"My Mother"
by blad

Comment by ratz:
beautiful

"My Mother"
by blad

Comment by MacDonald:
What a wonderful face and hand... so many stories forever etched - I wish I had such a great photo of my mom - says a lot about who you are, that this is your representation of what success is all about - bumping up to a 10

"My Mother"
by blad

Comment by Dave Gordon:
This is a very nice portrait.

"My Mother"
by blad

Comment by sjturner:
great way to meet the challenge and a great shot (8)

Hammin' It
by blad

Comment by Qiki:
You got robbed a bit with this one. It's not the greatest shot in the world but at least you met the challenge. The same can't be said for a bunch of photos that finished above you.

Hammin' It
by blad

Comment by temba:
I really like the subtle colour treatment on this. The obvious interaction between the subjects and the photographer is great and the inclusion of props in the background fit it to the challenge well.

Amaryllis belladonna
by blad

Comment by graphicfunk:
Like a gift wrapped in green paper. Lovely. Congratulations on your top 20 finish.

Tuning Incline
by blad

Comment by yanko:
Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club...

First off, let me say I like the color and detail a lot. The quality overall is really good, IMO. However as was pointed out, the imbalance in the composition detracts somewhat especially this being an entry for the rhythm challenge. The main thing that brings that out for me is how the light is hitting the building on the right side particular the bottom where the lines of the building exit the frame. Even though the lines running down and away appear to leave the frame at the same area the lighting makes it look like the right side exits further down, if you know what I mean. What I might have done to compensate would be to get more of the lower part of the building in the shot so that those lines running down would both exit at the very bottom corner of the frame.

As far as the top not being straight, obviously you could fix that in camera but also in post by just rotating it slightly and then cropping it a bit tighter to get your rectangle crop back. That actually doesn't bother me as much as the bottom part.

Other than that it's a really good image. It's full of color and it's very rhythmic. A perfect choice for the challenge!

Tuning Incline
by blad

Comment by nlghttrain:
I like the idea i just wish that it wasnt slanted

Amaryllis belladonna
by blad

Comment by sfalice:
Just beautiful. ONe of my 10s.