day 6 - going up
by GinaRothfels

Comment by Germaine:
I think I'm coming in after the fact, but I like the strong, bright diagonals. They bring your eye to the woman who becomes a visual surprise. Very neat shot.

day 4 - light 2
by GinaRothfels

Comment by roz:
yes i prefer this one more too .. beautiful rich colours and i like the arrangement of the lights .. :)
ps .. you said on my horse image that you drive unless you have no other choice, i prefer to drive too, but i think my 'obsession' for photography has overtaken my passion for driving !! :)

day 6 - going-up cropped
by GinaRothfels

Comment by bob350:
Interesting. Removing the brighter stuff on the left in the original helps make this more dramatic to my eyes. Having the upright post appear a lot thicker this time catches me by surprise, and seems to reduce the sense of motion. I see that you are keeping a square crop, but I wonder why. Cropping the original to a vertical rectangle might keep the post looking thinner, and allow the gold diagonals to be longer, but at the price of giving up the square format. Still, I like both versions, each in its own way.

day 6 - going up
by GinaRothfels

Comment by Jutilda:
It's like she's a ghost. I love the golden tones of this.

day 4 - light 2
by GinaRothfels

Comment by Jutilda:
For a weird reason, I like this one more. Had I not seen the other one, I wouldn't know what it is, but that's what makes it intriguing.

day 4 - light 2
by GinaRothfels

Comment by jmritz:
The difference is astounding. The blur makes the ordinary extraordinary again.

day 6 - going up
by GinaRothfels

Comment by jmritz:
Everything substantial but the person flashing by. How mortal we are.

day 6 - going up
by GinaRothfels

Comment by bob350:
I like the diagonal gold lines and the strong upright support beam. The woman is just blurred enough and nicely separated from the beam. When I hold my hands up to the image, I think it might be even stronger with the left side cropped just enough to remove the rectangular bright area (display window?), which seems to detract from the main elements, and perhaps to remove half of the yellow triangle in the lower right (which becomes a bit more distracting after cropping the left, although I'm less confident about this). As a newcomer, I feel a bit of hesitation weighing in with any suggestion about an image posted by one who has so many excellent works and high scores. But sometimes new eyes see things differently because of not being there when the image was captured. I'm not suggesting you change your post again, but you might make those changes in a second version just to see if they work for you.

day 6 - going up
by GinaRothfels

Comment by GinaRothfels:

Originally posted by Bear_Music: the problem here is the hot spots in the center become the focal point; not good.

Thanks for your comment Robert. Honest criticism seems to be sorely lacking in these side challenges. I went back and fixed it. Hope it looks better now.

day 4 - light 2
by GinaRothfels

Comment by levyj413:
Oooh. I much prefer this one! It's a pretty abstract. :)