Universal Language
by karmat

Comment by OneSweetSin:
*Critique Club*

This photo has lots of feeling. Well done and can almost hear the notes being played.

The focus is wonderful on just the one hand with the depth of field used giving the other hand a feeling of the distance across the keyboard. The composition is very nice and appealling it definately fits the challenge.

Only thing I don't like is there is a C shaped distraction near the bottom of the image in the center that seems to pull your eye down from the hands. I'm actually sitting here trying to figure out what it, if its lighting and shadows or a mark on the wood of the panio.

Overall this is a fantastic photo makes you feel like you are sitting in the same room listening to the music. Well done.

Anna

Universal Language
by karmat

Comment by frisca:
one of the nicest of piano/hand shots. Lighting is not too harsh, and I get a sense of music without odd finger motion blurs.

Universal Language
by karmat

Comment by buzzrock:
By far the best piano shot this week! super job, gotta give ya 9

Miracle in a Bottle -- Liquid Paper
by karmat

Comment by wewillexplore:
Interesting from below composition - I would have preferred some light on this side, however.

Universal Language
by karmat

Comment by wewillexplore:
Interesting shot - I like the composition and color, but I wish there was a bit more lighting on the piano. 8

Miracle in a Bottle -- Liquid Paper
by karmat

Comment by qachyk:
I don't really care for the hang-in-mid-air feel the shot gives off -- I presume you shot up through glass. Possibly without the cap/applicator it would have not felt so vertiginous. The lighting being de-emphasized on the liquid paper spill from the bottom also detracts a bit as it makes it a rather darkish shade of grey instead of the white I'm used to. The idea is sound, it's the specific excecution I'm having some trouble with.

Miracle in a Bottle -- Liquid Paper
by karmat

Comment by clues56:
Everything about this picture is good, color, clarity, compostion, lighting. The only thin I might suggest is that perhaps if you removed the label this would improved it.

Miracle in a Bottle -- Liquid Paper
by karmat

Comment by KevinRiggs:
In my opinion this angle makes or breaks this photo and because the challenge is "liquid" and this angle doesn't demonstrate the "live" nature of the subject matter. In a different challenge this picture could be very impressive.

Universal Language
by karmat

Comment by sagestudio:
This, IMO, is the best of the "piano" pics. Nice lighting, and beautiful hands.

Miracle in a Bottle -- Liquid Paper
by karmat

Comment by jdavis:
I like the angle that you chose to shoot this at.