6 Metal Strings of Life
by herculesksp

Comment by BMacD:
Interesting shot. Found the DOF distracting. Nothing really in focus

6 Metal Strings of Life
by herculesksp

Comment by Minstrel:
you captured this shot quite well.

6 Metal Strings of Life
by herculesksp

Comment by DeniseBernadette:
Interesting angle. I think it would have been better if a bit more of the strings had been in focus.

6 Metal Strings of Life
by herculesksp

Comment by Man_Called_Horse:
we all know its a "metal" challenge, why not just say "6 Strings of Life", if gives it a differant perspective, and makes the titleing stronger.

Nice lines, nice comp, blacks good, whites need a bit more work, just ok overall.

6 Metal Strings of Life
by herculesksp

Comment by smilebig4me1x:
my goal is to comment on every photo in this challenge..heres urs..good luck..DOF seems a bit to shallow for me..my eyes wanted to follow the wires thru the photo

6 Metal Strings of Life
by herculesksp

Comment by Jutilda:
Love this. Sepia is the perfect tone. 8

Where there is Darkness, there is Light.
by herculesksp

Comment by RonBeam:
Do not like the lines of the plastic furniture, but I sure like everything else about this simple, but effective composition. The movement of the drape is so effective as a suggestion that the light is pushing its way into the room. The slivers of light forming an arrow pointing to the light's origin is genius, if intentional. If you had paid more attention to the setup in the darker portions of the frame as you did to the lighted part, this would have been a top 3 for me. As is, it is one of my top ten favorites for this week.

Where there is Darkness, there is Light.
by herculesksp

Comment by trimmer:
Like the motion.

Where there is Darkness, there is Light.
by herculesksp

Comment by Artifacts:
The idea is good, especially with the movement of the drapes and the shadow lines in the room.

A photograph is like a well written novel. Pictures should only contain items that support the central theme of the image like text supports the storyline of the novel. If there is storylines that go nowhere or do not tie back with the main story then the novel is not very good.

The same is true of a photograph. In photography elemets that do not support the theme of the image are called distractions and there are several in this image that will cause it to get a lower score.

The electrical wires and whatnot on the wall on the right is a major distraction and so is the television set in the background. The things above the drapery on the far wall do not add to the composition at all. A viewer may wonder what purpose the chairs serve and why is there a blue one in the middle. They will also wonder what the furniture half hidden in the background is for. All this distracts the viewer from your wonderful shadow lines.

This requires some work but you could improve this image dramatically by removing all the distractions from the room and take EXACTLY the same picture. Only this one would be a minimalist interpretation of your theme.

In that picture you would remove all the furniture, the electrical plugin thing on the wall, the TV and chairs and the whatever it is above the far drape. If you cropped out the door on the left so that only the flowing drape can be seen and cropped out the edge of the wall on the right you would have a much improved photograph that viewers will easily understand and score much better.

Where there is Darkness, there is Light.
by herculesksp

Comment by LoudDog:
Very busy, too many distractions.