taste of cajun
by mizz_kt_bug

Comment by feauxteaux:
Bands on the claws make this wacky for me *grin*

The lighting doesn't really bring out the brilliant red of the cooked crawfish but it is an interesting POV the way the image is framed.

taste of cajun
by mizz_kt_bug

Comment by bclements:
I like this photograph. The color and angle of view work. Maybe a tad sharper focus on the lobster.

taste of cajun
by mizz_kt_bug

Comment by f-32:
laissez les bons temps rouler, baby! Bring on da dirty rice and beans, put Beau Jocque on da stereo and let's start bitin' dem heads an suckin da tails! After that, the Neville Brothers are home at Tipitinas and I want to go dancin'! (BIG crawfish there!)

taste of cajun
by mizz_kt_bug

Comment by sibeling:
Intersting point of view & nice color, but it's a little grainy

looking at myself
by mizz_kt_bug

Comment by MrAkamai:
Interesting composition is flawed by harsh and direct flash lighting. If this is an external flash, try using bounce/fill flash if possible. Or try a softbox. Short of that, try some kleenex in front of the flash to help diffuse and soften the light.

looking at myself
by mizz_kt_bug

Comment by Philos:
This is clearly a self portrait, and there is a lot you can improve, I'm not trying to be mean, but here it goes.
Buy a tripod, even if it's a cheap one, you will love it, realy, for all kinds of shots.
If you used it here with the self-timer, it would allready get a lot better (everybody knows that you are holding it in your left hand)
It looks like there is some light behind the shades, pull them open, let as much light in as you can, get all lamps from your home put them somewhere around you. That way the flash won't have to flash this hard, and the lighting will look softer and you will get rid of that shadow of your face on the wall.
Offcourse if you open the shades you will have a window in your picture, no problem, just change your position.
The room doesn't look realy tidy, there is a lot of distraction going on in the background. This doesn't help your picture there is also some distraction going on on the wall next to the mirror.

Well I hope that you will mark this comment as helpfull even if I didn't say anything nice about your picture.

Oh, forgot, it's in focus. That's a good thing :-)

Update: With my score's your not even doing that bad, just counted, your my 52th place!

looking at myself
by mizz_kt_bug

Comment by mhoogendyk:
Unfortunately, this looks like someone working to take a picture of themself. You need to make it interesting. Could it be framed so that your arm doesn't look like its holding up a camera? Maybe you could attempt to show yourself with some particular mood like sorrow or joy, or you could try and portray yourself as some famous person. Technically, the image isn't all that bad, but natural lighting might eliminate the shadow effect on the wall behind the "real" person. You could also hang a black backdrop and remove the slightly seen, but distracting curtains, etc., in the back ground in the mirror. Anyway, those are my thoughts. Good luck with the challenge.

looking at myself
by mizz_kt_bug

Comment by luv2photo:
The flash has cast a shadow on the wall and that creates a distraction, it also washes out some of the impact of the photo. It is a fair image...meets the challenge