Are You Happy_0062.jpg
by dsterner

Comment by Ken:
This whole series is wonderful! I just love this forced smile.

Are You Happy_0062.jpg
by dsterner

Comment by Bernard_Marx:
Ha! I loved the comments you attached to these walkabout shots! They ring so very true. I enjoyed the story these photos told.

leaves_9638.jpg
by dsterner

Comment by colorcarnival:
Excellent job with the post processing. The green looks so rich! Love the lighting on the leaves.

Just take the picture_0056.jpg
by dsterner

Comment by bassbone:
excellent image Deb - lovely lighting and wonderful story in these images

Just take the picture_0056.jpg
by dsterner

Comment by EstimatedEyes:
Nice series of photos. This one is my favorite of the bunch ... but together they all tell a story. The expressions on both subjects in this one are priceless.

Nicholas_9959.jpg
by dsterner

Comment by EstimatedEyes:
Nice shot and a great little subject you had to work with there. This would work well as a square crop, with just his face in the center. Nicely captured!

Salt
by dsterner

Comment by bassbone:
Deb - salt is a very touch subject for photography - especially without very well controlled light and a good macro lens. Salt itself is very cool - it looks like little grains but is not uniform or cubic like you think. If you were to use a significant magnification (reverse lens mount or higher power macro lens) you would be on to something.

Salt is a rather plain target for a shot and the technicals (lighting, color, focus, composition, etc) all have to be outstanding to really come off.

Things I noticed:
1. The noise problems that others have commented on really impacted the score. The image appears muddy throughout
2. Your image has a very shallow DOF that made the image appear very muddy and the area in-focus was not extremely sharp. By shooting at the low angle, you have added to the shallowness of the DOF.
3. The composition really does not draw me in - there are no specific lines to pull the eye. By taking the salt an manipulating it so it forms a specific shape may have helped - say an s-Curve where the in focus salt is right in the foreground and the "S" leads your eye away

I hope this stuff helps!
Peter

Salt
by dsterner

Comment by colorcarnival:
I agree about the noise but I do love your background color against the salt. Well you can laugh at all the low voters when they are out slipping on the ice and you are out tossing the salt hehe.

Timothy
by dsterner

Comment by JLC:
Very pretty!

Timothy
by dsterner

Comment by zxaar:
I saw yours in challenge. There are two problems why your did not score well.
1. There is a red round glow on it, which distroys the main shape, which is well visible in my shot.
2. your crop is not good. I mean it is good but it makes it ordinary. Everybody who shoots this subject crops like that. So what would have helped is unusual crop. Something that you do not see often. There are two in my portfolio, both of them are close and different crops. I think you should try again with this subject but with in mind that you are not going to shoot ordinary thing this time.
Thanks for comment.

Message edited by author 2007-10-20 19:31:37.