Caryatids
by kolasi

Comment by jdannels:
It looks great, so many buildings in the background really make them ladies pop. well done! I think possibly a little bit of tonal difference between foreground and background image would help more. Perhaps brighten the foreground and darken the background? I dunno just a thought.

Midtown Afternoon
by kolasi

Comment by Melethia:
Quite nice - I like the warmth of the indoor scene contrasted with the snow and cold outside. I like your choice of using silhouettes - to me that adds to the ambience and that feeling of warmth. Photographically it also keeps good detail outside.

Midtown Afternoon
by kolasi

Comment by pawdrix:
Very nice. I like the detail in the floor, the sense of space and meditative reflection.

Message edited by author 2008-02-09 19:46:44.

Shinjuku
by kolasi

Comment by colorcarnival:
I'm kind of chuckling at the comments you got. I guess since I live in a small town, I kind of like the busy-ness of the photo. I like seeing the action of all the people moving about. I love the clarity of the whole scene and the pop of color adds life to the buildings. I gave this a 6 because I think I did not like the one tall building being cut off. I'm not sure what others meant by perspective correction but it would be cool to see what the photo would look like if you had taken this from a portrait (instead of landscape) orienatation.

Graveyard
by kolasi

Comment by jasonlprice:
I'm trying to get caught up on some black and white comments so I'm just now seeing this one Kolasi...it is wonderful! It is like two different photos stitched together being related back to one another by feeling rather than a physical connection. I like this version better than the redo, but both are very strong!

Shinjuku
by kolasi

Comment by Yo_Spiff:
Busy, busy, busy!!!
Needs a touch of perspective correction, otherwise pretty good.

Caryatids
by kolasi

Comment by colorcarnival:
Oh yeah this does look great in black and white! The statues really pop out now. I'm guessing that since the picture is bigger that the statues seem more prominent? Really nice job with the edit!

Metropolitan building
by kolasi

Comment by kenna718:
it almost looks like the building is smiling

Graveyard
by kolasi

Comment by muz64:
I gulped a bit when I first glanced at this - made me think of the WTC towers. Its a powerful image. I like the clear division/wall between the cemetary and the world behind. Good work.

Graveyard-ropongi.jpg
by kolasi

Comment by tnun:
I'm not sure about this - I liked the original; I think because the weight, the meat of the matter, is in the graveyard (perhaps unfortunately put) and the corp. bldgs. are properly seen as ghosts whereas in the revision, although the buildings are starkly defined, appropriately cut and dried as it were, they throw the weight upward. On the other hand, it makes a stronger statement about the difference between the 2 worlds...(How do people not go crazy deciding these things?)