Star Gate Summoner
by Phocal

Comment by jomari:
Beautifully done.

Fire Summoner
by Phocal

Comment by sidpixel:
Hello from the critique club

An appealing image that contributes well to the challenge

As I scrolled down this image you were the last person I expected this entry from, as you say, this is not your normal genre. You’ve made a great job of it Ronnie, the strong colours are a very dynamic backdrop to your very attractive model. I like the rim lighting effect on your model. The whole result is different and appealing it works well.

Fire Summoner
by Phocal

Comment by Kroburg:
I must say I like this one (I gave you a 6). Normally I'm not a big fan of these light painting images, but by zooming in and using that person in the composition it is different from the standard stuff.

Fire Summoner
by Phocal

Comment by Kodak:
Wow, Great Shot. I gave a 9

Fire Summoner
by Phocal

Comment by Art Roflmao:
I'll say this, she looks very well groomed. ;-)

Crab Cakes
by Phocal

Comment by snaffles:
Greetings from the Critique Club! I would defintitely say this more than meets the challenge, as wildlife give you very little leeway to get good pics of them. It's minimalistic and as *found* as can get.

Having read your photog's comments, Ronnie, I am even more impressed by this shot - I've also been out at ridiculous hours shooting waterfowl during the wee hours of the morning. Wonderful capture and considering you had to shoot at f8 to optimize this lens, and you got this at only 1/500, helluva good job! Keep that lens handy in the future :-) The low backlight is beautiful, tons of detail on the bird and I never knew til now that there was indeed a crab in the shot. Again incredible detail. And knowing how hard it is to get a shot of wildlife, let alone cooperative wildlife...double kudos to you.

Nitpicks? Hard to find any except maybe clone out that dot of white in the surf and pop the low highlight in the eye, which would probably make it look a tad artificial....nah, just continue doing what you're doing. Looking forward to more entries from you!

Susan

Sharp Dressed Girl
by Phocal

Comment by Art Roflmao:
I really can't tell what she's wearing, but the ominous apparition behind her says I should give this a 7

Being Watched
by Phocal

Comment by Phocal:

Originally posted by primabarbara: One of my friends at my local photographer's group owns an Olympus too. If he joins a lihghtpainting shooting it's so much easier to control the results because he can tell me how the picture evolves while the painting is still in progress. Tanks for showing this wonderful example! On the contrary I use a Fuji camera which is couting the seconds on the display while exposure... so we are kind of a perfect team! I also enjoyed the story why you choose the picture title. I'm always wondering why owners are so nervous about taking pictures... maybe because of the intellectual property of the architect????

Thank you for the comment.

I am not sure what their problem is. When ever I am in the area I always stop by to photograph the building (always have a camera with me)just to get the security guard to come out and tell me I can't. While it's true, the photos can't be used for commercial purposes without owners permission they can be used to sell as prints or enter in photo challenges all you want. What gets me so fired up about Chevron is them having an employee come out and tell you it's illegal to photograph the build and insist you stop doing it. Which is completely false as it's perfectly legal to photograph anything from public property and the sidewalk is public property. I tell them every time to call the police if they feel I am breaking the law or to leave me alone or I will call the police for harassment. I have yet to have them call the police and each time they stop trying to talk with me and just stand there and watch............which makes shooting at night so much safer. When there at night I always thank the employee (who is just doing his job and doesn't want to be out there anyways) for watching after me and making sure I am safe. Will usually tweet a thank you for Chevron being so concerned about my safety that they provide me with a guard.

Crab Cakes
by Phocal

Comment by gintay:
congratulations on your great capture.

Being Watched
by Phocal

Comment by primabarbara:
One of my friends at my local photographer's group owns an Olympus too. If he joins a lihghtpainting shooting it's so much easier to control the results because he can tell me how the picture evolves while the painting is still in progress. Tanks for showing this wonderful example!
On the contrary I use a Fuji camera which is couting the seconds on the display while exposure... so we are kind of a perfect team!

I also enjoyed the story why you choose the picture title.
I'm always wondering why owners are so nervous about taking pictures... maybe because of the intellectual property of the architect????