Fast Food.
by romil

Comment by sidpixel:
*Hello from Sid and the Critique Club*

A colourful image that meets the challenge well.

Your viewpoint makes for an interesting contrast between the dark mysterious interior and the boldly coloured exterior forming a frame for the entire scene. The mystery is added to with the position of the napkins obscuring the mans face and the dim lighting that reluctantly reveals the ladies somewhat pensive face. The man's position within the space feels very dynamic, I especially like her position in the top corner.

The lighting is flat and the exposure is good creating a dimly lit interior that suits the subject well. It has been well appreciated here with a respectable score together with some very useful comments, I concur particularly with the comment from streetpigeon.

Thank you for an interesting submission, Sid

Retrospection
by romil

Comment by ArnaMarie:
Fabulous! Top 5 for me! Great choice of subject and the light and muted colours are perfect

Escher's City
by romil

Comment by Ecce_Signum:

Originally posted by romil: Originally posted by tate: You saved our butts on this one Romil =) Great job! Haha just giving back to the team, captain! You've saved our butts all along!

Good call on going B&W romil, you had the final choice (I should listen to Tate more often lol).

Escher's City
by romil

Comment by romil:

Originally posted by sidpixel: I like your conversion to mono with a nice range of tones throughout, it is far more preferable to the colour version, it grabs our attention much more effectively.

Well I have my team mates to thank for that. I was about to enter the colored one :)

Thanks a lot for the critique!

Message edited by author 2015-07-27 10:01:51.

Escher's City
by romil

Comment by romil:

Originally posted by tate: You saved our butts on this one Romil =) Great job!

Haha just giving back to the team, captain! You've saved our butts all along!

Escher's City
by romil

Comment by sidpixel:
*Hello from Sid and the Critique Club*

Congratulations on your high placing for this excellent image that fits the challenge very well.

A fascinating image with so much detail to get absorbed in. A great title that immediately translates the image into the sort of work you associate with Escher, it works very well.

Technically it is very well executed with good DOF and detail throughout. I suppose it could be argued that the ISO is too high given your fast shutter speed, in fact I think with all the people it would have been a great opportunity to use a deliberately slow shutter speed to blur the motion of moving people which would have added another dimension to it.

I like your conversion to mono with a nice range of tones throughout, it is far more preferable to the colour version, it grabs our attention much more effectively. Your exposure is very well handled with good detail throughout.

An excellent entry thoroughly deserving of its high score, well done, Sid

Escher's City
by romil

Comment by tate:
You saved our butts on this one Romil =) Great job!

Turbulence
by romil

Comment by quiche:
Good contrast. I really like the surface of the water.

Escher's City
by romil

Comment by sfalice:
Congratulations, romil, on the excellent finish

Escher's City
by romil

Comment by smurfguy:
Great finish, Romil, and well deserved!