shooting light halo
by outafocus

Comment by Venom:
The only problem that I have with this shot are the distractions of the shelves and the stuff on them.

Your tailgate extender (see following image) even makes a nice arc over her head!



The squiggly lights are interesting, I'm not sure how you're setup worked but it's a fun looking picture. -BB

swirl
by outafocus

Comment by Venom:
I really like this photo!

I even like it better than the one titled "UFO?" because you have allowed the background (the wall) to get some light. It gives my eyes some room to move about the image. They're drawn to the main light in the center then to the reflection in the mirror. Lastly they can sweep the image to take in the full photo (mirror, frame, wall, etc). Excellent shot -BB

Purple Flower
by outafocus

Comment by Venom:
Perhaps maybe a square crop with this image might have helped it. It's cropped nicely at the top and bottom but the sides have plenty of space.

I like the purple color but this feels like all of the green was desaturated from the photo. I think a having green in the leaves could accent the purple some and give it a more "pop". Just my opinion -BB

Im not buying it!!
by outafocus

Comment by Venom:
You have a fairly dark shadow under her chin. That tells me that she really was as close to the camera as what it feels like. If she could've been just back into the room a couple of steps you would've lost a lot of the shadow.

Something that could throw a little pizazz into the image would've been to give it the "rule of the thirds". It's not totally neccessary but an idea to consider for the next shot.

Another thing, and this is probably just be me but I wish the top of her head wasn't cropped. I don't have any good examples really so maybe it's just the way this photo grabs me. -BB

PS. By the thumbnail view it looks like she has a really black eye!

cat in the basket
by outafocus

Comment by Venom:
This is a huge cat! With the crop being so tight around the basket the photo almost feels too much like "in your face". I would maybe like to see a little more space around the cat (kind of give it room to move within the frame) if you know what I mean.

If you're going for "fill the frame" then I would've tried to position the camera more at a perpendicular angle with the basket and then cropped right at it. -BB

One Bicycle Too Many
by outafocus

Comment by Yo_Spiff:
I suspect this has gotten DNMC'd to death because it is a subtle detail, but I do recognize the bicycle brand playing cards. Nice out of the box thinking on this. Perhaps a bit of a shoehorn. Maybe. I won't ding it for that, however. The scene appears a bit dark, but otherwise, I like it.

One Bicycle Too Many
by outafocus

Comment by mgsmith53:
Very clever. Lighting is a little flat, could use just a bit of punch to wake it up. Otherwise, very cool idea. Two dead men.

One Bicycle Too Many
by outafocus

Comment by CraigD:
Nice twist on the challenge.

One Bicycle Too Many
by outafocus

Comment by LadyK:
LOL excellent idea! i would have never thought of it, i hope others get as much of a kick out of it as i did:)

One Bicycle Too Many
by outafocus

Comment by Dirt_Diver:
I understand the picture but IMO it DNMC. I think a lot of other people will see it that way as well. Other than that your lighting is not right. there is motion in the gun and on the other side of the table.