Come Here, My Pretty
by levyj413

Comment by bs-photos:
Wow! Awesome macro! Look at all those little hairs. Excellent title too.

Leadership
by levyj413

Comment by outoffocus:
great interpretation of the theme

Come Here, My Pretty
by levyj413

Comment by bassbone:
Excellent stuff Jeffrey! I don't think would want to get any closer to that little nasty guy than you have done here. Fantastic details

Come Here, My Pretty
by levyj413

Comment by FireBird:
I like. Extremely sharp treatment of the hairs. Looks like you're going aperture priority and bumping up ISO. Doing these handheld right?

Come Here, My Pretty
by levyj413

Comment by MaryO:
Wow; you are getting the hang of that thing :-) Great title, too. FS material!

Day 7: Haunted
by levyj413

Comment by dassilem:
Wow....Thank you for sharing your story. I live upstate NY, and was petrified for awhile when a plane flew over as it was at first rummored that one of the planes that flew into the WTC may have flown over here in its regular flight pattern. Later reports show it didn't come quite as close to me.

Message edited by author 2008-09-11 10:47:37.

Leadership
by levyj413

Comment by rinac:
Good angle, good abstract story-telling. Looks a little synthetic though. You're probably thinking "Duh", right? lol, I just mean it looks chunky and unreal... plastic. Too smooth to be real photograph. Ugh, I'm not doing a very good job of explaining myself. Apologies for the incoherent babble.

Serenity
by levyj413

Comment by Jutilda:
I really liked this Jeff. It has an elegant simplicity about it. Zen too. :~)

Continuum Rift
by levyj413

Comment by ambaker:
Critique Club Review:

Color Saturation and Hue: N/A image is monochrome

Brightness and Contrast: The darkest areas are nice and inky black. Very nicely done. The brightest areas lose detail, and that would bring it down a bit for me.

Focus and depth of field: Focus is excellent. Depth of field is very good. I have some qualms around the "scar" area. I can't quite tell if the apparent softness is due to processing, depth of field, or just an optical illusion. I'll go with the latter, since I seem to be the only one who sees it.

I'm a little put off by the white area. Compared to the rest of the image it looks almost like a fungus. There are angular bits, but then the whole thing seems a bit soft. The angles are, to me, a bit of a jarring contrast to the drops; to the point where they compete with each other.

I really like the texture of the drops and the surface of the tomato. If the white part were more muted, or not even there, I might even like it a bit better.

As is, a nice creative take on the challenge, and I think it should have finished a bit higher in the voting.

Serenity
by levyj413

Comment by IreneM:
Oh Wow! Jeffrey, this is stunning in its simplicity. I've been sitting here staring at it for the last 10 minutes. It's really beautiful. Congrats on top 20.