deaddoll.jpg
by Kelli

Comment:
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!! I saw it again in that thread!! ;( :( :(

The Desolate Swimmer
by Shermy

Comment:
Whoa Shermy!! Congrats on the top 15 finish, you are one of the best up-and-comers - I loves your fresh ideas! :)

Glads
by Katmystiry

Comment:
That's a perty set o' flowers you have there ma'am :)

pencil shavings.JPG
by wavelength

Comment:
Initial Reaction
Interesting, tres interesting. I like.

Technicals
I think we need some more contrast here, things seem stuck in the middle tonal range. It also feels like the white balance isn't quite on, perhaps a tad too yellow. A pass of SS (or USM of
Aesthetics
I _love_ the use of shapes. We have a straight pencil, skewed to it (excellently so) are straight lines of the paper, then we have curves of the shavings, but not only that the wonderful ridges all of us not-using-pencils-for-decades people forgot all about. Add the bits o' lead and we're talking excellent elements.

--- Intermission ---
So I'm down at Canyon Falls today photographing the falls (huh). I'm down in the unused by-the-water-suck-place-to-get; as I'm getting ready to haul my fat @$$ back up the side of the cliff a guy carrying a bag plops on down in front of me. Yadda yadda yadda he pulls out a homemade pinhole camera! So I documented his pinhole documentation of the falls ... yadda yadda yadda I tell him watching him makes me feel like I'm cheating with the digital. His respone, "Naaaa, it's all photography".
--- End Intermission ---

Composition
I think we're 90% there and a slight adjustment would send this over the top, for me eyeflow isn't making use of the elements. I think if the pencil were left-shifted a bit and the main bit of shavings were right-shifted a tad we'd have great leading lines. Orienting the shavings so the curling nature leads us back to the pencil (which then takes us through the image again) would be icing on the cake. Movement amounts: the pencil tip one line (give or take), the shaving about two lines (give or take).

Bottom line
A couple of minor changes would make this a zip-dinger, overall I like it :)

But Its A Dry Heat ???????????????
by JSAYB

Comment:
Moderately warm :)

*Ring Ring*
by idnic

Comment:
Hmmm - someone should tell cindi savanah is freelance modeling for dpcers.

Showering Alfresco
by idnic

Comment:
Still having problems with the title :P

Step On A Crack, Break Your Mother's Back
by rubienne

Comment:
I've run across a number of these while voting, this is by far the best! I'm going out of character for a minute and will tell my score: 8.

Why: The composition is very good. Great triangles, great lines, great color on the shoe.

The only thing I can think to try to make it better is move the intersection of the shoe sole and the crack, put it closer to the 'hotspot' of 33/66 --- but it might not look good there. But I babble ...

I like, great comp, 'nuff said.

Aaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrggggggggghhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!
by Judi

Comment:
This looks like a Black child ... hmmm, that doesn't sound right.

Anyway- Loooooovve the expression :) Nicely photoed!

Big Ben - outsmarting fishermen for 30 years...
by notesinstones

Comment:
Yeah!! Reminds me of Catfish Hunter from Grumpy Old Men :)