From Earth to Heaven
by jbaram

Comment by madison461:
This has the look of a postage stamp or something in a cropper's memory bag of tools.

From Earth to Heaven
by jbaram

Comment by Tammer:
Compared to other entries in the challenge, the subject matter doesn't hold my interest even though it's a nice tree and the colors are good.

Architectural Perspective
by jbaram

Comment by stek:
i like the colors and all but i think the tree branches kind of distract.

Venetian Shades
by jbaram

Comment by sher:
Critique Club:

Well, it's definitely High Contrast!...and quite dizzying!

I'm not sure if I like the crop. Although it does make it clear that the subject is window blinds, I think I would like to see a closer crop. With all the psychedelic colors, I think it would look great as more of an abstract.

There seems to be some distracting jagged edges in the blinds but those could have been caused by one of the many plug-ins you listed in your comments. It looks to be a bit over-sharpened. I'm not sure what all those plug-ins do but it does seem to be a bit of overkill on the processing.

High Contrast is fairly easy to achieve in camera. It looks like you've taken an ordinary photo and made it high contrast through a LOT of processing. I know how much fun it is to use all the cool filters and plug-ins but sometimes less really is more. I would suggest working more on making your photography speak and not letting the processing be the star of the show. Just my opinion, of course.

Good luck in future challenges! :-)

Architectural Perspective
by jbaram

Comment by Erin_K:
May have been better without the fronds, but I like this

Architectural Perspective
by jbaram

Comment by TheresaA:
Nice clean image with lots of good perspective. Good Job!

Architectural Perspective
by jbaram

Comment by persimon:
Great! Lines, angle, perspective - perfect. The sky is perfect too - wouldn't have worked as well had there been clouds. I like the palm leaves.

Architectural Perspective
by jbaram

Comment by CLarson557:
Like the colors and how the leaves frame the photo.

Air Conditioning Ceiling's Branch!
by jbaram

Comment by theskitch6:
Sorry. I don't get it. Subject placing is good. Honestly an all out boring shot.

Air Conditioning Ceiling's Branch!
by jbaram

Comment by jaaad:
Just not very interesting