Got Milk?
by arnit

Comment by Gracious:
Very well done!

Beach Stability
by arnit

Comment by RiderGal:
Critique Club

I see what you were trying to do with the composition here, however I personally don't care for it. I think it might have looked good if you had cropped off right below the second big rock, and I think that for a few reasons, 1) it would have shortened the picture some, not making it so upwards and narrow, 2) I think it would have showed a better balance between the beach, the sea and the sky, as you say it was a small beach, so I would expect to have less of the beach in the photo, to show the balance, this is just personal preference.

I love your use of color here, the sharpness between the beach and the water, and then the subtleness between the water and the sky is very soothing almost.

Your use of DOF is very interesting, I I like how the water and the sky aren't as sharp as the beach, but the bottom part of the beach sort of bothers me, to others this was a plus though, so I guess this is personal preference.

I like your angle here, I think it is very interesting, the way you have the rocks on the ground in the foreground, it really looks like you could walk out into the water :-) I'm not sure if I would classify this as a landscape however, yes there is some land on it, however I think it might have been better for the challenge is you had shot more horizontally instead of vertically.

I am not a big person for a lot of borders, and here I think you definitely overdid it some. It's not good when the border takes your eyes away from the photo, and the bright white of this border, seems to take my eyes, instead of what you want me to look at, the substance of the photo. If any border, I probably would have gone with black, though a good photo like yours shouldn't need an added border.

I think this was a very interesting picture, I think it didn't place as well as you would have liked due to the non-landscape nature of the photo, also the DOF probably was not excepted very well. This is however a beautiful picture in and of itself, and I think that its quite peaceful and lovely. I think you have a nice work of art here that I could easily see hanging on the wall of a beach house :-) Good luck in your next submissions!

-Talya

Living behind the Sign
by arnit

Comment by pikyto:
I like it very much! 9

Living behind the Sign
by arnit

Comment by Kathyc:
Good concept and composition, however, the blur of the sign is distracting. It may have been done deliberately, but it somehow doesn't seem to enhance the overall effect for me.

Got Milk?
by arnit

Comment by Jacko:
Ha ha! NIce spoof. Good job. Jacko. 9

Got Milk?
by arnit

Comment by Patella:
Ripping off your own stuff, huh? Tsk, tsk, tsk. *grin* Nice spread on the milk and the color on the snow is a great complement to the color in the sky. Similar kinds of "nits" to my comment on the last one -- I just don't like where the lines in the background are cutting through your subject. The far mountains are a little too in line with his head and the open space behind him almost "cuts off his head." Silly little things. And since I'm not voting, take them for what they are -- comments of a deranged mind.

Got Milk?
by arnit

Comment by jjbeguin:
17 gallons of milk later?

Got Milk?
by arnit

Comment by maken-waves:
Good pic, I would have left the kid and landscape out. Just focused on the topic and it would have been a 10

Got Milk?
by arnit

Comment by mariomel:
Would you like some toast to go with that milk? Nice shot once again.

Beach Stability
by arnit

Comment by joshua:
this was one of my favorites...arnit you rock