Sunny Side Up
by DougPaz

Comment by goodtempo:
interesting photograph. the apparent motion makes it look like the egg flipper may have been angry and was slamming the egg down into the pan. the oil bottles help set the scene. the bluish purple under the pan looks surreal. nice shot.

Christmas Apple
by DougPaz

Comment by shutterfly:
very festive and neat idea.

Christmas Apple
by DougPaz

Comment by jenarom:
Very nice composition. Focus is great. Good luck.

Christmas Apple
by DougPaz

Comment by Swashbuckler:
Very original idea! Question, why didn't you continue the striping the whole way around the apple? (maybe because it wouldn't hold together like that?) Good focus, color, etc. How about an 8? Swash

Christmas Apple
by DougPaz

Comment by Sonifo:
I am guessing, but I think this took a lot of work. And you did a fine job. Nice framing and very festive looking.

Sunny Side Up
by DougPaz

Comment by ChrisW123:
Wow, that is COOL. Good job!!

Blue Genes
by DougPaz

Comment by jmsetzler:
Greetings from the Critique Club :)

Doug,

I have read through the comments you received here. I agree with a large part of it. Especially the comment about the skin color clashing harshly with the color of the shirt. If *I* was doing this particular shot, I would have attempted two compositional changes... 1) I would have washed out the background completely. It's not adding any impact to the photo and could be considered distracting. 2) I would have shot from a portrait orientation rather than landscape to fully frame the midsection of your model.

I'm not sure how to quantify the comments you have received on grain... I have the 707 and I haven't had much problem with grain, especially at ISO 100 and short shutter speeds. I think this particular shot (done at 1/40") could have been slightly improved with the saturation at a slightly slower shutter speed... maybe 1/30". I have never tried photographing in black light before and I'm not sure how the camera registers that so I can't really comment intelligently on it...

Also, for the purpose of the Critique Club critiques, I would have included the detail about how you did this shot. If it's a black light, I would have mentioned that in your description :)

Now... knowing how *I* am, let me tell you what I would have attempted here... I think you could have made a quite powerful 'nude' out of this by turning your model around and photographing her back side with her hands clasped in some way behind her back... the black light effect could have been quite interesting in that mode... You could have removed the clothing that is creating the color clash that has already been mentioned. Your wife has a nice figure, but I'm not sure how open she is to doing that type of photography with you.

Keep up the good work :)

John Setzler

Christmas Apple
by DougPaz

Comment by carsten:
Here´s a great job. Good colours, focus, lighting and background. The border is a little thick for my taste. I had probably mad it dark gray and 4-5 pixels. But this is a matter of taste. Overall a nice photo that could be a nice poster. (7)
Sorry I have to come in here again. I´m looking at it for the 10th time and now I have made up my mind. I have to change my score from (7) to (8). I really can´t say why it´s not higher - it has something to do with the cropping (framing). Sorry for not being able to be more precise. (final-8)

Christmas Apple
by DougPaz

Comment by tjuneau13:
This is cute. I would like to see a bit more room on the right side so it was equal to the left. A little more detail on the berries would also be good they seem a bit blurred. = 7

Christmas Apple
by DougPaz

Comment by kathleenm:
This is very nitpicky, but I'd like to see either burgandy (the peels) or red (the berries). A very clever idea, though. 7