious

Comment by decoteau:
A little more depth of field would be preferrable, but the clarity on the near subjects is very good. A little too yellow/green, but still a very good shot.

Daylight On a Florida Reef
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Comment by justine:
Color and light are a bit funky here. I know the glass is hard to deal with. Score 6 Justine.

Daylight On a Florida Reef
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Comment by Willa:
I don't think this meets the challenge criteria, unless the photographer is a fish.

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Comment by mjcecil:
I know you want the black ball shadows to go away... Great idea. Not quite compliant with the challenge, but I like it about an 8

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Comment by Gordon:
Great idea - did you mean for the slight lack of overlap in the middle ? Seems slightly softly focused - I think I'd prefer it more crisp for such a graphic shot, maybe even with more extended contrast to make it more of a black and white than it is.

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Comment by lightplayer:
simply marbleous darling

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Comment by Kavey:
Clean, sharp and reasonably striking. Nice composition, good that it's not exactly a mirror image within the frame. Not sure it's one I could spend hours looking at, but nice contrasts and highlights.
Is that your Go pieces? Or Othello?
6, Kavey

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Comment by Amphian:
Great contrasts, nice lighting and good framing. My only nitpick is that the middle black button has separated from the black edge.

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Comment by jmsetzler:
This is a very nice idea... I love contrasts, as well as black and white images. I'm exceptionally glad that you didn't terminate the diagonal in the upper left corner. I think that the off balance symmetry here creates a very nice image... The only item here that I don't care for is the direction of the light. I would rather see the shadows from the black beads cast into the black side of the image where they would be invisible.
Meets Challenge: 10
Technical Merit: 8
Artistic Merit: 10
Creative Merit: 9
WOW Factor:8

Score: 9 - JMSetzler

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Comment by DigiPique:
Hmm - I like this image a lot, but I'm not sure which 'space' is the negative and which is the positive - maybe that's the point!