Stairs illusion
by clickodak

Comment by giantmike:
It's kind of a game of trying to find all of the diagonals. This works well.

Stairs illusion
by clickodak

Comment by stevieian:
Oh! I really like this! The monotone works well, as does the shadowing. Nice find!

Laundry Days
by clickodak

Comment by MichaelC:
Good idea well done

Power of the Sun
by clickodak

Comment by snaffles:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

I can see where you're going with this, Marcel, and this kind of image is quite a popular metaphor for strength - the tiny little plant forcing its way up through a huge rock and perhaps even splitting it asunder (although very slowly) as it grows. Clearly the sun is playing a major part here but in this case, in terms of light, sadly it isn't helping very much. The top part of the plant is in shadow, the exposure on the leaves immediately below the shadows is quite good, but the rest of the plant is a little flat, there is no sense of depth and dimension which gives life to a photo. I'm guessing the sun was a little high in the sky?

Comp is quite basic and works for the simplicity of the shot. I was surprised to see that this was shot at f.5, I would have thought it was a stop or two down like f2.8. I think the bokeh works. If only the sun had cooperated a little more, in a couple more hours' time or so (esp at this time of year) when the light was lower and perhaps shot so the plant was backlit and glowing...that's what voters wet their panties over ;-)

Hope this has been helpful, feel free to pm me with any questions.

Susan

Laundry Days
by clickodak

Comment by Lydia:
The hand makes this wonderful!

Stairs illusion
by clickodak

Comment by glad2badad:
Hmmm ... I think we've seen this place before? :-) Upside down is fun. Good luck.

Do what you are
by clickodak

Comment by snaffles:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

I can see what you're trying to do here, Marcel, but only after reading your explanation in Photographer's comments. It's just a bit too obscure - some maple leaves on a book with a lens nearby. Comp is a little careless, nothing really blends and flows together. This looks like a shoehorn entry, a shot just to have something to enter. Hey, I've shot my share of shoehorns so I know what I'm talking about!!:-)

I'm sure the book is a great read and I will look for it at my local library, but if you want to help promote the book or the idea that it helps to find your career through your personality type...that's a very tough one to shoot without a lot of thought and planning beforehand. It's a fairly abstract idea and most challenges here are relatively concrete concepts.

Feel free to PM me with any questions

Susan

Patience
by clickodak

Comment by snaffles:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

This is a very good image, your voting histo reflects that. I'm also a fan of backlighting and the colours are great and autumnal. The pic isn't heavily processed, which always wins brownie points from me. Composition is straightforward and not too tightly cropped.

Only problem is, even the very best pic of a subject most people don't care for so much, so up close, is a very tough sell here. Cutesy critters like puppies and kittens? Yes. A dramatically coloured macaw or a tiger swimming after a chunk of meat tossed in water? Oh yes. But reptiles, insects and arachnids rarely do well.

However, had I voted I would have given it a 6, and that's because the top shadowed part of the abdomen looks to be out of focus. Had it been in focus - and maybe just going to f7.1 or f.8 would have done it, especially as you were at an ISO of 400, so had lots of light to play with. And as spider's not moving you could have slowed the shutter down a bit if you wanted to cheat in a little more light.

Hope this has been helpful, feel free to PM me

Susan

Patience
by clickodak

Comment by MaryO:
Very nicely backlit. Spiders are rather beautiful in Autumn.

Patience
by clickodak

Comment by Revecca:
Love how the light shines through it!