Crevice Sunset
by photomayhem

Comment by Skip:
i think this visit has a lot of potential, but i feel this image doesn't quite achieve it, at least for me. the darkness of the crevice is a bit too pronounced, and the sun a bit too overblown. the colors and angle works, but the border is too overdone. good luck with the rest of the voters, this will get a 5 from me.

Crevice Sunset
by photomayhem

Comment by samtrundle:
Gorgeous scene and composition, even the border works well. 9.

Crevice Sunset
by photomayhem

Comment by MrsFuzzButt:
Hope to see this in the top ten because it is just beautiful

White Palace
by photomayhem

Comment by Spork99:
Could stand a bit of perspective correction, but I love the symmetry, it's almost perfect

White Palace
by photomayhem

Comment by snackwells:
Excellent composition! Very elegantly framed. 8

Crevice Sunset
by photomayhem

Comment by Zoomdak:
Beautiful sunset you've got here, awsomes capture through the rocks.

White Palace
by photomayhem

Comment by jwatson:
This is a beautiful picture. Wonderfully composed, excellent color balance, visually pleasing. The trees really make a huge contribution, and take away what would otherwise be a very angular, edgy picture.

Crevice Sunset
by photomayhem

Comment by SandyP:
Ohmygoodness. . . .this is gorgeous! I can just see an inspirational writing along the right side, and this framed into a beautiful matted wall print . . . or on 2nd thought, forget the inspirational writing -- the picture stands by itself and doesn't need ANYTHING. 10

Motherly Love
by photomayhem

Comment by tristalisk:
Greetings from the critique club!

Initial opinion: aww how nice...4.8783! what the....

Does it meet the challenge: I must admit that it is very weak in the brokeh catagory. Whaile the brokeh is there it's not very strong. I feel that in good brokeh the chakground would be almost unidentifiable yet hint at what it might be. While out of focus I can still clearly tell that they are cabinets with bottles plates and some christas style flowers on the counter. I feel this might have a bit to do with such a strong and wonderfull image scoring so low.

Lighting: I realy like the lighting. The flesh tones are very rich and full of life. The slight shadows dancing around the face are also very well done.

Focus; he he focus on a Brokeh photo..almost a funny catagory. But still necessary. I feel the the two main characters are focused very nicely. I think that the soft focus works very well on them and I would not change a thing here. As I stated earlier however, the backgound could use a little less focus.

Back ground: Perhaps if this had been shot in front of a less identifiable back ground it would have done better. I personaly would like to have seen this shot in front of some fall colored trees, some reeds, or somthing of the sort. Another option that might work well is to cop this image a little tighter. Perhaps right along the bottom of the glass in the cabinets.

Overall: I realy like this shot. I feel that with the back ground fixed and peoples phobia to pictures of peoples childen, this could have easily been a contender for a ribbon. This in my opinion is a great example of a family shot that you can enjoy even if you don't know the family. I don't remeber what I scored this shot in the challenge. But I would score it about a 7 now. If the background was more brokeh. I would easily say an 8 or 9. This is a wonderfull and well exicuted shot in my opinion. So keep up the great work, and I hope you have better luck in future challenges.

Tristalisk

Harry Potter
by photomayhem

Comment by dbush:
There's another one similar but this one is harryer! Funny but not the greatest set up since that is a terra cotta pot.