Red Hair
by biggood53

Comment by carina:
Looks like she is smiling at someone who loves her...very nice.

A Bit of a Pane
by biggood53

Comment by LN13:
The window frame (?) on the right edge is a little distracting, as is the pink area on the bottom left. With a tighter crop I really like this.

Red Hair
by biggood53

Comment by myqyl:
Well shot portrait of a fine Irish lass :)

Red Hair
by biggood53

Comment by train:
Nice portrait pretty smile and eyes

Green Tree Frog
by biggood53

Comment by graphicfunk:
returning for comment
Colors here trump all. very nice with that natural wer look. Great capture. I voted you an 8 half hour back.

Lines,Shadows & Needles
by biggood53

Comment by DarkRider:
Hi Bruce,

Scott here from the Critique Club.

I really like the lighting in this pic from looking through your past challenge entries I see this is one of your better exposed pics. Your early challenge entries look like they suffered from poor exposure and I see some good improvements in your current photos. I do think that photo is lacking some composition. And didn't quite fit the challenge for complexity. I voted a 4 for this pic. For a photo that I feel didn't fit the challenge 4 is then purely based on how much the photo appeals to me. So please understand that I really found this pic interesting. I think you were in the right place at the right time for this one and if you could have played with you angle of composition it could have been a hit. As is your photo leaves me wanting more...it just doesn't fully satisfy me.

I do know that the Fuji website has some software updates posted. I know they did wonders for my Fuji 3800. the like is here..Fuji Downloads
I also wanted to add that your "Snail on a rose", "Neon Reflections", and "Fire on Fraser Island" pics are some of my favorites from your profile.
If you have any questions or comments please feel free to PM me.
Scott.

After I posted your critique I found this link in the forum that might be useful for you....Composition

Message edited by author 2004-10-09 20:26:12.

A Bit of a Pane
by biggood53

Comment by Koriyama:
The idea of using textured glass in a photo is very nice. However, I think you needed to prepare your final vision a bit better. In other words, the texture conflicts with the flower shapes rather than adds a painted feeling. As a suggestion, you could try moving the flowers further away from a less thick pane and focus on the flowers using a very limited dof. That should help reduce, yet retain some of, the negative impact of the glass.

A Bit of a Pane
by biggood53

Comment by Neil:
I really like this but I think the composition could be stronger. The dark bar to the right should be cropped out, and I think much of the bottom with the green background as well. The contrast between the purple flowers and the frosted/distored glass works very well as an abstract (and of course would even be more appropos for part). Hope to see more versions of this later!

A Bit of a Pane
by biggood53

Comment by dipaulk:
Beautiful effect. The only suggestion for improvement is to crop the line off the right side.

A Bit of a Pane
by biggood53

Comment by kiwinick:
great title and a great idea well photographrd I like it