Trumpting in the Moon
by Anachronite

Comment by goodtempo:
a little too much shadow but a neat idea.

When it Rains, Wear a Raincoat
by Anachronite

Comment by Swashbuckler:
Jeff, you were right, this was on the disgusting side. Last place....now you know what not to do again. How does this fit in with the religious theme we were discussing earlier today?

He's in There
by Anachronite

Comment by kellie:
very nice

When it Rains, Wear a Raincoat
by Anachronite

Comment by Anachronite:
oh and, yes I am embarrassed

When it Rains, Wear a Raincoat
by Anachronite

Comment by Anachronite:
here's a prime example of what not to do... beer and photography don't mix :o(

One Square Meal
by Anachronite

Comment by magnetic9999:
Critique Club

Interesting concept. What would have made the execution better?

Well, the ants and the brown spots on the crouton are really close to the same color. So maybe you needed some lighting angle that would bring the ants out more. Otherwise they are kind of getting lost.

Maybe a dark bg would have worked better. More contrast.

Your shot is grainy. Which doesn't make sense because the DSC-85 is a really nice camera. Is this a tiny crop? Could you have gotten closer and cropped less? What would a shot looked like of one of the corners with an ant HUGE?

I like your suggestion about a penny for scale. Definitely would have tied it into 'real life' better.

I personally would also have probably shot it from a 'weirder' angle. I would have taken out of the box the absolutely squarest most perfect crouton in there, so the geometry would be impossible to miss. Maybe even gone in closer on an ant.

Cats Eye
by Anachronite

Comment by vboo:
I like it.

When it Rains, Wear a Raincoat
by Anachronite

Comment by lisae:
Crude... you could have made a much better photo out of an idea like this :P. Try a white background next time.

Eternal Doorway
by Anachronite

Comment by Azrifel:
~~~~Critique Club Comment~~~~

Composition (content)
Very cool effects here and a composition where centering it works because of the great balance between left and right.
The effect of the blue lamp is great and it is wonderful to see how it seems to throw some blue illumination on the arch and door. The yellow/gold on the hinges pull back the attention to the door. Good job.

The situation doesn't seem level with the horizon. It could possibly benefit from a small rotation to the right. In PS you could use the ruler to decide between which points the horizon should be and level it with arbitrary rotation.

The photo shows distortion (The right and left wall tilt into the picture) caused by using a wideangle lens from closeby. I don't criticise what you did, because I think it looks pretty cool, but when you wan't to avoid that distortion there are two options (three when you count in perspective control lenses) that might work.
1) Stand back and zoom in
2) Try to get the lens at the same height as the center spot of your photo

Camera Work (Technical)
Good focus and sharpness, altough some of the details have been lost in the resampling proces.
When you had trouble with motion blur/camera shake at 1/20s try aperture priority next time with an aperture of F5.6 or F4. The situation doesn't really need the wide dof of F8. F5.6 will get you a shutter of 1/40s and F4 1/80s.

Digital Processing (technical)
No further comments.

My opinion
The most beautiful part is the arch with the lamp. Just a crop of that would be awesome but not suitable for this challenge.

Cats Eye
by Anachronite

Comment by Gracechild7:
Great composition. This photo has tons of potential, but it has this noise/grainyness that really takes away from it...