Skylight
by Havok

Comment by e301:
from the critique Club

Hi Bryce ...

I never found the time to vote on all the images in this challenge, so didn't seee half of them, and this fell into that category ...

I adore this: almost perfect of its type. The progression of tone and shading, and reflection is superbly controlled - I'd guess that all 256 shades are present somewhere or other (OK - just checked, and I'm right). Only two things to suggest, really: have you tried this kind of work in a partially de-saturated (as opposed to wholly desaturated) image? The reason is that it gives you so much more tonal range to play with - as an example, in my Spoon shot there are 10003 colours used - in this, as I've said, there are 256.

However, the graininess in the areas of the balconies and the skylight surround is so effective here that it doesn't actually matter.

The only other comment is about the symmetry of the image: I think I'd have tried to get an exactly symmetrical framing - here the skylight and its frame are placed a little high in the frame - so that the lower right wall that breaks that symmetry is that much more effective.

But those are minor points really: this is top work, and you should be disappointed with your finish for it. I might just put it straight into my favourites now.

Ed

Skylight
by Havok

Comment by Havok:
I wasn't laying on my back, if I did that people around would've thought I was nuts lol. What I did was three quick shots with the camera pointing straight up while acting I was looking for something from my backpack.

Thanks for the comments everyone.

Skylight
by Havok

Comment by buzzrock:
I love the perspective, laying on your back? nice job- 9

Skylight
by Havok

Comment by dsidwell:
Dynamic. Lovely tonal range. Super shot. 9

Skylight
by Havok

Comment by magnetic9999:
great geometric shapes. perfect for the challenge.

Skylight
by Havok

Comment by connie:
Very nice! Good choice for Black & White! GOOD JOB!

Skylight
by Havok

Comment by LindaLee:
I've had to hold off on commenting on this one so I could come back to it a couple of times to look at it again. At first I thought it was more "form" than "shape", however, the lighting makes the image feel "flat" so that it ends up looking like an image of geometric shapes. The black and white is absolutely perfect for the presentation of this shot, and for me, has very pleasing tonal range. 9

Skylight
by Havok

Comment by WILDBLUE:
10.

Skylight
by Havok

Comment by dirtkahuna:
Very nice. A great "what is it?" photo.

Anole
by Havok

Comment by faidoi:
Very nice job. The composition is very eye catching. The desatuaration works very good for this subject. Details are very sharp. The textures in the reptile and even the thing that he's sitting really are great.

Can't wait to see more.This will go into my favorites folder.

Message edited by author 2003-12-09 04:26:20.