Blue Ribbon
by CarlvanHeerden

Comment by fmalan:
You hope, eh? :-)

Blue Ribbon
by CarlvanHeerden

Comment by smudgeSMJ:
Nice macro. Love the colors. Great use of focus.

...after a hard life
by CarlvanHeerden

Comment by bvy:
Great framing and POV.

...after a hard life
by CarlvanHeerden

Comment by jomari:
Nice shot. I love the crop to detail. 8

Life
by CarlvanHeerden

Comment by CarlvanHeerden:

Originally posted by PapaBob: Wow, this is one of the shots that really gets missed with the speed voters and the score is much lower IMHO than it should have been. Once you see the reflected face the image comes alive. Nicely done!

Thank you. I afterwards felt I should have tried harder to make the reflection more recognizeable.

Real Money
by CarlvanHeerden

Comment by CarlvanHeerden:

Originally posted by Jac: Nice bullion. Good work on the modeling. Poor choice of background colour though. With that lens you could have achieved a better image i'm sure. Can't really tell where the focus point is. I would have chosen a bigger aperture and focused on the coins. This would have made the bullion blurry and given this shot an overall more interesting feel.

Thanks for the comments. The quality of the photo suffered when I converted in PS to a smaller size file. I was in a rush and did it on my laptop last minute before posting it. I noticed it as soon as I received the comment from smudgeSMJ. Others also commented on the same issue and I am very unhappy with myself.

Thanks for the comment on the composition and background. I agree in hindsight.

Life
by CarlvanHeerden

Comment by PapaBob:
Wow, this is one of the shots that really gets missed with the speed voters and the score is much lower IMHO than it should have been. Once you see the reflected face the image comes alive. Nicely done!

Real Money
by CarlvanHeerden

Comment by one2one:
Nice bullion. Good work on the modeling.
Poor choice of background colour though.
With that lens you could have achieved a better image i'm sure. Can't really tell where the focus point is. I would have chosen a bigger aperture and focused on the coins. This would have made the bullion blurry and given this shot an overall more interesting feel.

...after a hard life
by CarlvanHeerden

Comment by huab_yang:
Great textures, detials, and composition.

...after a hard life
by CarlvanHeerden

Comment by rinac:
Abandoned, old and rusted cars make excellent studies in texture. Good lines and composition. Just a touch more sharpness to make it pop I think.