"Ye Olde Nutcracker"
by Tressider

Comment by Neil:
Cool instrument and I love the warm tones. You may not have noticed but there's some stray light on your background on the right edge and at the top right of the nut cracker. Looks like bottom left too but less so on my monitor. Compositionally, this misses for me; I think it might have worked better either in portrait format, or back a step, with the nuts in the foreground not "clipped", and perhaps on the left third line. Or maybe a more diagonal layout of the extra nuts--walking down the diagonal from one sweet spot to another.

"Ye Olde Nutcracker"
by Tressider

Comment by Keith Maniac:
mmmmm...... nuts. nice lighting. I know that as a rule of thumb a photo usually looks better when the subject is off center, but in this case i think a centered subject may be best. but, then again, what do i know? just my opinion.

"Ye Olde Nutcracker"
by Tressider

Comment by Pug-H:
I think the nuts on the table look too organised - perhaps it would look better if they were scattered about. Nice woody/nutty tones, but background shadow is uneven.

Message edited by author 2004-12-07 04:04:40.

" Caps, Caps & More Caps"
by Tressider

Comment by KDO:
Fun idea. I think a less structured arrangement would have been more interesting. I do like your color selection. Maybe a different cropping would have spiced it up a bit.

"Ye Olde Nutcracker"
by Tressider

Comment by KDO:
Stunning colors. Great idea. The the nuts moving off the botton of the frame and the angle of the picture make it seem as though the image is tipping forward. I would change one of those two ekements. Alone they work; in tandem, they unbalance this image.

"Ye Olde Nutcracker"
by Tressider

Comment by drydoc:
Damn! My Dad told me it was for my thumbs. Very nicely done. BOL

" Caps, Caps & More Caps"
by Tressider

Comment by BikeRacer:
nice enough, but i find myself wishing for some front fill lighting.

" Caps, Caps & More Caps"
by Tressider

Comment by Dr.Confuser:
You did a nice job with this subject.

"Ye Olde Nutcracker"
by Tressider

Comment by Travis99:
This is nutz!

"Ye Olde Nutcracker"
by Tressider

Comment by Rankles:
Very original and great shot, well done!