Foreign Exchange
by colourBlind

Comment by smilebig4me1x:
my goal is to comment on every photo in this challenge..heres urs..good luck..great macro and sharp focus

Foreign Exchange
by colourBlind

Comment by Netwalker100:
shadows distract a little

Foreign Exchange
by colourBlind

Comment by aimee_skittles:
The variety in the type and color of coin really adds to the image. Good sharpness.

Foreign Exchange
by colourBlind

Comment by Lustre:
Nice variety of colours and designs

Foreign Exchange
by colourBlind

Comment by kitchwitch2:
Nice color and texture. Good lighting. Just doesn't make me think metal, otherwise it's a wonderful photo.

Foreign Exchange
by colourBlind

Comment by DebN2003:
Beautiful light. Good color balance and composition Great DOF. The texture pops out. -- 10

Foreign Exchange
by colourBlind

Comment by Nitrox:
Nice shot. Your lighting seems to be casting an odd shadow though. 7

Solitude in Blue
by colourBlind

Comment by blad:
L Love the colors. superb graphic qualities. Great comp.Good Luck!

Solitude in Blue
by colourBlind

Comment by Artifacts:
A simply wonderfully beautiful composition. The blues are great. The lines generated by the blinds are terrific. You have an eye for a great capture.

It is unfortunate that some, perhaps even many, voters will have a tough time relating it to the darkness challenge topic and will vote it accordingly.

On the technical side there are only a couple compositional suggestions. I don't know if there is any way you could have changed things so that you could have lighting on the several darkened blinds near the top of the frame but it would have been more uniform and perhaps more balanced if you could.

There is a small dark triangle in the lower left corner of the image. It just feels like there should be more of it or that it be cropped out of the final image entirely. If you cropped it out completely just above where it hits the rocker shadow it would give much better balence to the bottom of the frame. If you included more of it then it might be best to extend it all the way to the rightmost corner. Whichever way looks best would work.

Kudos to you for a terrific image.

Solitude in Blue
by colourBlind

Comment by jimmsp:
Most creative of the bunch. Composition and technical execution are excellent. 9