Spirit of the Wild - West Coast, USA.
by jkirkby

Comment by mojo0302:
The texture of the foreground draws you into the photo...great choice with the B&W...it makes you wonder if the foreground is sand or water...

Spirit of the Wild - West Coast, USA.
by jkirkby

Comment by Ja-9:
love the dark and fluffy clouds...very moody

Spirit of the Wild - West Coast, USA.
by jkirkby

Comment by Keith_W:
Nice B&W!

Spirit of the Wild - West Coast, USA.
by jkirkby

Comment by ekmai:
would benefit from a bit more contrast

Spirit of the Wild - West Coast, USA.
by jkirkby

Comment by malski:
Very nice shot, definitely smacks of the pacific.

Spirit of the Wild - West Coast, USA.
by jkirkby

Comment by Nuzzer:
I get the idea you were going for but I don't feel that it has come off. The "wild" is not apparent in the shot. I also wonder why B&W?

Spirit of the Wild - West Coast, USA.
by jkirkby

Comment by liberty:
Nice image, I would like to see this in color, 7

Panini and a coffee anyone?
by jkirkby

Comment by salmiakki:
Greetings from the Critique Club

First of all welcome to DPC and congratulations on achieving such a good score for your first challenge.

First of all, I think the composition is good, although as others have mentioned, the fork is a little bit distracting and is probably superfluous. Your choice of DOF works well here too as does the lighting. I am not 100% sold on the wooden table as a background, I think it makes the colours of the actually food look a little bit drab.

The other thing from my perspective, is that I do not really think this image meets the challenge topic. The challenge was to create an image that portrayed the art of cooking and this does not do that in my opinion. I think it is excellent for a stock photo portraying food, but not for cooking. Maybe I am too pedantic, but if I was a magazine editor who was looking to buy a cooking shot, this would certainly not be it. Thus, I think you would have scored much higher in a stock food challenge.

Hopefully this is helpful in some way.

Sarah

Panini and a coffee anyone?
by jkirkby

Comment by crik:
Wonderful. Love the cop and dof.

Panini and a coffee anyone?
by jkirkby

Comment by Tygerr:
I'll have some... Looks tasty.