in the shadow
by ajacoub

Comment by Digital Grizzly:
beautiful, marvalous,extravegent,amazing one of my ribbon pics!

in the shadow
by ajacoub

Comment by redneckbond:
too grainy

in the shadow
by ajacoub

Comment by BrennanOB:
Great shot, but I fail to see the relavance to the challenge. Very painterly.

in the shadow
by ajacoub

Comment by admart01:
Lovely tones and composition.

in the shadow
by ajacoub

Comment by milleniummike:
I like the Old World sense of your image.

in the shadow
by ajacoub

Comment by Pidd:
I like this photo a lot but I don't see where it fits the challenge. Nothing about it really defines proportion for me. However, the lighting makes this an interesting capture.

Simple meal
by ajacoub

Comment by Frankie_Lv:
Hello,
Overall I like the elements of the photo. The use of the crumbs as a leading line are a nice touch & the placement of the bread is very nice. I also like the use of the color a nice blend. I also like the choice of cornbread in relation to the challage very nice. Some of the problems with the photo:. The choice of side lighting created several major problems for you here. 1) It caused what is called (blowout) loss of detail in the bread it self. 2)Rendered the front of the bread completely useless, no detail at all. 3) It created a very long distracting shadow pulling the eye away from your subject. Your leading line (entry point) into the picture is out of focus defeating the intended purpose. Most of the problems that you created with your choice of light could have been resolved by bouncing light down onto the seen. This would have given you the detail on the front & side of the bread eleminated 90% of the shadow's and given you more balance thou-out the entire photo. It would have also given you the same effect as using a warming filter which would have had a dramatic effect on the over all photo.

Simple meal
by ajacoub

Comment by ajacoub:

Originally posted by amsmyth: there are too many distractions in this image, the light is uneven and picks up wrinkles in the background, the shadow fights with the line of the backdrop without being clear enough and the crumbs and lack of focus in the foregroun do not work for me

Thanks a lot for critics. I can say I do that photo with no any photo eqipment. Just old piece of paper and regular lamp. I did not use any filters or other improvements and I it is really helpfull that I must do much more next time.
Thanks again and wish you all the best in 2004.

Regards
Amin

Simple meal
by ajacoub

Comment by ajacoub:

Originally posted by jenesis: I love this shot, especially the warm buttery colors. And yet so simple. :)

thanks for the critics Jen

Simple meal
by ajacoub

Comment by GoldBerry:
okay, I couldn't tell why this finished so poorly, but I didn't notice the background on my old monitor which was callibrated funny.
This has potential, tho