Where At Least I Know I'm Free
by ShannonLee

Comment by Jammur:
2nd look - Need more than a flag to make national pride...5

Where At Least I Know I'm Free
by ShannonLee

Comment by vtruan:
nice shot and subject

Where At Least I Know I'm Free
by ShannonLee

Comment by meow:
The ribbon on the pole is alittle distracting,but the colors are beautiful and the wave of the flag is in a great position.

Where At Least I Know I'm Free
by ShannonLee

Comment by loseme:
Nice image. Great time of day.

Bulk Beans
by ShannonLee

Comment by UNCLEBRO:
would probably be more effective without the stair rails in the picture.

Bulk Beans
by ShannonLee

Comment by phinz12398:
Like the contrast.

Bulk Beans
by ShannonLee

Comment by maigurl:
kind of makes me think about not drinking coffee..

Do Your Thing
by ShannonLee

Comment by LoudDog:
Greetings from the Critique Club Shannon.

The first thing I notice when I look at your image is that great blue sky. The second thing I notice is the dull, drab concrete wall. If I were taking this, the guy would be on the bottom left of the photo and I̢۪d take it from a few steps to your left. This gives the guy a little angle so you get more of a side view of his face looking out, gives you a lot more of that great blue sky and makes it fit the rule of thirds. It makes the image more about the sky, and oh yeah there is a guy singing in the corner. Maybe? Straight on and centered usually is not going to be the best option. A touch of neat image to clean the noise in the sky would help too.
It̢۪s still a good image as is, and looking at your other submissions I think you have a real good eye. I expect to see some real great stuff from you in the future!

Bulk Beans
by ShannonLee

Comment by metoecus:
This looks like it was taken in someone's home. Unless this person supplys a local coffee shop, buying even one of these bags is a strong indication that they have a problem.

On a technical note, this seems to have been taken using a flash, which has thoroughly overexposed the banisters, walls and stairs. The composition isn't interesting, and if not for the word "coffee" printed on one of the sacks it wouldn't even seem relevant to the challenge (and even at that, this doesn't seem to involve a coffee shop). Assuming that at least one of these bags contains coffee beans, a much more interesting image could have been produced by impressing the viewer with the sheer quantity of beans (a surface covered with coffee beans interrupted by a hand reaching out from underneath with a full cup, a broken piggy bank with beans spilling out, etc.).

Bulk Beans
by ShannonLee

Comment by erschmitt:
just seems booring, staircase highlights don't help, needs something to draw me in.