Right before my best buddy's head fell off for Makro III
by Harz_Joerg

Comment by TooCool:
From the Critique Club

This is a very unique shot for the challenge. I love the use of the mirror that gives an effect similar to a wide angle lens. The focal point and DOF are dead on. Combining with the fish eye effect, this gives an almost dreamlike feel!

There are a couple of nit picky minor things compositionaly that I don't like. There is some kind of artifact on the lower left curve of the mirror that is a touch distracting. The image isn't cropped evenly on the left and right in relation to the circle of the mirror.

I know some people may not have liked the added elements (tissues and filter), but I think that they only add to the illusion of someone working hard to get the 'perfect macro' shot!

Nice job
TC

Right before my best buddy's head fell off for Makro III
by Harz_Joerg

Comment by Jacko:
This is too funny. Very creative!!! thanks for the chuckles.

Right before my best buddy's head fell off for Makro III
by Harz_Joerg

Comment by Sonifo:
hahahahaha...this is great! Great point of view. Should have done better.

Romanic Architecture of the 11th Century
by Harz_Joerg

Comment by nephrotic:
Lovely muted colours, white whites and black blacks. The only thing that distracts me is the top left corner. It may look less intrusive if the left side was cropped out. It would mean losing a column but would balance the picture (I think)

Romanic Architecture of the 11th Century
by Harz_Joerg

Comment by vtruan:
Great dof and texture.

Romanic Architecture of the 11th Century
by Harz_Joerg

Comment by inspzil:
I could see this subject in NG. But I don't think it would be like this. The lighting here is too flat. It needs some drama with the lighting, maybe like dawn or dusk lighting which would give it warmer colors and a lot more depth. I think this lighting has flattened this image out a lot and it doesn't have to be this way.

Romanic Architecture of the 11th Century
by Harz_Joerg

Comment by La-Luna:
Gorgeous choice for a NG photography. I like the angle and the perspective of the archs. Good luck in the challenge!

Romanic Architecture of the 11th Century
by Harz_Joerg

Comment by pitsaman:
Nice shot for B/W,9 from me!

Romanic Architecture of the 11th Century
by Harz_Joerg

Comment by adine:
Careful composition - the lines all come together nicely. I like the patterns and colors of the columns. Lacks a point of interest - a person peeking from behind a column, or sitting with legs dangling... something to catch your eye, break up the regularity of the lines.

Right before my best buddy's head fell off for Makro III
by Harz_Joerg

Comment by Harz_Joerg:
Thanx for all the kind comments and votes!
I knew it wouldn't do very good because the story is to much a DPC-insider.
Acctually I wanted to make an image using the concave mirror from the point of view of a bug beeing photographed. However, I couldn't get a nice background (I would have liked to make a outdoor shot with the mirror).
So I decided to make a funny submission, and as with almost all my joke-images (beside the tacky image though) it did not do too well.

So I remembered the fly of Jackos Macro III image and wanted to make a story out of it. It should be the view from another fly (the buddy of the fly on the cactus) onto the scene right before the head was falling off.
Didn't realize that most people probably thought that the buddy of the cactus-fly is Jacko and not another fly :(

Anyway, it was a fun to set this up and you will for sure see other pictures from me with this mirror.

Jörg

BTW: here's a shot on the setup