surreal.jpg
by cynthiann

Comment by Love6:
this is beautiful and it brings to mind the 'hell freezing over' phrase (you know when people always say 'when hell freezes over' - everything is red except what looks like a white blanket on the ground of 'frozen' ice-like color.... ;) great negative! :)

b&w
by cynthiann

Comment by Haneck:
Really neat subject, but it took me a minute to figure out what this was - not a good thing. Probably a different angle, a more clear and simple composition would really increase the impact of the photo and the viewer would have a much better first-impression.

sadsammy.jpg
by cynthiann

Comment by Haneck:
This one appears to actually need more contrast, but be careful. I think the problem here is that the image is over-exposed, making it appear washed-out. The best way of course, to fix this would be to just re-shoot the whole image, and make sure it's properly exposed. But you probably can't do that, of course. :) Ah well. Simply darkening and adding contrast at this point may not work... But on the other hand maybe it would. Who knows? ;) I agree with Hot_Pixel below - the desaturation looks nice.

Message edited by author 2008-04-09 15:44:37.

chick.jpg
by cynthiann

Comment by Haneck:
Less contrast and this will be a first-rate image!

bwflower.jpg
by cynthiann

Comment by Haneck:
I'm going to venture to say that generally flowers don't do so well in black and white... but then for all I know this version looks a lot better than the originals color version. Also, the lighting is a bit to bright and harsh - there is a shadow from the flower's pollen things, and the light has created a rough texture on the flower petals. So fixing the light would probably be the single biggest thing to fix here. ;) I really love how smooth the center of the flower appears though. Neat!

Thirsty
by cynthiann

Comment by Haneck:
Well... if it were in sharper focus, of course, that would be a bit help. Also, although I'm sure this is a rather difficult subject to get an interesting composition with, I'm not entirely sure I would crop it off like that. Also, it is slightly over-exposed and that shadow from the harsh lighting is not a good thing. I do like the bright colors with the white though - you had the right idea! ;)

flower.jpg
by cynthiann

Comment by Haneck:
The blue is a bit too intense, too bright, too much here in my opinion. Otherwise, from what I can make of it - not bad!

motionbird5.jpg
by cynthiann

Comment by Haneck:
This is absolutely GORGEOUS. Breath-taking. I love those colors and the delicate pattern of the wing is just glorious. Beautiful beautiful beautiful.

gus4.jpg
by cynthiann

Comment by Haneck:
The lighting is a bit harsh, but the shallow depth of field is excellent!

saltlake.jpg
by cynthiann

Comment by Haneck:
Here, I would say just a tad less contrast, but it does work well here. I like the way the city seems to shine in the distance.