Head Above Water
by gerard

Comment by macox:
hey a galllelo (sp?) thermometer nice colors and reflections but you have a few smudges on the top an 8

Head Above Water
by gerard

Comment by ellamay:
a bit too busy for my liking, but what do i know

Rainbow Refractions
by gerard

Comment by jmsetzler:
Greetings from the Critique Club :)

Hi Gerard...

Your color in this shot is phenomenal and the color against the white has great effect also. That creates some stark contrast that enhances your color very well. The image also has an excellent abstract quailty to it while not totally alienating the viewer with some object that is unidentifiable.

The diagonal composition also works very well.. I'm glad you did not decide to compose it in such a way that the thermomenter exited the frame in both corners...

I have no suggestions for improvement on this photo... I like it just the way it is... excellent work :)

Keep it up :)

John Setzler

Rainbow Refractions
by gerard

Comment by gerard:
Thanks for all the comments! I thought of using the Galileo themometer (again) for this challenge, since there are so many great colours in it. I also thought I could do something creative with light, liquid and glass.

At first I had planned to have the thermometer in the upper third with the light shining through making a coloured shadow. After a bit of experimentation, I took this shot without a tripod from an overhead angle so that the coloured shadows were restricted to behind the glass itself.

I did think of coming in closer and reducing the white space, but I wanted to show the range of colours from red to blue.

This was photographed outside with just bright sunlight.

I used unsharp mask on the final image and tweaked the levels a little to even out the white background, though at the expense of losing a little detail in the white highlights.

Message edited by author 2003-04-15 15:31:18.

Rainbow Refractions
by gerard

Comment by loz1:
I like this shot :) Really simple, great macro, wonderful colors. I love the white backdround choice.

Pylon
by gerard

Comment by shareinnc:
Hello from the critique club :)

I like the symmetry of the shapes in this shot. The only problem with the shapes is that it pulls my eyes from one place to another. There seems to be no firm focal point.

The photo itself is a bit on the dark side as well.

Overall, however, I believe this was one of the better shots of the symmetry challenge. It met the challenge and did so with obvious talent.

Rainbow Refractions
by gerard

Comment by tecent642:
very nice. i like... what is it and how did you do it.

Rainbow Refractions
by gerard

Comment by wewillexplore:
I think it's the reflections on the bottom of this shot that keep it from doing the colors any justice. I like the composition, though I wish you could see the red a bit more (maybe flip the whole thing around?).

Rainbow Refractions
by gerard

Comment by BigHusker001:
Nice oringional subject in this challenge. The colors are vivid and subject is nicely focused.

Rainbow Refractions
by gerard

Comment by chickadee:
That looks cool.