Setting up for a night in the city
by polkop

Comment by talmy:
It's got lots of color, but little else.

spining lights
by polkop

Comment by joycobb:
I admit...my eight-year-old daughter and I caught the spelling mistake. We were wondering if it was a special kind of light CALLED a "spining" light? LOL I scored it on the low side, too...also because it didn't seem to have sharp focus, and I prefer more natural images over "abstract"-type photos. Just personal preference, polkop...and spelling mistakes bug me a bit. I see you spelled it right in your comments. ;)

spining lights
by polkop

Comment by Xilebo:
For what it's worth; People tend to punish those who make a mistake in spelling..spining instead of spinning could hav put people off the photo. I scored this rather low because I thought a pattern was not the really displayed but a spinning light and I wasn't sure what to think of the focus or lack thereof. I did like the colors though. Remember also that people only give themselves a few seconds to score each image and any little flaw will make people go for the lower numbers....looking at the voting breakdown, you will see it's a very typical curve and 5+ is an average score, not bad..

spining lights
by polkop

Comment by Sunshine86:
I gave you an 8. i really like the colors, the subject position, and the pattern that was left in the picture. I think one of the main reasons it may have been scored lower then IMO it deserved was here at DPC if you get too creative you get knocked for it. Check over the previous ribbon winners. You will see MANY photos that are very similar for the top 3 ribbons... People are stuck on what they like. But great photo, I really like it.

Setting up for a night in the city
by polkop

Comment by deli:
colors are nice, but it's hard to really see what's going on here.

spining lights
by polkop

Comment by polkop:
thanks for a nice helpful comment:)

Originally posted by macrothing: I gave this a 4. There was a pattern there but in my opinion the colors were too harsh (ie: contrast/etc) and the pattern a bit too 'busy', especially for the composition. Also 640 width (height too perhaps) may have helped this, again, with a slightly different composition, depending of course what you had to work with.

Message edited by author 2006-01-04 09:40:22.

spining lights
by polkop

Comment by macrothing:
I gave this a 4. There was a pattern there but in my opinion the colors were too harsh (ie: contrast/etc) and the pattern a bit too 'busy', especially for the composition. Also 640 width (height too perhaps) may have helped this, again, with a slightly different composition, depending of course what you had to work with.

dodge.jpg
by polkop

Comment by hutch699:
I like this one much better, I can see the sign more clearly and it allows it to pop out at you

spining lights
by polkop

Comment by sherpet:
Fluro circular patterns...........................

fung.jpg
by polkop

Comment by polkop:
same again with this one :( computer had to be formatted and I had no way of storing the orig photo so I salvaged it from an email I sent this was taken in the early days of my photography and I sent emails in alot smaller size as I did not know how to ps that well.