Jack-O-Lantern Family
by xylke

Comment by adamweb:
nice use of negative space!

Jack-O-Lantern Family
by xylke

Comment by rjkstesch:
I really like this shot. Your pumpkins have interesting expressions with a great glow AND expterior detail. The setup in the doorway (?) works very well with the texture adding interest, yet not taking away from the subject. Very well done. 8

Jack-O-Lantern Family
by xylke

Comment by Nald:
Love how this shot feels. It really brings out the spirit of Halloween to me. Great carvings and positioning of the pumpkins, I give this one a 10! Adding this one to my favs!

Jack-O-Lantern Family
by xylke

Comment by Marc923:
Very nice. I like it.

Jack-O-Lantern Family
by xylke

Comment by SJCarter:
Great shot - love the crop including the whole doorway.

God Loves Us
by xylke

Comment by David.C:
Courages title to place on the image. I hope you weren't hit too hard by those not knowing the quote it came from.

I do agree with you, the composition could be better. However, it does have a srong leading diagonal (the bottle) going for it. If the opener had been leading to the corner instead of out the top I feel it would have been a bit stronger.

But the composition isn't my biggest worry here. The image just has way too much contrast for my taste. The bottle is quite a bit underexposed while the background is glaringly overexposed. Exposing for the bottle (perhaps stopped down a small amount) would have kept the white background, but allowed the bottle and opener to be better represented. This stark dynamic range is aceented even more by the sharpening done. The end result is a photo that is more 'edgy' than I like.

David
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God Loves Us
by xylke

Comment by silverleaf:
so true :)

Fearless
by xylke

Comment by train:
This is a lovely image
Nicely done

God Loves Us
by xylke

Comment by lshles:
and I love this photo. A little too much sharpening, but still striking.

God Loves Us
by xylke

Comment by mkalandros:
The cap looks oversharpened.