Creation
by JH

Comment:
Nice shot. Gratz on 0 1's. I dig the way the end of the finger seems brighter. Well done.

EDIT Oh yeah, fabulous detail on the hand. Perfect. As one would expect for the hand of God... ;)

Message edited by author 2006-04-11 09:28:20.

Ready for bathtime
by Cooz

Comment:
What a fun picture. Seriously. I just wish that there wasn't such a strong bias against the venerable Rubber Ducky who has put in such service on this website and in photography in general. Might have been a fun picture with something else, but what would have been yellow?

Nice shot.

LiveStrong
by Melethia

Comment:
Rose seems a bit soft... The jersey looks good.

I was thinking that it would have been nice to have moved the rose up to the black strip to increase contrast and make it stand out more. Then I thought that it might have been fun to use the Rose as an 'R', covering it with the head of the rose.

The composition might have needed to change though with a slight turn to your right.

This would be a fun picture to email to Lance!

Ride on sista!

Jammy Time
by timfythetoo

Comment:
Good use of fifths. It's still a bit to the right, but it's pretty close.

Only complaint from me is that it seems a tiny bit too soft (mostly in the hand) and there's a nasty mark in the BG.

A crop in about 10-15% might have righted the composition (this far to the right almost suggests movement to the right to my eye, but this isn't supported by the picture) and lost the hand. It might have looked a bit weird to have sliced them off, but then it draws the attention to the mirrored faces. Tough call. I don't hate the current crop.

Nice job.

Cliche
by nards656

Comment:
I just looked at just the top third/half and it looks like a face with Rasta (Ganja) eyes and a MONSTER afro. This could have been an interesting variant...

I think the glass is your greatest obstacle in this pic. When I did my first glass picture, I was surprised at how low the quality is in glassware. Man, when is Canon going to come out with some L series goblets, snifters and other assorted wine glasses?

Yellow III
by Chinabun

Comment:
Fantastic. It's a little rough in spots in the fore lamp, but otherwise, it kicks keester!

Still Life In Black and Yellow
by olddj

Comment:
I like the idea, but there are some serious fatal flaws that I see in this pic.

#1 Focus. I would personally have used a deeper DOF to get more flowers in focus as well as keeping all parts of that vase sharp. Nice decorative work on it.

#2 Depth of Frame. I think you could have greatly benefited by moving your whole setup about a half foot to a full foot farther away from the wall. This would have greatly helped in making the top part of the background Black as Black and would also put it in the defocused area. This might have helped if there was a problem with the actual graininess on the backdrop material.

#3 Backdrops. Ooof. To be honest, I prefer the softer yellow of the cloth at the bottom of the frame over the yellow paper. Would there have been a way to set up the yellow cloth in such a way that it 'bent' upwards as it went back to allow a totally fluid and seamless backdrop? You could then have used the black paper to create a nice flat line across the top. This would have been challenging as you would have needed to light the background. One idea would be to have a light stuck through the cloth and hidden behind the carnations. It would have had a nice, balanced effect. It still would have needed a bit of side lighting to give depth and definition to the carnations, but that would have been OK because the subject would have been moved away from the backdrop.. right?

#4 Blacks. I felt that the main idea of this picture was to allow the top of the black vase to meld seamlessly into the background when I first saw the thumbnail. Doesn't look like it worked out so well here.

If you got the lighting right and moved the flowers/vase forwards, you would likely have found that your actual Background was quite black already (keep that backlighting LOW). This would have made it easier to hit curves and meld away.

I really like the idea of a vase that looks like a drip from the blackness coming to form a glass object with flowers sticking out of it.

It was a great idea.

Yellow Bridge II
by Pug-H

Comment:
I like this one a fair bit more than your challenge entry. The perspective seems to be corrected and it doesn't have that off-kilter look anymore. The blossoms are a nice touch.

I still think that grass looks jaundiced. Can you hit it with a masked layer of desaturate yellow? (obviously masking around the bridge)

Otherwise, looks good. Crummy sky, but I get those all the time here too. The only time the air is clear is when I have to be at work. Whee!

Punked in Yellow
by fotomann_forever

Comment:
Uhh, just reading through your description... What the heck are fingertits? Freudian slip there?

Anyhow, nicely done and congrats for placing so well with such a difficult challenge!

Butterfly
by faidoi

Comment:
This is really nice. One thing that bothers me visually here and might have bothered others is the border which seems like it needs a bit more separation from the dark background to the black of the border. 1 pixel doesn't seem to cut it for me. 2-5 pixels might still keep the understated feeling to the thin border. I think I'd prefer something that was around as thick as one of the veins in the wing that is more visible. Just my silly ideas...

I would also have liked just a touch more DOF to grab the rest of the wing in focus. Possibly also a tiny bit more contrast just in the butterfly itself? Otherwise, expertly captured.

What a fantastic eye!

Message edited by author 2006-04-10 10:00:17.