San Quirico d' Orcia
by Gordon

Comment:
This has a fun feel to it. The slight blur adds a good sense of movement - without it she would have looked posed. Tough lighting conditions with the darker coffee area vs the well-lit counter area. Did pretty well with it.

Well, my comment time is about up as my 3yr-old just joined me. I asked him what he thought of the "picture" and he said "Looks pretty good" "It's a nice shot".

Like father like son! ;^) Good luck in the challenge.

Coffee & Sugar
by EllieNeufer

Comment:
An 'A' for effort! Had to have taken some time to put that together. Fun concept with the photo. I think your composition is fine (perhaps a bit tight), but I think you may run into some issues with the exposure as the sugar dish is a bit hot. Overall, a good job. Good luck in the challenge.

Top Quality Café
by patrinus

Comment:
This is nice. Good feel of the texture in the beans. Good tonal range from black to white. Composition is fine. Well exposed.

You lost your foam! ;^) Hard to get the shot you want on the first take sometimes isn't it. He-he. Good luck in the challenge.

DSC_8111.jpg
by Firstrich1

Comment:
Lovely colors, and a pleasant composition. Nice job!

Fish
by hanneke

Comment:
Well, the effort paid off. ;^) Again, simple subject (clever to think of) and fun results. I could see this selling quite well as a stock photo. For a twist, how about adding an empty fish bowl to the left? I don't know...just fooling around a bit.

Smile and keep having fun! ;^)

Shadow
by hanneke

Comment:
Simple subject - fun results! Very cool.

flowerpower.jpg
by MAK

Comment:
I like your choice of subject to attempt this (dodge/burn). The wilted flower petals lends itself well to the overall feel (gloomy) of the image.

Dodge & Burn isn't one of my better areas in PP either. One reason, is I don't like the grainy appearance I get. It looks like it's caused some graininess in your flower image here also.

Good luck. I'm jealous...wish I had some extra time to practice this technique as well. ;^)

Edit - just noticed that your edges look funny next to the border, like there was a 1 pixel white edge that got caught up in the burning?

Message edited by author 2005-10-06 09:51:59.

Baseball
by hsteg

Comment:
This is a GREAT photo of a baseball...but what does it have to do with a coffee shop? Did it fly thru the window while you were there? ;^) Just curious...I'm sure you must have some connection, but really, I don't get it. Good luck in the challenge.

Happy to be Alive
by loriprophoto

Comment:
He certainly looks full of himself - for sure! ;^) We have two horses (Arabian and Tennessee Walker) and it's fun to watch them run and charge around when the wind blows just the right way.

Nice job of capturing the motion and the movement of his mane. Well done. Take care!

Desert Life
by Leighroy

Comment:
Great exposure and lighting on this well composed image! Like the use tilting the image - works well with the natural diagonal lines formed by the clouds in the sky. I just know there's a lizard in there somewhere! ;^)

Smile and keep having fun!