Yellow Callas
by shanksware

Comment by KarenNfld:
Beautiful, perfect lighting.

Yellow Callas
by shanksware

Comment by hotpasta:
beautiful shot against the black...well done

The Regal
by shanksware

Comment by Makka:
* Greetings from the Critique Club *

Hi Tony. Well, I'm going to have to agree with some of the comments you received as well as probably a lot of voters. It just looks a bit wierd without the bottom half of the theatre. I would of loved to have seen what was at pavement level. Damn cars!

But, would those cars of 'added' to the photo as well? Without knowing the place of your subject, it's hard for me to tell if you are located directly out the front of the theatre or across the street so I can't really say what the situation was. It's a shame because I love everything else about this photo.

The colours coming from the neon lights are captured really well and the focus looks good. I may of preferred a little less space at the top of the photo?

All up, I feel I'm looking at only half of the photo. As I mentioned, without knowing the situation it's hard for me to say how much better it would of looked or not. I'm sure you had your reasons for framing as you did.

You've had some fantastic scores so far this year. Well done. Keep it up and best of luck with future challenges.

Neil

Nightbulb II ... scalvert
by shanksware

Comment by beaflies:
Really nice job on a very difficult image!

Nightbulb II ... scalvert
by shanksware

Comment by scalvert:
Heh, people say it's so easy to use a monitor background, and now you know better, huh? The trick to the color is to concentrate on the hand ONLY. The monitor image will appear blue, but you can desaturate the blue channel to almost-gray and still get a realistic moon without affecting the hand at all.

Looks like you had trouble with scan lines, too- they were in many of my outtakes. The color of your hand looks really weird to me, and the glow seems confined, but I think you got a better bulb shape than I did. I'm glad someone tried one of my shots. Nice job! Interestingly, I got FAR more votes below 5 than you did. :-/

LensBaby Blue
by shanksware

Comment by KarenNfld:
Really nice!!

LensBaby Blue
by shanksware

Comment by yanko:
Interesting.

LensBaby Blue
by shanksware

Comment by darksky:
mellow

Splash
by shanksware

Comment by mosall:
Nice moment. I feel the image, overall, could be sharper. The exposure feels about 1/2 stop over.

Nightbulb II ... scalvert
by shanksware

Comment by Tallbloke:
Very very well done. Looking forward to your notes post challenge to see if you copied Scalvert's method?