Beauty
by Dirt_Diver

Comment by nabusl:
the overall sharpness of your image makes it stand out

Dying of Thirst!
by Dirt_Diver

Comment by ZeppKash:
Gradient background is a great setup, but like others have said, looks blown out at the base. I think the curved glasses could have been better set up symetricaly with the gradient. (they aren't centered) Looks like some air bubbles sticking to the side of the glass filled with water? a little distracting. The dead rose is to dark, and neither of their leaves have much color in them. Thats my opinion.

Dying of Thirst!
by Dirt_Diver

Comment by Melethia:
This is well done for the message you wished to convey - very good lighting to create the lovely gradient behind, simple presentation, good crisp focus, and I like the use of the curved glasses. The surface could stand a wee bit of cloning, but that's very nit pickyish. Though it wouldn't have been as cleanly symmetrical, I wonder if more mood could be conveyed by moving the dead rose more to the left and turning the vase/glass and flower to face away, leaving the live one more in the spotlight, the dead one more in the dark. It would create an off-balance tension, kinda. Might work, might not. Just a thought. As for score - as I said, to my eye this is very good studio work but may not have the insidious and evasive "wow" factor.

Dying of Thirst!
by Dirt_Diver

Comment by surfdabbler:
Hi Joseph - here's a critique...
Nice graduated background colours, and the blue contrasts well with the red flowers - almost too well that the flowers are almost disconnected from the background in a disconcerting way. The blown highlight would be improved by moving the light further from the background, and maybe snooting it to get the edge shadows back. The dying flower is almost a silhouette here, making it lack interest next to the live flower. The crop is also wider than it needs to be, so the flowers get a bit lost in the big frame. So, a little more front fill-light on the wilted flower, a little less back light to remove the blowout and a slightly closer crop, and this image would be much improved. I also think it would be better a little smaller. Some images benefit from using the full 720x720 pixel size, but I do think some images just get lost in the maximum size, and this is one of them that would actually look more at home at 640x640.

Baseball
by Dirt_Diver

Comment by walrus451:
great shots...love the colors

Look, I Got You're Nose!
by Dirt_Diver

Comment by Cam:
Super DOF and great lighting.

Look, I Got You're Nose!
by Dirt_Diver

Comment by JulietNN:
My thougths are could have gone just a tiny but brighter on the boy. Love the dof you have here though. The hand is very good looking, very good capture of childhood as well. As parents, our children our going to be well documented throughout their lives. This is a perfect example. 8

Look, I Got You're Nose!
by Dirt_Diver

Comment by escapetooz:
I think this might have worked better if he had a more lighthearted expression. Here it looks like he's just concentrating really hard or something (which might have been the case?). It's a cute idea and the dof is nice. On my monitor his skin tone looks a little purple on his face.

The Cathedral
by Dirt_Diver

Comment by Dirt_Diver:
This is St. Luke on the side of the street as you are heading over to PC. There is another cool shot that I will be using of this place when a good challenge comes up. Give me a call and we can go shoot it sometime.

The Cathedral
by Dirt_Diver

Comment by SDW:
A nice photograph and I'm disappointed in it's placement. I know it's only my opinion, I gave it a 9.
Congratulations on a very nice photograph. What Church is this? I have not seen it before and would love taking a picture of it.

Message edited by author 2008-04-07 20:46:47.