Don't Count Your Chickens Before They Hatch
by Spanish_Grease

Comment:
Good literalism. I like the tonal progression idea here, though it may be too dark too quickly. One other just purely aesthetic comment is that the picture might have been more interesting a shot photographically/artistically if 1) taken with a bigger perspective emphasis, and with another means to indicate counting besides the handwritten numbers (maybe a tape based caldulator)

Girls Are Weird!
by darcy

Comment:
Interesting shot, though I don't believe this is a llteralism. It's just a fact ;-)

Might have been good to run this through neat image to reduce the noise; though it's also possible you just have too high a JPEG compression ratio.

Look for the fork in the road!
by Coley

Comment:
Excellent idea. Good scene and composition. A little more contrast might improve this, and a bit of NeatImage for noise reduction.

The Big Apple
by tomlewis1980

Comment:
Good shot; perhaps it would have been good to include something else to give us a perspective that this was really "big". Something that's smaller than usual. Or use distance perspective to make it look bigger than it is.

GrandmasHands.jpg
by JenHall

Comment:
Excellent shot. Congrats on POTD.

Nike
by Arnay

Comment:
Critique Club:

This is a good, sharp, generally well exposed image. It's well composed, offering the focal point (shoes) close enough to the upper left intersecting thirds gridlines. It offers a nice duotone-like image with the predominately blue and white theme.

I think the choice to slant the pillar is key here, and a good design. I think even a little more pitch on the slant might have been a little more interesting, giving you a bisecting diagonal composition.

Small relatively non-significant issues here: the center bottom of the column is slightly hot; the bottom of the right shoe could have more shadow detail.

I am not sure what the real message is here; if a product shot, I am not sure the placement of the shoes would sell; if an artsy shot, I am not totally convinced it would "sell"; if it's a shot for running or sports enthusiasts, I think it would work very well for those who like nikes.

Overall, I think its done very well.

Communion
by ellamay

Comment:
Nice shot; it would have been cool if you could have taken it with the water "aglow" as it sometimes is just around that time (maybe earlier.)

On Solid Rock I Stand
by Artifacts

Comment:
Well exposed and excellent vibrant colors. Interesting scene!

Sacred Worship
by jmark53

Comment:
An interesting shot, What is it? My guess would have been an ordinary stage performance to me with the guitar and the red led showing in the background. (Actually, the first time I saw it I did think that it was a staged "worship". but when I saw the guitar, I was confused.)

Red and Crosses
by Coley

Comment:
Good composition and use of DOF. The grain or noise complements this shot; to me that's unusual. One technical issue: the right most cross should not have been cut off in this composition.