Stayed Home
by mcrael

Comment by catpixel:
very clear and crisp. a solid 7

Stayed Home
by mcrael

Comment by louis1470:
westfalias rule, I've got a '78 myself. Put a tarp over it!!! :)

A Study in Fours
by mcrael

Comment by PTLParsons:
I like the way you arranged the tape measure. Much thought went into it. Keeps it from being just another shot of a measureing device. Looks very good with the black background. Very clear, and easy to read. Good cropping. Can't see anything to really complain about or nitpick at. Darn. Guess you'll get a 9. PTL (doesn't have "wow" for me for a 10.)

A Study in Fours
by mcrael

Comment by Dez:
You should have wound the tape a little further so you didn't see the 39 on the left and did see the 49 on the right!

A Study in Fours
by mcrael

Comment by catpixel:
Very graceful composition, nice lighting. 9

A Study in Fours
by mcrael

Comment by brandonarbini:
Well, then I give it a four!

Why you.....!!!! Bite me, will you?
by mcrael

Comment by timj351:
After I saw the image and what camera you used my question is why Automatic mode? It is a pretty fun picture as it is and I am sure you are enjoying it. I know these kinds of images are extremely tough. I've taken quite a few myself of my dog playing with my sister's dog. My preference is normally to not use the burst mode because I usually miss something good in the 7 or 8 seconds the camera takes to process the images. I'm finding that I am having better success by manually focussing at a distance that is close enough to keep the dogs tight in the frame, setting the camera to shutter priority at a very fast speed like from 1/250 to 1/500 while trying to keep the aperture somewhere towards a small size to try to maintain some DOF to work with, and then running around like crazy staying as low to the ground as I can trying to capture one quick shot at a time. As long as I stay at a consistent distance from the dogs the focus should be good and I should be able to take quick photos. It does take lots of practice and there certainly is nothing wrong with using the burst mode. It looks like you needed to crop the photo quite a bit to fill the frame. This is evidenced by the level of softness as well the pronounced haloeing around the darker edges. I think it captures a sense of motion very well and I don't think that all images need to have motion blur to show motion. While I often prefer a real tight crop to my images, in this photo I prefer to see the background because it is interesting as well and serves to place the dogs in their environment. It's part of the story. However I dont like how the yellow dog is crowding the right edge, there needs to be more room on that edge. It can also use a little more punch by increasing the black level slightly more and increasing the saturation a little bit. While it can use some improvement technically it is still a nice photo that is a pleasure to look at. Good job.

Tim Jensen

A Job Interview's Competency Test
by mcrael

Comment by Jacko:
Not sure what to make of this. Made me look at it for over a minute so I'll give you an 8. Jacko.

A Job Interview's Competency Test
by mcrael

Comment by GinaRothfels:
Love this idea!

A Job Interview's Competency Test
by mcrael

Comment by justine:
LOL fantastic. Love your creative mind.......LOLROFLOL Fun shot. Good light, color, composition.