Battle of the elements
by Azrifel

Comment by kiwiness:
Beautiful!

Mr. Moustache
by Azrifel

Comment by jmsetzler:
test critique for randomly assigned critique club photo... testing...

Alle Menschen frei und gleich (New Year wish)
by Azrifel

Comment by Azrifel:
Whoohaaaaaaaaaaa!
Great & nice comments, a good position and a nice score. Made my week. :)

I tried it on its side, both the bottle and the cork, but it didn't look good enough to my taste. Also tried a black background, didn't look good with the bottle.

I hoped it would go for third, the score was up to 6.6 at one time, but suddenly it dropped to near 6.3.... Ah well, better luck next time, I wan't a ribbon within 5 years! :)

Alle Menschen frei und gleich (New Year wish)
by Azrifel

Comment by bamaster:
The two 1's boggle my mind. This was in my top 3.

Alle Menschen frei und gleich (New Year wish)
by Azrifel

Comment by justine:
I thought this would do even better.
Good job.

Alle Menschen frei und gleich (New Year wish)
by Azrifel

Comment by magnetic9999:
azrifel, this was my favorite pic in this challenge :)

Alle Menschen frei und gleich (New Year wish)
by Azrifel

Comment by muckpond:
Doch!

Alle Menschen frei und gleich (New Year wish)
by Azrifel

Comment by KarenB:
very well executed photo. maybe the cork should be on it's side.. feels too placed this way. (I mean, I KNOW it is placed.. but ....) On it's side might also add eye movement/interest rather than both objects in vertical. Just a thought.

The long ride home.....
by Azrifel

Comment by Natasha:
Critique Club by Natasha

Hi there Azrifel, I get to critique yours this time!
CONTENT-COMPOSITION
Your idea is good and I think that if people could have read the details while voting they would have understood the effect you were going after. As it is, it portrays motion well and fits the challenge, the way the lights bring you into the picture are also good, I also like the motion effect of the passing buildings. I have tried this kind of shot before, using no tripod from within the car, but I wasnt happy with the result. I think that a tripod is a must for this kind of shot, to get the focus. Personally I prefer to be stationary and then concentrate on the lights, yet keeping the buildings in focus. From within the car, I can imagine that it would be pretty hard to get both the focus and motion at the same time, but it's worth playing around with it, while someone else is driving!
MY OPINION
I like these kind of shots and it was one of the first things I wanted to try with my digital camera. Luckily trying different variations of this shot won't waste any film, so maybe find a bridge overlooking a busy road and see what you can find. I wonder if you had changed the title slightly, making it more obvious about the seeing strange things, then it might have helped.
Good Luck in the next challenge

The long ride home.....
by Azrifel

Comment by PTLParsons:
Need something in focust to look at. Sorry but this is a 1 in my book. PTL