Three Brothers
by davidus428

Comment by Jutilda:
Nice composition. I like the strong use of blue.

Three Brothers
by davidus428

Comment by hotpasta:
love this

Two-Inch Bug!
by davidus428

Comment by Neuferland:
I'll have to take your word for that since there is nothing to compare him too, LOL. I hate these things, they just freak me out for some reason. Nice focus on the bug though but the crop seems to leave the shot just a tad unbalance, not quite on the thirds or centered and the wall has a shadow in the lower left corner that's a bit distracting. A nice shot but nothing to really wow me, maybe a different post process with a different crop could really make this picture stand out. As is a 5

Two-Inch Bug!
by davidus428

Comment by saracat:
Nice use of negative space. Interesting bug.

Two-Inch Bug!
by davidus428

Comment by CNovack:
Yellow is bright and bold but there is too much 'empty space' that adds nothing to the composition. Minimilistic it maybe but either the colors on the bug would have to really pop off of the background (which in the current state they do not) or a square crop would do better to improve the composition. If I am not mistaken, I think that this particuliar insect has a greenish/yellow cast to it's beetle shell. Bringing out/capturing that color in the beetle (and I think I have seen this bug at museums before and they have this lovely greenish/yellow sheen to them) would really make it a lovely focal point on this vibrant yellow background.

Two-Inch Bug!
by davidus428

Comment by Cyndane:
Two Inch Bugs should be outlawed, ugh. :) I like how there's not a ton of definition on it, but the yellow wall casts enough color to make him kinda glow.

Planting Rice
by davidus428

Comment by sfalice:
Greetings from the Critique Club

What an interesting country you live in. This rice field picture gives great clues to the agricultural area where you shot it. Unfortunately, for the viewer, they are just clues.

I'd suggest moving in very close to some of the action. In moving your image around on my screen, I find an interesting composition in the lower right corner: the three clustered people and the three people standing behind them. I wonder if, with that nice 200mm lens of yours, it would have been possible to isolate them and their activity. Of course, you could have been too far away, and certainly you can't go back to try again. I'm just bringing out the idea of trying to present the most important and easiest to understand part of the story.

But, after checking over your portfolio and looking at some of your amazing close-up work, I realize you know all this, and certainly your competency with a camera is right up there.

So about all I can say, is continue to enjoy your DPC experience and I'll look forward to seeing more of your very nice images.

Arch-shaped Blooms
by davidus428

Comment by Sunshine86:
This is awesome ! :)

Planting Rice
by davidus428

Comment by elee3009:
This is one of those photos where size counts and here at DPC challenge, it's probably not placed at an advantage. Would have loved to see the details. As is, I can only vote based on what I can tell. 5.

What Would I Be Someday
by davidus428

Comment by davidus428:
hope to learn to post process photos like this one.

Message edited by author 2006-02-01 09:51:14.