Avalange gallery
by RUEDISCHMUTZ

Comment by KiwiShotz:
Oh yes. Light and darke, colour and mono and a great perspective (How many cars nearly got you?)

Avalange gallery
by RUEDISCHMUTZ

Comment by hanneke:
lovely greens at the left and a great leading-the-eye-to-the-right!

Avalange gallery
by RUEDISCHMUTZ

Comment by Bus352:
great perspective and image. i like the scenic landscape as your title suggests.

Avalange gallery
by RUEDISCHMUTZ

Comment by arngrimur:
Good shot and a great title.

Avalange gallery
by RUEDISCHMUTZ

Comment by FotoMunki:
Love this shot! Almost looks like windows looking out of an office building - great shot. Glad you didn't get nailed by a passing car. :-)

Avalange gallery
by RUEDISCHMUTZ

Comment by ShannonLee:
you picked a great spot to take a picture for this contest. what a neat road, i can't wait to see where it was taken. i love the greens 7

Medival knight and his cellphone
by RUEDISCHMUTZ

Comment by jmoore:
Are you in the SCA? This certainly looks like a SCA event picture :)
As far as the picture itself goes, I like the fact that this guy is dressed in "period" clothing or garb, but he is on a cell. It is an interesting contrast. I think you did a good job of using your oncamera flash. It is not too harsh and it looks like you tried to balance the natural light and the flash. I think you could have left a little more room at the top of the head or come in a little more, but the crop now is uncomfortable because his head is right at the edge. Nice job on using you focal length and f-stop to get that background blurry. I wish it could have been more, but sometimes there is only so much you can do. Overall I think you did a good job capturing an interesting subject.

Medival knight and his cellphone
by RUEDISCHMUTZ

Comment by DrAchoo:
I like the idea, but the photo is uninspiring. 5

Dark & Lovely
by RUEDISCHMUTZ

Comment by SJCarter:
Not sure why this came up again in the CC queue... See comments below.

Dark & Lovely
by RUEDISCHMUTZ

Comment by SJCarter:
*Greetings from the Critique Club*

I've already commented on this image, but I'll try to illucidate further...

First of all, I scored this image an 8 in the challenge. Secondly, I'd like to say that I believe it met the D&L challenge both well and in a unique way. I also think that the title you chose actually hurt your score.

The "Dark & Lovely" monicker suggests an intimate familiarity with the model (IMHO); I could go into an extensive diatribe about the title, but will acquiesce to the most hospitable use of the words...

IMHO, the model is both "dark and lovely" - and aptly named. I think the photograph has a lot of merit on a number of levels.

Composition - excellent. Great crop, as it leads the viewer into the shot well.

Focus - very good - nice and sharp. Good DOF too.

Color - great tonal range. Vivid without becoming unnatural.

She reminds me of Eartha Kitt (I think it's the eyes). Very good capture. Nice work!

EDIT: For my own stupidity...

Message edited by author 2005-09-11 13:32:14.