Pipe Dreams
by greenem2

Comment by autool:
An interesting shot but I don't feel that it would attract many people that would actually buy it. There is so much controversy against the smoking industry, and you have captured the end of the pipe that causes all of the related problems......Let's see do I want it on my wall?

The World Disappears When I Close My Eyes
by greenem2

Comment by dacrazyrn:
great detail on the hand. I would lke to have seen the eye (open or closed). That is usally the focal point. Good demonstration of despair. Is the blue cast on purpose? Maybe b&w/sepia more dramatic 5

Rows
by greenem2

Comment by tcherring:
CRITIQUE CLUB

WOW! Okay, I have been staring at this for quite some time, and frankly, I LOVE this photo. It's absolutely gorgeous.

LIGHTING: Beautiful. The only nit-picky critique I have is that the focus falls on the windows at the end which seem like they should have more to them, because they are so bright. Obviously, this couldn't be corrected with the sunlight, but I would like to see more lighting on the books.

CHALLENGE: Definitely met. Wonderful rhythmic look. Maybe a bit "choppy" - I actually think this would have been perfect for "leading lines"

TECHNICAL: I see no problems at all with your settings

OVERALL: I absolutely love this, so please don't think of this as a short critique. It's hard to critique something that is near perfect. Adjust the lighting on the windows (now that you can edit) and you have yourself a treasure!

Yellow Belly
by greenem2

Comment by sylandrix:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

COMPOSITION... While I don't find the subject matter to be particularly evocative on a personal level, I would suppose that if you wanted to take a decent photo of a pillow, this would be it. I like the simplicity of the photo (just a couple of different shades), and you really made the yellowness of the pillow stand out by putting it against a black background and removing color from the hands. I'm not fond of how there's more black space on the left and right sides of the pillow. I cropped a bit off these sides in photoshop and despite it being a small adjustment, I think it justifiably improves the photo. If you wanted to even make the shot more symmetrical after that you could have had another person holding the bottom corners in a similar fashion as the already existing hands :)

TECHNIQUE... Nothing much to add here. You managed to render the background nice and black while keeping the pillow evenly lit... There seems to be more noise than I would expect on the pillow itself...could this be a post-processing result?

OVERALL... Pretty good shot that could have benefitted from some more symmetry since its already halfway there to being perfectly symmetrical :)

Pipe Dreams
by greenem2

Comment by Fibre Optix:
Great shot always wanted to smoke a pipe. 10

Pipe Dreams
by greenem2

Comment by jmsetzler:
very interesting composition and excellent use of shallow depth of field... - setzler

Pipe Dreams
by greenem2

Comment by rmahan:
The teeth marks on the stem of this pipe detract from it. I would try reversing the focus so the bowl is in clear focus and the stem is out of focus. Might not work, but worth a try. Colors are nice and the white background is handled well.

Pipe Dreams
by greenem2

Comment by BigSmiles:
you way overdid the brightness/contrast/intensity and I think it would have been fine without overdoing it.

Pipe Dreams
by greenem2

Comment by joshua:
why is the depth of field so shallow? it doesn't add anything to this photo. i understand the dreams, blurry thing going on, but stock photography?

The World Disappears When I Close My Eyes
by greenem2

Comment by Dustin:
nice photo. good job.