Chess with a twist - Shots of Tequila
by heavyj

Comment by rlinn3:
DNMC, poorly lit, the glasses on the right are overexposed while the ones on the left are to dark. Just my opion though.

Chess with a twist - Shots of Tequila
by heavyj

Comment by corinne:
Despite being a nice photograph, this entry does not fall within the parameters of this weeks challenge. That being said, I must judge this photograph accordingly. :-(

Chess with a twist - Shots of Tequila
by heavyj

Comment by JeffDay:
This lacks action (part of the challenge". Other than that, its a great image

My Pi
by heavyj

Comment by johst582:
The female body is full of round shapes that show the true spirit of pi, just let it speak for itself. Putting the pi *symbol* on her belly seems rather forced and only spoils the beauty of *pi*.

Why me?
by heavyj

Comment by ClubJuggle:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

I quite like this photograph. The balance created by having the light in one corner, and your wife in the opposite corner, is very pleasing to the eye, and creates a natural, circular flow through the photograph.

On its own merits, just viewing the photograph as a photograph and ignoring the constraints of the challenge, this is an excellent composition and a photograph you should be proud of. When viewed in the context of the Rule of Thirds challenge, however, I personally believe it falls short of meeting the challenge. Your wife's eyes are roughly centered top to bottom in the frame, and fall well to the right of the rightmost thirds line. Likewise, the light at the top left corner falls somewhat above and to the left of that intersection.

Overall, the composition says more to me about negative space than it does about the rule of thirds. I suspect that the most or all of your 6 votes of 3 or lower were people who felt this entry did not meet the challenge criteria. I recognize, however, that if this photograph were recomposed in a way that met the rule of thirds, it probably would not be as aesthetically pleasing, so perhaps it may have been best to save this concept for a different challenge, where it could realize its full potential. Still, that does not take away the fact that this is an excellent photograph, and the fact that you achieved a score of 5.7-plus, despite arguably not meeting the challenge, speaks volumes about the high quality of this photograph.

~Terry

My Pi
by heavyj

Comment by surfdabbler:
The shadows say that your pi is falling off. There's a slight green tinge to the colour, which is bugging me, but overall quite good.

My Pi
by heavyj

Comment by jgrieco:
looks like yoko ono

My Pi
by heavyj

Comment by eqsite:
This is interesting, almost as if the model were contemplating the meaning of pi. The lighting seems a little off, it is a little too bright on her right arm and chest, and the shadow from her elbow is a little distracting. The color also seems a little off. Finally, the negative space on the left of the image doesn't seem to contribute much for me. I feel like there is a story trying to be told here, but I'm not sure I get it.

My Pi
by heavyj

Comment by FellSevenLeaves:
ineresting..

My Pi
by heavyj

Comment by smardaz:
ah yes...the gratuitous nudity, my favorite part of every challenge