Buy Me Some Peanuts and....
by Charlene

Comment by jaysonmc:
Very nice use of scale. I feel like the game is larger than life.

The Great Leap
by Charlene

Comment by colorcarnival:
I didn't vote or enter in this challenge but I will say that I had a pic ready to go - and it was of a swing! lol I like how you have the top of the swing coming diagonally into the picture. I also like the criss-cross of the moving swings. Parts of the seats do blend into the background, but what ya gonna do? I also like the contrast of the ground - it really brings out the texture of the wood shavings.

The Great Leap
by Charlene

Comment by posthumous:
the "merging" is what's good about it. exciting diagonal composition. the swings are almost lost in the darkness of memory.

The Great Leap
by Charlene

Comment by posthumous:
beautiful! nice hi-contrast conversion.

The Great Leap
by Charlene

Comment by Hipychik:
Nice shot. I like the motion of the swing. I think this works well in B/W.

The Great Leap
by Charlene

Comment by jonfrommk:
Boy I read all of Nutzitos comments and it almost made me feel guilty for really liking the shot exactly as it is!

I appreciate that a lot of people did use swings but I thought the motion on this shot helped set it apart from others. I can just imagin some kid flying through the air screaming Wheeee as they catapult themselves from the swing

Really nice job and another good finish

The Great Leap
by Charlene

Comment by WalesP:
It must have been a great idea if so many minds thought in that direction. I like the B&W and I enjoyed reading all of nutzito's comments. Nice job Charlene.

The Great Leap
by Charlene

Comment by nutzito:
Too bad it was the same idea used by a few others. I am sure that has afected the score.
About possible improvements:
*better if one of the leather seats was not intersecting one of the poles.
*a bit shallower dof to isolate the main subject a bit more from the bg.
*duotone works fine but it eliminates the use of color to isolate main subject from bg, so some S/H adjustment could have been made to avoid the merging.
*a little tighter crop on top and left would have helped to get more detail at 640px dpc.

Message edited by author 2008-01-30 20:15:19.

Penguins on Ice
by Charlene

Comment by poser:
I'm a big fan of anything penguins, so when I saw this it brought a smile to my face.

The Great Leap
by Charlene

Comment by spiritodifirey:
The moving swings are very well place, but it is hard to see them against the dark background of the trees.