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Comment by e301:
from the Critique Club

Whilst you have something here compositionally - the strength of the primary curved line moving up and across the frame is well handled - I do think you've left too many people guessing as to what on earth the subject is here; for myself, and especially without any detailed input from you, I'm only guessing at its being a basketball, which of course leads to strange thoughts about indoor rain, generally, and more specifically, up a blind alley. The low-key and high-contrast elements of the shot are wel achieved, though in some areas they've taken things too far, so that, for instance in image top left, we have simply a pattern of white pixels with no real reference to a 'reality' behind them, looking more like you've actually lost control of your editing there than achieving a deliberate effect; 'looking like' - if you were actually trying for that then of course you've succeeded, but I don't see a point to it, especially given the majority of the image.

I'm actually surprised it scored as highly as it did here: the mystery of it, the very dark nature of it, and the fact that the subject is really very simple I would usually expect to bring the score down into the 4 territory, so i think you've done well to achieve what you have with this shot.

Screws
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Comment by Hawkeye:
Nice colourful close-up but not abstract IMO.

Screws
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Comment by ericwoo:
Yep, screws.

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Comment by gt7435b:
Eschelar, I thought it would do a little better as well, I am still getting the hang of what people like on this forum. Thanks for the compliment.

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Comment by eschelar:
FWIW, this was one of two 10's I gave in this challenge. The other was in the top 10. You can guess where I feel this should have ended up...

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Comment by ticker:
I love this shot, it is very powerfull.

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Comment by anindya:
too much macro here, cant really make out what is this.

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Comment by Melethia:
I love the texture brought out by the lighting and the water - not sure I like the line on the ball going straight up the middle.

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Comment by tate:
effective lighting choice and great use of composition and color 8

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Comment by seebrown:
great shot .. love the detail the "crispness"