Bridges: Past and Present
by gerard

Comment by Gracious:
Greetings from the CC!
Gerard, what a wonderful subject you chose. I love the juxaposition of old and new. You composed this image well to have the new frame the old.
The lighting is good here, so apparantly you chose the right time of day too, and the reflections work very well, on the new bridge, and the shadows in the water.
Your exposure is right on target. Details are visible, and there are no burned out areas or too dark.
Everything seems very well balanced, and symetric.
That old stone bridge looks very interesting and I bet it has lots of character too. One nitpicky thing is that the old bridge is cut off the top a bit way over in the left hand side. Tilting the camera ever so slightly may have corrected that, but it's no big thing.
This is a fine image with no digital noise, good focus, exposure, composition.
Good work!
Regards,

Grayce

Do you live in Belfast? My husband's neice married a wonderful fellow from Belfast. He lives in the US now, but a lot of his family is back in Ireland.

Tea with Orange
by gerard

Comment by Dustin:
nice pic. good job.

Tea with Orange
by gerard

Comment by pncowley:
Great color... lighting works very well, too.

Tea with Orange
by gerard

Comment by Kavey:
I really love the colours and arrangement here as well as the top-down viewpoint. I find the objects too close to the lower edge of the frame.
I'd either centre them in the space you've used now or, if you want to go for that off centre/ negative space look then I'd prefer the objects a little smaller within the frame, towards the lower left, but still with a wee bit more space below them.
8, Kavey

Tea with Orange
by gerard

Comment by 'Pong:
Good use of contrast colours.

Tea with Orange
by gerard

Comment by Nebularus:
Great contrast of colours and I love the crispness.

Tea with Orange
by gerard

Comment by john22132:
Nice photo. It looks very profesional to me!

Tea with Orange
by gerard

Comment by nitro102:
Excellent photo, it really meets the challenge and I like the colors too!

Tea with Orange
by gerard

Comment by dsidwell:
Stunning and simple. Well composed and interesting. Colors are marvelous. I wish the oranges and whole teapot were as sharp as the teapot's lid. Well done.

Egg on Edge
by gerard

Comment by gerard:
Thanks for the feedback. Yes, the egg has water on it. I was trying to give the impression it was breaking into a sweat while balanced precariously on the edge of the basket. The water would have looked better had it formed beads - I did try, but it didn't work too well.