Say hello to my friend, Mr. Hammer
by KfirLevAri

Comment by stphq:
Nice idea and title, badly executed for me though. Bad composition cropping out the hammer which the title suggests is the main subject matter. Not keen on the editing either, sorry.

Say hello to my friend, Mr. Hammer
by KfirLevAri

Comment by Giles:
ouch rough and nasty, liked to have seen a little more hammer. like th gritty grain for the rough feel good work

Veni, Vidi, Photographici
by KfirLevAri

Comment by Melethia:
Heh - fun title! Nice stylistic processing. I think you should let that blue go all the way to the edge, though - don't contain it with a border. This would make a great poster.

Say hello to my friend, Mr. Hammer
by KfirLevAri

Comment by mcaldo:
Uhh, the shining,,

Firefox
by KfirLevAri

Comment by Tiny:
Think the processing needs toning down a little with this subject.

Firefox
by KfirLevAri

Comment by Denise:
all kinds of patterns and textures here, nice

Thinking outside the box
by KfirLevAri

Comment by snaffles:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

First impression: I gave this shot a 7 because I like everything here: the literal box on the floor on which to think out of and the blur, and what looks like a hand/hind paw escaping the box on the left. Even the modest amount of pp is agreeable.

Artistic: Frankly this is a very snaffles type shot, which is probably why I like it so much! The use of the angles of the floor planking to create dynamism and the safe sanctuary of the box being violated by the escaping lion cub. Great way to get your point across. Stick with it.

Technical: Good lighting, ambient is my guess. Comp is good, love the overhead shot but it's not everyone's cuppa tea. And seeing that this was an Expert challenge with lots of heavy hitters entered, well, I'd say that that is definitely a factor. You took a chance entering a photo with only some blur/timelapse and tonemapping, and I think it worked very well.

Overall: Definite style starting to evolve here, and you may not get high scores of tons of comments, but you are definitely learning your D90/kit lens and putting both to good use. And you used a tripod in this case too otherwise you couldn't have shot so slow, so good to know you have the gear and know when to use it. Please keep on entering what you like and let the scores fall where they may.

Feel free to PM me,

Susan

Thinking outside the box
by KfirLevAri

Comment by snaffles:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

First impression: I gave this shot a 7 because I like everything here: the literal box on the floor on which to think out of and the blur, and what looks like a hand/hind paw escaping the box on the left. Even the modest amount of pp is agreeable.

Artistic: Frankly this is a very snaffles type shot, which is probably why I like it so much! The use of floor planking to create dynamism and the safe sanctuary of the box being violated by the escaping lion.

Technical: Good lighting, ambient is my guess. Comp is good, love the overhead shot but it's not everyone's cuppa tea. And seeing that this was an Expert challenge with lots of heavy hitters entered, well, I'd say that that is definitely a factor. You took a chance entering a photo with only some blur/timelapse and tonemapping, and I think it worked very well.

Overall: Definite style starting to evolve here, and you may not get high scores of tons of comments, but you are definitely learning your D90/kit lens and putting both to good use. And you used a tripod in this case too otherwise you couldn't have shot so slow, so good to know you have the gear and know when to use it. Please keep on entering what you like and let the scores fall where they may.

Feel free to PM me,

Susan

Alone in the dark
by KfirLevAri

Comment by jnenvir:
creative idea

Night vs Light
by KfirLevAri

Comment by JamesDowning:
Cool take on the challenge. The image is heavy on the right side, but that's the point of this image.

My only qualm is that the image looks a good bit over-processed. Otherwise cool!