Be Strong
by Konador

Comment by Frankie_Lv:
Hi Konador,
The left lower quarter of the photo is quiet hot. It's not your exposure but your lighting. Possibly to strong, or you caught a reflection (bounce) off of the white in the seen. This caused you to lose detail on the edges of the domino's at the bottom. It also caused the same effect on the one domino right behind the last one standing. It looks like reflection (bounce) to me. Changing your angle to the light or using cheese cloth or something to defuse the light would have helped you out here both with the details & the hot spot there in the center. Two things I see that are of some distraction. The blue background momentarly grabs the eye pulling it away from the domino's. Lightening it up a bit may have helped here. The other distraction are the black lines on the edges of the standing domino's. They are just out of place with the rest of the photograph. I am assuming they are either a highlight or string to hold up the domino's in either case they detract from the photo. All in all this is a well thought out photo. The composition is very nice, the take on the domino's with your title works well here.

Frankie
Critique club

Be Strong
by Konador

Comment by RHoldenSr:
Congratulations Very well done.

Be Strong
by Konador

Comment by dsidwell:
This is just marvelous work, Ben!

From Chaos into Calm
by Konador

Comment by dr rick:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

The message
The creative input (blurriness, brightness, etc.) de-emphasizes the water used to create this image and allows the viewer to project his own thoughts and imaginations aroused by it. The differences above and below the definite edge are dramatic and obvious, and provide much fodder for the imagination. The title (chaos to calm) is but one possibility. For me, it reflects the creative process with a lot of jumbled possibilities finally emerging to a coherent stream. Others who make the effort to try will see different things. To me, that makes this a very successful image.

Creative choices
As mentioned, it is the creative choices that make this image work so well, and they are great. The lighting puts emphasis right where it is needed. The background with unfocused spots works well (certainly better than a solid or gradient color would). The colors match the shapes of the corresponding areas well. The relative amounts of space in the two areas is pleasing. The slanted edge adds energy as does the vertical format; this isn't an image for one to just sit back and enjoy. Viewer involvement is needed and invited.

Technical aspects
Focus, exposure, color rendition, and sharpness were all carefully controlled to achieve the final result.

Be Strong
by Konador

Comment by kiwiness:
Excellent poster. Lovely play of depth of field and sharpness, nothing wrong with it, one of my favourites (10)

Be Strong
by Konador

Comment by RHoldenSr:
Very nice, I like the idea, the setup and your final shot. With all the white I know the lighting can be tough. The question that comes to my mind is if that dominoe is standing strong, how did the ones behind it fall? Nice work.

Illuminations
by Konador

Comment by Azrifel:
Cool zoom effect, I wish I could do it with my camera. Nice exposure and good saturated colors.

Illuminations
by Konador

Comment by Jacko:
kewl. Done with a zoom lens? Damn, now I'll have to wait until next year.

Be Strong
by Konador

Comment by Jaguar:
Creative

Illuminations
by Konador

Comment by mariomel:
Good abstract image. Almost looks like fireworks.