My Umbilical Cord
by wdamman

Comment by Chinarosepetal:
Hi from the Critique Club!

I thought those tube things were supposed to stop your wires getting twisted?! ;)
A nice clean image that fits the challenge well. The composition, colours and focus are good, my eye keeps getting drawn to the area of blown highlight on the yellow jack. It's difficult to deal with this in Basic Editing as it's such a localised problem, I presume it's something you would have tackled without these constraints. You may already do this, but I find the adjustment brush in Camera Raw really useful for locally recovering highlights, without affecting the image as a whole. (I suspect this is illegal for Basic Editing so don't use it there - just a general observation)
Overall a good image that might have lost a few DPC points for being a bit 'stock'!

"Bring me the Dark Red"
by wdamman

Comment by dustingooding:
Meets Challenge: 3 of 3.
Technical: 3 of 3. I bet someone else has complained about how dark your photo is, but I love it. You're showing everything I need to see to see everything.
Emotion: 2 of 3. Wine for one? Aww.
Awe: 0 of 1.

"Bring me the Dark Red"
by wdamman

Comment by Shutter-For-Hire:
Nice shot, but a tad too dark

"Bring me the Dark Red"
by wdamman

Comment by ASTONishing:
Seems to be a bit too "low-key"

My Umbilical Cord
by wdamman

Comment by bassbone:
nice job - has the look of a good studio 'stock' shot

My Umbilical Cord
by wdamman

Comment by fldave:
Looks like a good stock photo image, clever idea.

My Umbilical Cord
by wdamman

Comment by Yo_Spiff:
What, no FirewireĆ¢„Ā¢?

My Umbilical Cord
by wdamman

Comment by ahjenny:
Mine too!

My Umbilical Cord
by wdamman

Comment by IreneM:
Well presented. Crisp and clear.

My Umbilical Cord
by wdamman

Comment by glad2badad:
I went back and forth on whether I liked this or not at first. I have to say now that I DO like this entry. At first it felt cluttered but now I can see that great length went into getting the correct spacing and flow in the combined pieces of this comp. It does have a strong stock/studio feel to it that may turn off a few "artistic" types, but in the end this should do quite well I think. Giving this a upward score adjustment at time of commenting. Good luck.