Stubborn!
by glad2badad

Comment:
Simile defined: A figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are explicitly compared, usually by means of like or as, ...

To say this is a simile was reaching a bit and putting extra words out there that didn't exist, IMO. ;^)

Quite honestly, 'stubborn as a nail' never crossed my mind. 'Bent out of shape' did. Stubborn in this case (single word) was meant to portray the human trait of stubbornness (or creating a personification) in that the nail was being stubborn - not wanting to go into the wood - resisting...

Originally posted by Caltrop: 'stubborn as a nail' is a simile not a personification. sorry Edit - In looking back on my comment it seems a bit harsh - I did not mean it to be quite so. I do get the feel of the pic and it is a good shot.

On the rampage
by gaurawa

Comment:
I love the tone taken with this image - works well. The composition captures the tension and movement of the moment. Very nice.

DPC----Tranquility.jpg
by ucanoe

Comment:
I LOVE places like this! I have access to a few parks that offer something like this...you've done a wonderful job capturing the "feel" of the location. Very challenging to do sometimes with all the various light sources. Overcast sky perhaps helped some?

Your choice of location and angle of view make the composition. Great eye to visualize this and to capture it successfully.

Smile and keep having fun! ;^)

Four Score
by pique_moi

Comment:
It's a statue with human attributes...? The photo is very nice - looks like something you would see on a postcard or in a textbook...just not getting the connection here to the challenge. Sorry. Good luck with your entry.

QUEEN VICTORIA
by niro

Comment:
It's a statue with human attributes...? Sorry, I was marking some images with a basic comment in case I didn't get back to them.

This image to me looks like a documentary type photo you might see in a college textbook on art. Technically it's ok. The overcast sky is a bit dull/uninteresting - can't always have blue skies. ;^) As for how this meets the challenge I still don't see it as I thought the subject was to be of a non-human looking inanimate object. This statue is very much human looking.

Personified Marble
by photoventurer

Comment:
It's a statue with human attributes...? Sorry, I was marking some images with a basic comment in case I didn't get back to them.

I like your image here - the DOF is nice with the blurred out background and the statue is very clean (neat imaged maybe?). As for how this meets the challenge I still don't see it as I thought the subject was to be of a non-human looking inanimate object. This statue is very much human looking.

lighthouse.JPG
by alienhelix

Comment:
That's a nice lighthouse. I'll bet it's quite photogenic too! ;^) Had I been driving past it I would have to pull out the camera and take a shot as well.

If I may make a couple of observations? I'm not an expert by any means so please bear with me. First, the lighting is a bit harsh. If you have access to this lighthouse you might want to experiment with some different times of day (dusk/dawn). The distant backgroud is quite hazy, perhaps a UV and or a Polarizer filter would help with this (as well as the time of day). From where I'm sitting it looks as if the lighthouse/horizon is canted a bit to the right - a free rotation of about 2 degrees CCW would straighten it out. And the last observation is the placement of the subject - it's too centered. Looks as if you could maybe even back up a little to help gain some manuevering room in your composition. Again this is all just my opinion.

Hope it has a small grain of usefulness to it! ;^) Smile and keep having fun.

Forbidden vegetable
by LevT

Comment:
Well...I'm sure you'll be seeing many comments on THIS one! ;^) Where did you find that ?? vegetable ?? - I thought it was a pear at first glance. Then you could have done 'Forbidden Fruit'.

I should have looked for another one of these...



...our veggies could have gotten together! He-he.

Message edited by author 2005-10-19 08:05:10.

Put Your Teeth In Dear
by macrothing

Comment:
This is funny (title especially), and a good piece of fruit for this shot. The green background kills it for me. I can see how you were using the ROT for positioning but you may have wanted to see what it looked like coming down or up a bit more - it's close to centered. The lighting is a bit dark on the left front of the fruit - a white piece of poster board or a white bedsheet could reflect some light into that area for you. Gets a 4 from me. Good luck in the challenge.

Échecs
by Marc923

Comment:
I don't know what Echecs means in English, but I like your photo. ;^) Great use of a very commonly personified 'inanimate' object. This is well composed, lit brilliantly, and has a nice DOF feel to it with the foreground pieces placed as they are.

Bumping this up. Good luck in the challenge.