A Line Divided
by zackdezon

Comment by brayburn:
Neat idea and title. Colors are a little flat and the "divide" gets a little lost in it.

A Line Divided
by zackdezon

Comment by chrisgoddard:
this pic looks good, a little over sharpening, not sure if you were trying to bring out more of a grunge look or just more clarity. good job

Self Defense
by zackdezon

Comment by Brad:
I really like everything here except one small detail - the white halo around her head (high marks regardless). Aside from that, this shot rocks for bringing out the raw emotion feel.

Self Defense
by zackdezon

Comment by Patsfan:
Good shot except for the lighting.

Self Defense
by zackdezon

Comment by tpbremer:
framing and composition is nice, but the execution and post processing could use work. she isn't really in focus and she's oversharpened I think. That said, its a good concept.

Overtime
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Comment by littlegett:
At first view the only part in my opinion that is high contrast is the man and the fountain. There is an overall extremely present medium tone throughout the entire image and medium is not a contrast. Least not to me.

Overall it is a nice image, though the slant of the buildings and the unbalanced weight really throws me off. Also, the orange, yellow, white of the fountain are too separated, as if levels where pushed hard to really make them stand out more.

I enjoy this idea, but believe it could have been done better. Maybe a different camera position, whereas only the tall multi-lighted/window buildings in the cluster are directly behind the fountain which is directly behind the figure? The figure also may be standing more towards the corner of the pad there. With that aspect it may make it easier to get a more uniform shape to the buildings, though without the proper tools they will slant, but if they slanted into each other other than leaning on one side I believe it would have really enhanced the image.

Also to keep the tall height aspect of the buildings a portrait crop would be much more beneficial. To me this is way to wide, and if the portrait crop was used it would have allowed for a greater 'contrast' to come through and thus I believe would have given this image a higher score possibility.

Andrew

Overtime
by zackdezon

Comment by Man_Called_Horse:
The idea was fantastic, but the left and right of your crop was distracting and cumbersome for me.

If there was a way to just see the city scape, even up to the Disney Auditorium, and cropped away the buildings that didn't do anything for the image, and kept the same idea going, I think your image would of done better.

Overtime
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Comment by enajj:
I really like this idea, and the picture you took is really cool. It is a little busy though, I wonder if you could play with the perspective a little. If you could get the fountain to appear larger and maybe limit the background to just the skyscrapers, possibly by shooting from a lower angle, that might give the picture some more focus. Don't know if you could get such a shot from that location, but it might be worth a try. Congratualtions on a new PB!

Overtime
by zackdezon

Comment by levyj413:
In response to your thread asking for comments, I would've scored this a 6 or 7, which is a good score from me. I like the yellow color, the skyline, and the pure silhouette. The skyline's seems a little soft, so try F/8 or F/11 next time. Also, and this just my preference, I like photos where the subject's either dead center or well away from it. Here, the composition feels like there's too much on one side or the other.

Self Defense
by zackdezon

Comment by snaffles:
very poignant and dramatic 9