Outhouse
by charliebaker

Comment by CEJ:
My only comment would be it would have been stronger if the funnel wasn't in the shot. It just makes it look sloppy somehow.

Contemplative
by charliebaker

Comment by christie3:
I really like this photo, Mr. Robinson--it's going into my favs.
My only nitpick (I hate that word!) is that it might be nicer to have the candles and the model a bit bigger, so they fill more of the frame. But then, I guess the challenge *was* Darkness...
Anyways. I like it!

Contemplative
by charliebaker

Comment by Kemptonreporter:
Swallowed up in darkness...

Contemplative
by charliebaker

Comment by kirsty_mcn:
woud a horizontal composition work better??

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by charliebaker

Comment by Artifacts:
Outstanding clarity. Good tonal range. B&W is a good choice of presentation. You are to be commended for including very, very faint detail. Interesting way to convey the idea of darkness.

The outstanding photographic quality is the strength of your image. Most viewers will understand it fits the challenge, but there will be a few that do not.

The rightmost candle is a little overexposed which will hold down your score slightly.

Overall this is an outstanding image that should score decently if studied closely by viewers.

Message edited by author 2005-06-22 15:30:21.

Contemplative
by charliebaker

Comment by burtct:
Would have liked the subject to be a bit bigger

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by charliebaker

Comment by LoudDog:
The people taking quick looks and voting might miss the face. Nice shot though.

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by charliebaker

Comment by taterbug:
This is a nice idea. I think compositionally, the photo perhaps would be stronger if a majority of either the top or bottom were cropped out, placing the subject near the top or bottom edge of the image.

Needle & Haystack
by charliebaker

Comment by Wendelika:
David,
Eric here. where'd you get all that color in the needle and haystack photo?

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by charliebaker

Comment by cardmaverick:
I like the idea for this one. I think this would look better if you used more than just the light from the candles. you would want to expose for the candle and then light the rest according to what is needed to make the flames look good. I would simply set up a spot light from the floor and hit the models face with it. If you wanna get more fancy, you could also set up another spot to hit just the tops of the candle stands. and use a half scrim to sorta slowly shade the light, so it looks like i fades into darkness and is coming form the candle wicks.