The Wicker Chair
by goinskiing

Comment by nfessel:
you shouldn't treat animals that way

The Wicker Chair
by goinskiing

Comment by tkalect:
I love the DOF!Nice job, good luck!

The Wicker Chair
by goinskiing

Comment by visitor:
Interesting Texture and DOF picture. The suggestion of a road makes me think there needs to be a model car OOF in the distance.

The Wicker Chair
by goinskiing

Comment by justine:
I love the leading lines. I would of liked a bit more saturation as the colors appear flat. I realized this may be their true color. Also the back could of been cropped off completely. Good focus and interesting lines.

The Wicker Chair
by goinskiing

Comment by mcrael:
Good angle and good eye!. Nice texture, and depth of field. Though the blue and red are captured well - colorwise - this photo feels bland - needs something to punch it up.

My Inspiration
by goinskiing

Comment by Dibutil:
From critique club.

The gray silouette and the bright colored bulb make a fresh rendition of the symbol for the inspiration and idea.

I would criticize a little the geometric disposition of the figures. According to the saying: "As if the light turned on in my head..." - imagine a light bulb iside the head. Suppose your head as lantern deflector and the neck as the socket. You see? the lamp axis is aligned with the axis of the nexck! Now move the lamp out off the head along the nek's axis and place it 2 inches above the head. That would be perfect perceptual position which would not hurt the eye of the watcher :-))

Also in contrast to the blurry gray intuition and subconscious the idea is bright, distict and sharp - the edges should not be fuzzy-gray.

Salt 'n' Pepper
by goinskiing

Comment by JC_Homola:
Greetings from the critique club.

This was my favourite of the salt/pepper shots in the challenge.

I like your placement of the two backgrounds. diagonal but not corner to corner.

I feel that the top crop is a little too close, because the pepper shaker is appearing to be farther away, it gives the illusion that the top is cropped closer than it is. The two main elements in an image like this tend to "feel" better if the negative space is equal, or at least looks like it is.

The shakers are at different angles, possible having them at the same angle or more extreme in the difference it would have been better.

One other thing and this is probably just a personal preference of mine, the salt and pepper are rather messy... I'd like to suggest making it neater. The pepper looks as if it is running over on the salt side and vice/versa.

I hope this helps, and remember, this is just my opinion.

JC

My Inspiration
by goinskiing

Comment by GeneralE:
Clever application of a pretty cliched concept/

My Inspiration
by goinskiing

Comment by skantman:
Too much manipulation, harly looks like a photo anymore.

My Inspiration
by goinskiing

Comment by Beagleboy:
This shot made me laugh right from the get-go. I know it's probably just your hair, but it looks like you have a cat laying down on your head that's looking in the same direction as the man.