Cafe Society
by Jak

Comment by just-married:
Very nicely composed. Vibrant colors. A bit dark on the people; I wish they were lighter and a tad more sharply focused. Would be nice if bicycle had made it out of the shot before the shutter snapped. (or is that parked there.) Still, good eye. 7, just-married

Cafe Society
by Jak

Comment by zadore:
Strong impact from this shot...I like it alot. I'd get rid of the bikes (if the owners wouldn't mind)

Cafe Society
by Jak

Comment by sylk:
Very nice ... and diffent ... idea. Is this South Beach?

Cafe Society
by Jak

Comment by RedRuthann:
Great Job! (hopefully more comments later) 9
Ruthann

Cafe Society
by Jak

Comment by justine:
Colorful interesting shot. Ha...very good work. Good luck, score 7 Justine

Cafe Society
by Jak

Comment by louis1470:
Really nice!

Cafe Society
by Jak

Comment by alanfreed:
Very nice! Great composition and clarity here.

Windows
by Jak

Comment by Jak:
This was the first conception I ever thought of when the Challenge topic was announced. I originally thought of using a tree with a diagonal leaf-line. I then used a suburban house with red tiled roof. But I was happiest with this.

The idea was to equally balance positive and negative space; to have them almost reversible in some way. A secondary thought was "window on the sky."

Since the challenge began, the ealier picture (//www.dpchallenge.com/image.asp?IMAGE_ID=3254) has been mentioned to me several times. I prefer chariot's picture as a photograph, but I prefer mine as an exemplar of negative space.

Many thanks for the kind comments.

Windows
by Jak

Comment by stephan:
Nice composition. The diagonals are very effective. I also like the colouring. I don't know if you were aware of it when submitting the photo but there was a very similar photo in the "Free Study" challenge: //www.dpchallenge.com/image.asp?IMAGE_ID=3254
I score your photo on it's own merits but I think the other one is even better because of the dramatic sky. Also your photo seems to have some problems with JPEG compression (artefacts). -stephan

Windows
by Jak

Comment by Jacko:
Nice angles ... from corner to corner.