setup.jpg
by KiwiChris

Comment:


Link in the comments didn't work. :-).

Room with a view
by KiwiChris

Comment:
Posted some info on this here

Room with a view
by KiwiChris

Comment:
Thanks for all the comments folks...

Just for the record, the glass is huge, it holds an entire 750ml bottle of wine, and the parrot fish could actualy move around quite well, although he only spent about 10 minutes in his room with a view. :-).

Cheers, Me.

Desolation
by Joey Lawrence

Comment:
Very cool, Beat Heida at her own game as well...

Congrats

Prince b. Vettori
by tonyv

Comment:
Stunning timing....

Rounding the last turn.
by KiwiChris

Comment:
Arrr, 5.249 ain't too bad, I thought this would tank badly.. :-).

Motoring.jpg
by puma

Comment:
Not sure if I like this or not, and I do like some abstract stuff, but then that's the nature of the game really, with an abstract shot you either 'get it' or you don't. ;-).

I like the pattern from the blurred wheel hub though, I just find the white splash quite distracting, as it almost cuts the image in half.

Interesting colours in the lower half, almost chocolate. Mmmmm, Chocolate.

Sunset on Mt Ruapehu
by rayz1

Comment:
Nice shot... It seems every time I'm up that way the top is clouded in these days.. Although when we lived at Waiuru Dad took some amazing photos of the cetral plains and mountains.. (I was a bit young way back then..)

3 to the power of Thirds
by KiwiShotz

Comment:
Very cool photo...

I stopped in almost the same spot earlier in the year and took some snaps with the coolpix 2500... on a bright sunny day though, so quite boring photos.. The contrast between the light and dark, and the colours really make this.

Airborne
by Mark

Comment:
Hi-ho from the Cirtique Club...

Just reading your comments, and those of the commenters, I think you're being a little hard on yourself. This is a cool photo. It didn't do all that well in the challenge, but the small number of comments tell me that most voters didn't 'get' it rather than thought there were flaws in the image.

It would have been really neat to have the background more out of focus.. As you noted in your comments it's a little busy maybe, but your sisters expression and the big kick to the head more than make up for that!

The exposure is good, with only the small white sky highlights top right distracting my eye from the energy and motion in the shot. The colours are great as well, the strong greens and skintone are pleasing to the eye, with nothing challenging to grasp for the viewer.

The only thing I find disturbing is that the top of the photo is cut off by the frame for the swing. It's almost as if there are two photos here, the one above and the one below. Cropping off the top of the image, keeping most of the wooden framing makes this more balanced to my eye.

I think this image suffered in the voting because people didn't get 'perspective' from the photo. That asside you obviously saw what you wanted, and captured it perfectly. Well done.

Cheers, Chris H.