The Not-So-Great American Pastime
by muckpond

Comment by neenee1999:
I can relate to this one for sure...great imagination and great angle I like it...

The Not-So-Great American Pastime
by muckpond

Comment by Thomas:
Very creative 'border'

Cloning: Roddick to the 3rd Power
by muckpond

Comment by OneSweetSin:
*Critique Club*

I have sat here for sometime trying to figure out what to say about this photo. It would make a really good photo for action or sports but for future without the title it doesn't work.

your colors seem a little off you might need to adjust your white balance.

Overall the photo is not bad I see a lot of blurred movement but that is a good effect for the image in this case. I just don't see it fitting the challenge all that well.

Cloning: Roddick to the 3rd Power
by muckpond

Comment by kiwiness:
Hey I am the only one who tenned you!

Cloning: Roddick to the 3rd Power
by muckpond

Comment by frisca:
gosh, this should have scored much higher! It was one of the best cloning efforts. Its very clean!

City Wall
by muckpond

Comment by e301:
hi Rob - your critique club moment.

My first reaction to this is that the dynamic range seems very narrow - no real whites, no real blacks, but then I wondered why I felt that was a problem. I think I'm a bit too used to this kind of image - possibly only because I live very near a major business district in London, and see this stuff all the time - so the distortion of the reflections has little impact; because of that familiarity I was looking for another element - maybe a double reflection, or some detail of texture, or of light to surprise me a little, and not really finding it. The panels between the glass are uniform, almost textureless. The distortion itself is rather middle-ground to me - not completely wierd, nor very slight: just what I would expect, in short.

It's an entirely competent shot technically, of course - as I'd expect from someone who could take that Corne photo - and obviously meets the challenge well enough. It's just a bit ordinary, I think; a bit lifeless - which is what people are after with the colour and contrast comments, I'd guess.

All the best

Ed

Cloning: Roddick to the 3rd Power
by muckpond

Comment by wingy:
cleanly executed.

The Cat Whisperer
by muckpond

Comment by pitsaman:
Very nice photo!

Cloning: Roddick to the 3rd Power
by muckpond

Comment by Toddh:
Excellent work, nice slant on the clone theme.

City Wall
by muckpond

Comment by faidoi:
Great picture. Love the reflections. Buildings look like they're going to tip over. The composition is good.