1 - Alone
by odriew

Comment:
Very dark. It draws you right in. I like the vignetting around the edges. It gives it an old antiquey feel.

Cape-White-eye.jpg
by kellymk

Comment:
Can't wait to see what you would call uber-exciting! THis is well shot with great color and an awesome pose on the bird.

Week 1
by jdannels

Comment:
Love the colors. They orange and the blue are isolated in the corners which is really cool! There is almost a distinct dividing line between them.

algebra 'til midnight
by sadiebird

Comment:
I like the reflected light on his face and also like the composition. Very difficult shot with the bright light and dark shadows so this is well exposed. Parentl pride shines through!

Frozen
by karmat

Comment:

Originally posted by karmat: I've only seen it freeze like this one other time in my life -- when I was in first grade (31 years ago).

Must be global warming! haha.

About the photo though. Interesting set up on the tryptych. Really love the dual colors here. The duck looks naturally desaturated and it would have been nice to get some of the white snow or had the blue water in there so the inset images matched the dual colors of the main image. The white feathers work pretty good for that. Overall, very cool and goes well.

Looking for God
by alpharich

Comment:
It was a blustery cold morning outside that day Sandra walked into the church for shelter. Sandra led a troubled life. Rejected and alone she struggled to raise her daughter well on a waitresses salary. She felt so helpless on this paricular morning. She was past due on the heating bill and they were threatening to stop fuel deliveries until the bill was paid. How was she going to keep her baby warm this first winter? While still lost in her despair she peeked into the hall of worship never expecting to behold such a beautiful sight. She was captured by that morning light shining through those colorful windows. She could not resist as she wheeled her daughter up the aisle and fell down beside her both knees on the ground, legs sprawled in an uncomfortable kneel. The feelings of isolation welled up inside of her and with tears streaming down her face she cried out, "My God! My God! Why have you forsaken me?" Not knowing where it came from she heard the inaudible voice speak to her heart. "Fear not my child, for I am with you. Let my grace be sufficient for you. For my power is made perfect in weakness." Then she heard no more. Her tears had stopped and she felt a subtle strength building inside of herself. She got up from her slumped position and turned to walk back outside continuing on her journey in the blustery cold morning when she heard the call of the deacon. He yelled out "Hello, What are you doing in here?" She tried to make herself invisible but could not. She told him who she was, barely able to withold the tears. He quickly found out what her story was and offered to give to her the money she needed to pay the heating bill. With warmth forming in her heart she accepted. She left that church on that cold blustery morning with a new found faith in a God she thought had abandoned her to the perils of this world. Hallelujiah, she thought. Praise the Lord! 10!

What do the words make her see?
by sadiebird

Comment:
This is a good picture. It has good exposure and it is processed well, not overly sharpened or neat imaged or contrasted. It is lacking some pop. I think it could benefit from a shallower depth of field and mabe being closer to the subject. You did a great job with the hard lighting. You could have easily overexposed for the light on the face but didn't. It does tell a story which is good too.

The Moment
by AP

Comment:
Very cinematic feel to this!

Week 1: Salmon Teriyaki
by mjwood0

Comment:
Very nice. It almost looks like it was selectively desaturated due to the natural black and white background. My eyes may be bad but it looks like the focus point is right on the front ridge of the salmon which appears nice and sharp. I think it made the orange zest and part of the orange a little out of focus.

I just used the Online Depth of Field Calculator for a quick check. I just assumed you were shooting aboout 3 feet away from the subject. Here is the data using your shot settings:

Subject distance = 3 ft

Depth of field
Near limit 2.87 ft
Far limit 3.14 ft
Total 0.26 ft

That means you had about a total of 3 inches of focus range which is .13 feet in front of and .14 feet behind the plane of the subject.

I run into this problem with my 50mm lens all the time. If you are shooting up close, you really have to use a small aperture. Using f22 would have given you a focus range of about 1 foot using the same parameters above.

Anyway, I liked the image and I hope the info was helpful!

Message edited by author 2010-01-07 16:47:34.

Anacapa Island
by Germaine

Comment:
Great gradation from sky to horizon and water. Would be a really awesome travel photo.