At the Beach
by h0bbel

Comment by BobsterLobster:
Doesn't really interest me I'm afraid. The composition doesn't work for me, but well done on blurring your background. If you're going to feature someone's hand in a photo, make sure it's all there. Hands are almost as expressive and important as the face, that's one of the reasons that this shot doesn't work for me. Part of an accidentally included knee doesn't work either. The light on the face isn't great, and the towel's shadow doesn't look good.

At the Beach
by h0bbel

Comment by Judi:
Cute child portrait.

Walking Pink
by h0bbel

Comment by h0bbel:
Oh well, at least I prove that I'm an incredible average shooter. :)

Thanks for voting and commenting.

Walking Pink
by h0bbel

Comment by BrianR:
Very basic...

Walking Pink
by h0bbel

Comment by SandyP:
I can't put my finger on why. . .but this photo reeeeeally grabs me! I think it's the composition that speaks of childhood. Innocence. Nostalgia. Where if you showed the face, it would be about the person. Awesome job. I just love it.

Walking Pink
by h0bbel

Comment by angela_packard:
love the simplicity of this shot and the ruggedness too!!!

Walking Pink
by h0bbel

Comment by raish:
Right then, joke's on me as I now have to plough through 564 images and bump them all (yes, all of them) up. There'll be a third run through for fine tuning. It's day two now and I'm running late, sorry.

5

Walking Pink
by h0bbel

Comment by faery:
I love the colour contrasts. Very original.

To The Light
by h0bbel

Comment by muckpond:
greetings from the critique club!

i really like this shot in a number of ways. the nighttime scene and the silhouettes work well with the color tones that you have left in the shot.

my biggest suggestion here concerns the top 1/3 or so of the photo. i'm a big fan of "white space," but everything above the streetlight is lost. there's some definition there, but not enough to see what it is. it's almost frustrating.

the real gem area of the shot, IMHO, is the cobblestones up to the streetlight. there's enough empty area in there that it wouldn't be focused on the silhouettes, but it would rework the composition so that the viewer's eye knows exactly where to land. i hope that makes sense.

in any event, this is a nice take on the challenge. the addition of color (albeit muted color) and the absence of commotion is different from what i would expect, but i still think it fits the challenge quite nicely. great work.

rob

To The Light
by h0bbel

Comment by h0bbel:
Thanks for all the comments and votes. New best avg. for me, but still a way off where I would like to be. Aren't we all?