Me and My Shadow
by pipersd

Comment by Efergoh:
cute

Colonial Kitchenware
by pipersd

Comment by pineapple:
Interesting evocative textures in your photo. 8.

Habor Chains
by pipersd

Comment by Frankie_Lv:
Morning pipersd,
I do not like he compostion here. To busy, my eye wonders all over the place. The white rope, the boat, the post & chain. There is way to much cloud seen here, cropping just above the boats mast would have been just right. The water also has been burned to much (obvious). Perhaps a different angle or possibly depth of field blurring the boat would have helped here.

Habor Chains
by pipersd

Comment by dynamicist:
The chain doesn't really stand out as the subject.... perhaps a different angle would have helped

Habor Chains
by pipersd

Comment by diablo2097:
visible halos around things, eg the chains/post

Habor Chains
by pipersd

Comment by shamer:
The editing is a bit too obvious here which is distracting. Composition seems a little cluttered as well - an alternate angle would have been worth pursuing - especially with the opportunity those bricks present.

Pinwheel
by pipersd

Comment by dr rick:
Greetings from the Critique Club

I like this on several different levels. First, it's beautiful and the black background gives it a lot of impact. Next is the contrast between the formal, staid vase with its classic form and the frenetic spinning pinwheel; a child's toy juxtaposed with something children are generally forbidden to touch. But the pinwheel isn't really spinning; this is a still photo and any sense of spinning is pure illusion. Which leads to the next level: the still image of the pinwheel looks a lot like what is normally placed in a vase: a flower. It isn't alive, yet the sense of spinning makes it "lively", and the green color is a symbol of life. Of course, a photo of a real flower isn't any more "real" than this photo is; photos are just pixels on a screen or ink on paper. So there's some depth of meaning behind this simple photo. I have no idea whether you were thinking of all this when you made the photo, but that's the beauty of art: it doesn't really matter.

Good composition here; very simple and nicely balanced. And good use of color. Great focus and processing. Sharpness in particular is just right.

A couple of things I don't like: The glare on the pinwheel is overwhelming. Difficult to avoid, certainly, but still distracting. And while I really like the light shape reflected in the vase that helps define its form, I really wish it went all the way to the edge of the vase. Stopping so close to the edge kind of makes the vase look translucent right there. That or it was shaking during the exposure. I know it wasn't, but that illusion doesn't really fit with the rest of the photo.

Overall, an outstanding photo. I've really enjoyed studying it.

Habor Chains
by pipersd

Comment by Shadowi6:
Not keen on how the lighting changes around the chain & post. OK sky and BG but its a bit distracting. Good Luck

Habor Chains
by pipersd

Comment by becky-lee:
Nice colour and subject but i would have prefered the boat a bit more over the chain instead of behind it

Mare
by pipersd

Comment by lynnesite:
A closer crop to emphasize the eye/orbit and forelock might've worked better.