Magic Bubble Portrait
by chakkobbo

Comment by superdne:
great set up. the heads too low. nice timing.

Magic Bubble Portrait
by chakkobbo

Comment by Digipixer:
I think the face should be centered in the bubble,cutting the eye and mouth like that distracts from a really nice shot.

Magic Bubble Portrait
by chakkobbo

Comment by lmhr:
nice... : )

Quiet Sunset on 79th Street
by chakkobbo

Comment by chakkobbo:
I wanted to thank everyone for your kind comments.

It's interesting to see how people prefer the picture with or without the car, with more or less road etc.... I tend to be very instinctive...I always, always look for shots, no matter what I do, whether I have a camera or not. I always regret those I don't shoot. The real exceptional thing about this city shot was that there were no cars on the street for about 1 minute, which is really rare, especially at this time of day in NYC.

As far as the "development" is concerned, the only thing I changed from the original was straightening the horizon (i.e. rotating the photo slightly), which means that I effectively had to crop about 3% of the border all around. I also added a little contrast and saturation from the original using "Levels" in Photoshop. All in all it's very close to how I got it on camera!

Good luck to everyone on the coming challenges!

Quiet Sunset on 79th Street
by chakkobbo

Comment by brumos:
This should have placed higher. Really great photo!

Nice camera by the way :-)

Quiet Sunset on 79th Street
by chakkobbo

Comment by drewmedia:
This is a marvelous shot... congrats on your high placement. I can't wait to see your future submissions.

Quiet Sunset on 79th Street
by chakkobbo

Comment by timj351:
I would like to see the image composed with more road and a little more room to the left of the car. The colors are working well.

7 -Tim

Quiet Sunset on 79th Street
by chakkobbo

Comment by tommccabe:
Beautiful! I love the colors and I love the cropping.

Quiet Sunset on 79th Street
by chakkobbo

Comment by stephan:
Great photo! I like the lighting very much and the soft, warm color. The driving car is pressed a litte too close on the left side. More space there would be nice but I guess there were other cars parking on this side which you better cropped out.
Photo 9, Creativity 9, City Life 9 = 9

Quiet Sunset on 79th Street
by chakkobbo

Comment by langdon:
Wow. Awesome framing... the lighting is unbelievable. The driving car is a perfect touch.