Lamp and Shadows
by Zed Pobre

Comment by Zed Pobre:
Whee, an image that got nearly uniformly positive comments, and tanked. :)

Oh well. I knew this wasn't the most compelling of my images, but I thought the wood texture and shadows, both off the lamp and off the leaves, would bring it up some.

I had an alternate shot that emphasized the green shadows, but suffered from a few minor but visible technical flaws that I expected would get it hammered even worse, so I went with the cleaner, but less interesting shot. I guess it wasn't interesting enough. I'll try to write up a post-mortem a bit faster than my last one.

40mm Forehand
by Zed Pobre

Comment by Zed Pobre:
Thanks, John. I chose that subject and idea with great deliberation and great hopes, however. That's a tense action shot, since a ball bouncing that high is about to get clobbered. :)

I've put up my post-mortem thread in the Challenge Results forum.

Lamp and Shadows
by Zed Pobre

Comment by Kathy:
You should never center the main image. EXCEPT in this case! Lovely. 9

40mm Forehand
by Zed Pobre

Comment by jmsetzler:
Greetings from the Critique Club...

Hi Zed...

This photo is a good example of execution of an interesting technique. I think you did that part well, and it was probably difficult to achieve. Practicing and learning controlled environment techniques is very important in the greater scheme of things. It will teach you a lot. However, the best technique in the world doesn't create great photographs all the time. You choice of subject and idea still plays an important role. I believe this photo suffered that fate in the challenge. The viewer wasn't interested in what you were showing.

Better luck next time and keep up the good work :)

John Setzler

Lamp and Shadows
by Zed Pobre

Comment by hopnjohn:
Nice symmetry

Lamp and Shadows
by Zed Pobre

Comment by skylen:
I think this is a nice study of light and shadow and texture. Mysterious and interesting.

Lamp and Shadows
by Zed Pobre

Comment by phreakon:
Nice job on the lighting, and cropping, though I'm not entirely crazy about the subject.

Lamp and Shadows
by Zed Pobre

Comment by LevT:
nice exposure

Lamp and Shadows
by Zed Pobre

Comment by barbaraanne:
i think it might have looked better in potrait format, but i like the lines of the photo

Lamp and Shadows
by Zed Pobre

Comment by Stagolee:
nice simple image that is crisp and sharp, good luck