A drop of water
by jonpink

Comment by birgir:
I would have give you more if you had not rotate the image. It looks better when it's like it should be.

A drop of water
by jonpink

Comment by vadvirag:
A few weeks I would have probably asked you how this photo was done, now I have a guess. :-) I like the simplicity of colours very much, and the clarity of the water, too. It might be strange to hear this, but being the photo upside down gives it too much wow factor for my personal taste. :-) Don't misunderstand me, I love the photo very much! I just wonder how my way of approaching photos change with time. Excellent work, and good luck. :-)

A drop of water
by jonpink

Comment by jrs915:
This is a very neat looking shot and I'm very impressed. I'm not sure what the orange object is there for, I think I might have liked it more without that, but it is still very nice

Eggs Eleven
by jonpink

Comment by buzzrock:
Effective take on the challenge- well done

Eggs Eleven
by jonpink

Comment by Neil:
A nice geometric study of shape. Not sure about the inclusion of the egg with the burnt edges though. Maybe soft boiled would have been better here. Also, the directional light is good, but a bit strong and overexposed in the upper right. But overall, I think it has good aesthetics, and you have an artistic eye.

Eggs Eleven
by jonpink

Comment by scroosloose:
Great. Like the repeating shapes! Good lighting, nice detail.
Mark

A simple complex
by jonpink

Comment by Neil:
A good capture of the moon, simple shot too. I find the composition/crop here not very dynamic. Too close to the edge perhaps or too much dead space. I think you might keep it in the left or top third, and crop a bit tighter.

Soft Waters
by jonpink

Comment by dr rick:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

The first thing that I notice when viewing this image are the beautiful warm colors. They draw me right in and work, along with the soft focus and predominantly horizontal lines, to give the photo a very peaceful feeling. The exposure and focus are great, and the sharpness (actually the lack thereof) is well controlled. The composition is lacking; putting the horizon right in the middle of the frame makes the photo seem split in half. The subtle clouds are very nice, but I think the overall photo would be more effective if most of the sky was cropped out. This would raise the horizon and make the buildings a more integral part of the photo. I also think it would have been better in a horizontal format (not cropped--the reflections are an essential part of the composition--but more expansive, including more buildings to the right and/or left).

A simple complex
by jonpink

Comment by Simplicity:
very effective in portraying "simplicity" here...nicely done! Wonderful clarity and contrasting.....10.

Thankful for the ride of my life
by jonpink

Comment by e301:
From the Critique Club ...

as one Londoner to another I guess I hhave to be resonably polite. Several things strike me immediately about this shot ... in no particular order: familiarity, as I work down on the South Bank often; the fabulous look of the water - almost like ice; the false but attractive impression of speed it gives to the eye; and the size of the submission - why only 508 high? It scored pretty well, and I think would have had more impact at 640, or at least nearer to that ... unless you're allowing for those watching in 800x600, but there can't be many of them really.

There's a suspicion of a tilt to the right in the image - just the impression that the wheel is leaning over. May not actually be the case, but it looks like that. A touch distracting from the impact of the shot, for me.

I do like the composition, though it ought not to work by the "rules" - I think perhaps it does because the great weight of the surrounding buildings is kept to the lower part of the frame, allowing the height of the wheel to be emphasised against the sky - it's central, theoretically 'weak' placing horizontally is compensated for by that balance.

Hell, the size bothers me, you know. And only 50Kb too - surely, from that camera, there would have been so much more detail at max size and resolution? You could have had a ribbon there, I think ...

Ed