Playing with marbles!
by Rfarias

Comment by RiderGal:
Critique Club
This is a pretty cool picture, because when I first saw it I thought it was pool balls. I really like the large marbles, whether that is done with macro, or they really are larger.

Composition - Nice job with your composition, I like the fact that you don't have the cluster of marbles centered, but off to the side. I might have tried cropping just a little more to bring your focus more onto the marbles.

Exposure - Good exposure, no complaints here.

Color - excellent use of color which really makes this photo eyecatching

Focus - excellent focus on the marble that is at a standstill. Very nice job with that!

Background - the background is the low point for me on this picture. I think it would have looked better with a solid background. Also there are dust and scratches all over the background, which is destracting.

Fit for challenge - perfect, really shows motion! You have the stand still and the ones in movement, I think it's an excellent picture for the challenge.

Lighting - the lighting could have been slightly different as there is a severe hot spots on the marble standing still. Also not sure if this is purposeful or not, but the right side is much darker then the left.

Wowability - pretty cool... makes you wonder what happened in the game.

Final comments - very nice job, I personally would have you placed higher in this competition. but great job on meeting the challenge and getting a pretty good picture at the same time!

So Close, So Far Away
by Rfarias

Comment by lisae:
Interesting. The overexposed, contrasty rocks and vivid colours give this photo a real sense of drama. It mostly works... it just seems a tiny bit overdone. Too garish.

So Close, So Far Away
by Rfarias

Comment by jkiolbasa:
Looks like a good climb, so maybe not untouched, but I get the idea. Funny colors in the picture, though.

So Close, So Far Away
by Rfarias

Comment by HBunch:
The sky is a very pretty blue. The rock though is strange to me. I am not so sure I like the very very dark shadow in the center of the photo. There really isn't anything to help us judge size on these either. I know with nature objects, it's often difficult to do that though. The colors in the shot are nice. Focus and clarity seem good too. Good luck in the challenge.

So Close, So Far Away
by Rfarias

Comment by alanfreed:
The orange colors look to me as though they were brought out a little unnaturally far, but it's a neat shot with quite a sky :)

So Close, So Far Away
by Rfarias

Comment by Harz_Joerg:
I have problems with the coloration: the rock looks like it's bleeding.
I like the strong contrast of the left rock from its sunny side to the dark side.

So Close, So Far Away
by Rfarias

Comment by Froober:
I really like this. Interesting composition and textures. I love pushing colors in photos...but i think you may have gone a tad far with the blue here. Maybe you could post the original after Sunday..I'd love to see the unaltered image :)

So Close, So Far Away
by Rfarias

Comment by joanns:
I can't imagine that this rock is naturally this red. The sky looks artificial too. Really interesting rock formation but I would have liked a more natural look, especially for this challenge.

So Close, So Far Away
by Rfarias

Comment by Swashbuckler:
Cool coloration, were the rocks really THIS red? Strong blue sky! 8 Swash

So Close, So Far Away
by Rfarias

Comment by connie:
Wow! This is cool. Nice job!