Stone steps
by Melethia

Comment by kirsty_mcn:
This is lovely work. I wonder if a tad more contrast in the darker tones would make the colours a little richer?

Stone steps
by Melethia

Comment by Germaine:
Beautiful colors and textures. I love the pink stone.

Three generations
by Melethia

Comment by island_girl1:
a very fitting title.

"Crying, Waiting, Hoping"
by Melethia

Comment by train:
A wonderful capture of a difficult subject
Well done

Joe's Fruit and Vegetables
by Melethia

Comment by owen:
Great use of wide angle. Your contrast and saturation is spot on. Great colours and composition, the low angle looks good.

Cat on Glass
by Melethia

Comment by kirsty_mcn:
A flower and a cat on consecutive entries! :-o How unlike you! hehe

Not bad for a having-a-laugh entry, and certainly a good idea. I have to admit I don't like the distracting elements of the composition, although I expect some are needed to give context to the cat. I don't mind the blown highlights immediately, but after a couple of minutes the chest is a little overpowering :P
I do, however, really like the high-key effect on the face (especially with subtly coloured eyes, but because of the composition this doesn't leap out at you.

I admire your courage for entering a cat photo! j/k, but I do genuinely respect the attitude of not worrying about scores all the time. Reading through the during-challenge comments, it seems as though it certainly went down well. Heck, I'm chuffed if I get favourites on the best of my entries lol. Keep having fun, I say (but don't stop the awesome studies I love so much!)

Lily
by Melethia

Comment by kirsty_mcn:
Again, apologies for the delay

I like how you have the one flower peering right out at you; this seems to give it some "character". The composition works well with the flowers on the left hand side, and the supporting bokeh on the right, Also, the bokeh matches well with the positioning of the 3 main flowers, and the just-visible background stem echos the stem of the main lilies.
I guess there are SO many flower shots around that it doesn't jump out at you, and I don't really think it would have scored much beyond 5.5 even though it is compositionally etc very good - it just doesnt have enough of the punch/originality/whatever that flowers need to do well here (especially alongside >400 entries!)

more typos!

Message edited by author 2006-07-08 18:20:15.

Fog, lights
by Melethia

Comment by kirsty_mcn:
Hey, sorry this is so late I've got SO behind with critiques.

I have mixed feelings about this one. It really meets the challenge well, but as an image I'm in two minds about it. I do like the sense of desolation that is definitely achieved, but there seems to be just a bit too much flat gray. Maybe a slight cool tone would have avoided this, and/or slight burning to vignette the b/g a little.
I think the composition does work well, but I think I personally would have tried a perspective looking down the street with the lights on the left, fading away (if the surroundings allowed it of course). Its just that the perspective on the streetlights seems to lead out of the frame rather than into it.

typos

Message edited by author 2006-07-08 18:04:42.

Cat on Glass
by Melethia

Comment by timfythetoo:
Trading Post -
I stil lstand by my original comments but figured I would let you know that I scored this a 7 in challenge. The perspective and humor bumped it past the technical issues that the shot may have had. Me personally I like a good cat shot.

Corner posts
by Melethia

Comment by Kemptonreporter:
We won't see clouds like that until October (South Africa's winter right now). Sigh. I miss them.