Mirror, mirror....
by stupidcat

Comment by TooCool:
I'm confused by the girl being upside down... A tighter crop without all the unneeded external elements would give this more pop.
TC

Dinner in the Oregon District - Dayton, Ohio
by stupidcat

Comment by e301:
Aligning just one side of the window givves the image a weird falling-over feel. A little distortion correction would have fixed that, and it would be worth fixing i think because otherwise I like the shot: good tonality, sense of compositional balance, although I do wish those characters were better framed by the window. Even like the crop on the car - enough of it to know it, and not slvishly including it siply because it's a thing. But that slight sense of giddiness from the curvature undermines the image a little all the time.

"One bite, and all of your dreams will come true..."
by stupidcat

Comment by stupidcat:

Originally posted by BradP: Congats on your first top ten finish. Great color & composition. Well Done - hope to see your name up here more often!

Thank you very much, sir. I am going to try and keep the pace and improve. Looking for my first ribbon next. ;)

"One bite, and all of your dreams will come true..."
by stupidcat

Comment by Brad:
Congats on your first top ten finish.

Great color & composition.

Well Done - hope to see your name up here more often!

Message edited by author 2004-09-06 19:46:54.

Dinner in the Oregon District - Dayton, Ohio
by stupidcat

Comment by Remie:
Besides that it's a very nice composed and interresting photo, the first thing I noticed was that the top of the windows are not parallel with the top-border of the photo. Because of the alignment of the vertical lines, I can see why you didn't rotate the photo though. So, I think you should have made a tighter crop at the top.

I really do like the link between the old-fashioned looking car outside and the old people inside the restaurant.

"One bite, and all of your dreams will come true..."
by stupidcat

Comment by stupidcat:
Personal thanks to all who voted and commented on my photo. This is why I stay around. Your comments really do help me to adjust and improve.

Thank you.

"One bite, and all of your dreams will come true..."
by stupidcat

Comment by stupidcat:

Originally posted by graphicfunk: Congratulations on your 10th placing.

Thank you, Mr. Cuesta. That means a lot coming from you as I hold your work in very high regard. I was very hopeful on this photo as I spent a lot of time composing it and getting it "right."

Dinner in the Oregon District - Dayton, Ohio
by stupidcat

Comment by JPR:
This is one of those really great shots that I fear will suffer in score on DPC. Keep submitting such great work. 9

"One bite, and all of your dreams will come true..."
by stupidcat

Comment by graphicfunk:
Congratulations on your 10th placing.

Mirror, mirror....
by stupidcat

Comment by markmyshots:
i would have liked to see a more cropped in verison of this....too much surrounding clutter...