Haunted
by BobsterLobster

Comment by Tranquil:
Beautiful architectural work here. The B&W is great and just a phenomenal shot --- well done.

Haunted
by BobsterLobster

Comment by leaf:
nice color and grey's nice detail

Haunted
by BobsterLobster

Comment by Kavey:
Great composition - including so much ceiling really emphasises the height of it as well as the sense of the viewer being insignificant. Lovely detail of bricks, high contrast black and white working well for this. Doesn't convey haunted to me but does make me think of loneliness, emptiness, possibly silence, serenity...

Forever
by BobsterLobster

Comment by HBunch:
*Critique Club*

The first thing I notice about this photo is the background. It's very bright compared to the rest of the photo. The bright shapes really stand out in the shot a lot. The background actually kind of begins to bleed into the ring a bit. See on the bottom ring on the far side of the ring, how it blends into the background? It also does this a bit on the top ring as well.
DOF seems to be very narrow. Maybe a little too narrow. The rings don't appear to be in focus. I think the combination of harsh lighting on the rings and the shallow DOF makes the rings look out of focus. Having a very small part of the rock be in such good focus, and the fact that that stands out so well, increases the appearance that the rings are out of focus.
I really like the shot. It's nicely set up and simple, yet effective. The general scene is visually appealing. The way you have the rings in the bottom right works.
Overall a nice shot that, in my opinion, would benefit from different lighting conditions and a little more DOF.
~Heather~

Sunset at Castle Hill
by BobsterLobster

Comment by BobsterLobster:

Originally posted by Parker: Love the colors, but the burning is very unnatural.

As I'm sure I've mentioned, there was do dodging or burning in this photo, just curves adjustments.

Sunset at Castle Hill
by BobsterLobster

Comment by Parker:
Love the colors, but the burning is very unnatural.

Haunted
by BobsterLobster

Comment by nico_blue:
i love the contrasts in your b/w tones. nicely done.

Jaala
by BobsterLobster

Comment by BobsterLobster:

Originally posted by SnapperL: the highlights are far to overexposed. You should use the highlight/shadow tool in PS.

Completely disagree. It's supposed to look like that. What would the highlight/shadow tool do anyway? The highlights are all deliberately burnt out. There's no info there to recover. That tool is way overused anyway.

Edit... oh, I get it... I must have just left a similar comment on one of your photos.
Another edit... OMG, I was right, how remarkably petty.

Message edited by author 2005-05-09 04:22:30.

Haunted
by BobsterLobster

Comment by samtrundle:
This is a flat out brilliant photograph. Might not 'capture an emotion' but it couldn't be much moodier if it tried. Excellent processing and use of black and white.

Haunted
by BobsterLobster

Comment by auburnfan0930:
excellent use of shadow.