Uh-Oh...
by GeneralE

Comment:
good point - I'm finding a lot of the gred/green images to be "off" color is this challenge.

Rain, Rain, Go Away!
by DougPaz

Comment:
Abdolutely gorgeous!!! Great work with color!!!! (but it shoulda won!)

The Hardest Times
by DavidLevin

Comment:
straighten your horizon - don't cut off his shoes - maybe increase the contrast - lots of emotion here - but not much "technique" - I like the locked door - then of course there is that issue of color....6

house
by nomoreschi

Comment:
there's a fine line between at high key image that works and one that looks washed out - you are right on that line - 7

Nature's Colors
by TerryGee

Comment:
would it look better without the orange in the border? 8

ghosts around orange
by davidbell

Comment:
I like the toes but what's on the left - I'd be interested in the out takes. The ball dominates too much and drowns the subtle whatever-it-is- that's happening in the back.

Monks & schoolchildren on a field trip
by jochen

Comment:
love the orange - too bad the field trip wans't later in the day. This light is hard to work with/

Rope?
by dsidwell

Comment:
yikes it's hat snake again - much as I hate him this is a spectacular set up and almost a perfect picture. Something about the uneven background makes me give it a nine.

Dash of Orange
by finnur

Comment:
Yep - the splash works for me every time - yet another great rendition

save the world
by sanandan

Comment:
Hello from the Critique CLub-

I have a couple of unfinished crituques from the distant past. It is intimidating to review such a great photo. I was surprised, just noe, to find that this wasn't a ribbon winner. I thought I remembered it in second or third place. Well it should have won and I gave it a ten.

One of the things I like best about this photograph, and several of your others, is the use of color. Orange is a odd color in the US and arely used. People do not dress in orange, they don't paint their houses orange. So to me the orange always stands out. Likewise yellow as in your "boyfriends" image. Yellow is for flowers, not for much else.

This fellow is great- he looks right into the camera and into my eyes with his little grin. What's he so happy about? What is he thinking? He leans towards me, increasing the sense of personal contact. He carries all sorts of things that I can't identify that make me curious about what he might be going to do.

Even though the composition here is fairly simple witht he center of interst in the center of the photo. the lines are intriguing, The composition is a triangle with the head at the top and the stuff in his hands at the base, The stripes of his clothing emphasize the diagonal of the triangle. The shape of his turban also mimica the larger triangle. the loop on his forehead and the point of his nose also point into the center of the photo. So all your leading lines draw into the image and none lead all the way out of the frame. This makes me, the viewer wander around and around exploring parts of the scene.

Your camera work is, of course, just perfect. Focus, lighting, contrast, all are wonderful.

It has been so long you've probably forgotten about this photo but I'll bet a lot of us will remember it forever. It is really an unforgettable shot and I thank you for sharing it with us.

Message edited by author 2003-07-07 12:38:43.