Church floor view in the style of Melethia
by clickodak

Comment by Tumbleweed:
The colors and light are beautiful but the slightly off symmetrical distracts me a bit from the beauty.

Church floor view in the style of Melethia
by clickodak

Comment by Art Roflmao:
It's pretty clean, I'll say that much!

Friday Happy Hour
by clickodak

Comment by sidpixel:
Hello from the critique club

An interesting image that meets the challenge

Wow, this looks an impressive place to cast off the day̢۪s weary burden! The open space of this rooftop restaurant provides you with plenty of light for sure and the shapes of the square and the shadows gives you plenty of form too. Your title helps convey the party atmosphere that is certainly evident in the right corner. I assume this was your best shooting position? It̢۪s a shame the tall buildings In the background interrupt the skyline but not much you could do about that certainly from this position.

Church floor view in the style of Melethia
by clickodak

Comment by Melethia:
I remember shooting from the floor of the church, possibly with Sara, in either York or Rome. Main reason I shot from the floor was to accommodate for the slow shutter speed! (Most churches frown on tripods.) This is quite lovely. Very peaceful.

Church floor view in the style of Melethia
by clickodak

Comment by bassbone:
love the lines and light interplay

Street racing car
by clickodak

Comment by sidpixel:
Hello from the critique club

An image that does not meet the challenge

Sorry Marcel this one doesn̢۪t work for me. I have to agree with one of your commenters, there needs to be a sense of placement where this part of a larger scene such as wall mural with additional street scene if that is indeed the case. It actually feels like some bizarre PS filters have been used to transform a normal image which is a long way from my interpretation of the challenge theme.

Friday Happy Hour
by clickodak

Comment by tylorrc:
I am sure this is "the joy of structure"

Church floor view in the style of Melethia
by clickodak

Comment by kiwinick:
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaage its clean and shiny, wish wife could get ours like this.8

Wabi Sabi Ceremonial Tea
by clickodak

Comment by snaffles:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Haha wouldn't you know it, haven't written a crit for weeks and the first one I get is one of yours, Marcel! And congrats on making me do my homework and see what appears to constitute Wabi Sabi. Very spare and minimalistic treatment of everyday objects, as they are found and not staged, seems to be the way to go. So let's take a look.

First off I personally love the way the bars and areas of light and the design on the cutting board/table(?) play across the objects in the picture, whose tones and visual size/tones all complement each other beautifully. The objects in the pic are separated by a generous amount of white space. And hey, look around, you even beat out Neat...she usually does very well in challenges like this! Technically this is an excellent shot.

However, from what I've seen of the Wabi Sabi entries who beat you, I think you may have tried a little too hard...there is a definite sense of staging the shot here, and as Wabi Sabi seems to favour minimalism and simple treatment of everyday objects, as they are found...the comp in your entry is almost too perfect! Perhaps a slight bit of mess, maybe taken after the tea was made with some loose matcha powder on the board etc. But an excellent effort anyway and you should be proud of where you placed. Very good work, keep it up! :-)

Susan

Street racing car
by clickodak

Comment by tjbel05:
Interesting take on graffiti.