Bled Dry
by rblanton

Comment:
The light, red reflections on the glass, are good; but the image is too dark. The details are all bunched up on the left-side of the histogram, and loses a lot of detail. I think it would have been better if you had not rotated the image as well.

harbour in sunlight and fog
by visaksen

Comment:
That is a lot of heavy equipment in the dim light.

Lite
by caba

Comment:
Great idea for the challange, and must have taken a lot of patience and practice to get it right. There are really only two things I find distracting about it; the letters are all bunched together, overlapping in some places and the weight of the image is too much off to one side, the left.

There's Beauty In The Breakdown
by sher

Comment:
It meets the challenge well -- reflected light, bubbles lighter than water and a light ripple on the surface -- but the image is busy and I am not finding a definite subject to focus upon.

Empire State Light
by suecunning

Comment:
The points that I am sure you have heard already in the comments; image size is not using the allowed size of 640 pixels on a side and has a bit of a clockwise tilt. The motion blur is so obvious I will assume it was intentional, and it certainly brings the focus of the image away from the building (as a building) and places it squarely on the lights. A great way to meet the challenge topic head on. However, abstracting the building in this way leaves you with composition only to produce an effect -- and it is a bit heavy on the right hand side. The large bright area in the lower right out weights the rest of the image -- I believe placing more negative space on the right and less on the left would have produced a better composed image.

The Best Drinks are Blue
by skylen

Comment:
Most shots are not cropped tight enough -- the photographer just does not get close enough to the subject. Looking at this image, I think you have found an image that just the opposite is true -- I think this image is begging for more negative space above it and probably to one side or the other.

Great idea with wonderful lighting and colors.

David

togetherness
by gaurawa

Comment:
A good image of a great idea. All in all, the centered composition, with the reflections going all the way to the top, draws the eye up out of the frame. Placing the mirrors so the reflections do not reach the top would have drawn into the frame and kept interest better.

Like LisaCan, there is something else not quite right that I'm having a hard time putting my finger on. It is perhaps the lack of emphasis in the image. A diagonal row of reflections would have produced more impact, but it may have taken from the tranquility that I think you were shooting for.

David

Journey
by gaurawa

Comment:
I absolutely love this. The progression through life toward death is great.

David

Trio
by gaurawa

Comment:
This is a great image. Although it is for the backlight challenge, a bit more light on the center of the flower - just enough to keep it from shifting to black - would have enhanced it. But, I probably don't know what I'm talking about -- after all, it did place 12th. :D Congrats.

David

daisy with shadow border
by gaurawa

Comment:
Excellent use of shallow DOF. Looks great. If I had to find something that bugged me it would be the cropped petals and the oof forward petals ... but that would only be noticed if I had to find something. ;)

BTW: thanks for using this photo to demonstrate the border with ... I've found a new portfolio to visit when I have time this weekend.

David

Message edited by author 2004-10-23 05:59:25.