Peaceful symmetry
by johnmk

Comment:
You'd have had it nailed if you would've cut the flag off I think. Pretty good image despite but the flag wrecks the symmetry part for me.

Paper Dolls
by sagestudio

Comment:
With twins, I'd have chosen a more traditional approach, like a cheek to cheek picture or something. Unfortunately they aren't quite symmetrical but they sure are cute kids.

Natural Symmetry
by scroosloose

Comment:
If you could've kept the whole thing focused, it would've made for a much nicer pic. This has nice colors and pretty good symmetry

Red Hot!
by Fiver

Comment:
I don't know what this is exactly, but it looks like grate material with a red light on the camera side of it. Interesting concept, nicely executed photo

Wilting Away
by jenarom

Comment:
Excellent color and detail. Wonderfully crisp and clean image. Looks like a 10 to me

stone macro
by MajorChaos

Comment:
Nice colors. Good framing and I like that there is a definite focal point of this shot

A Chorus Line
by daysez

Comment:
Wonderful color. Good symmetry. I knew there'd be a couple of these. This one is particularly well done. Nice job

Time Keeps on Slipping, Slipping, Slipping
by karmat

Comment:
Greetings Fellow Critic
From Inspzil

Composition - I love doing shots like this, so critiquing this one is very cool. High marks for creativity. I think more linear, so I'm sure if I did a shot like this it would be a straight line. This is a good idea though and I think if it were to be a little clearer, it would've done much better. The picture is a little muddy from the long long exposure. Another possibility to do this is with a strobe, panning the camera between flashes. I don't like the lighter area at the bottom right. It makes the little black stands on the end of the timer show up too much. They're not so noticeable where its very black, but in that greyer area they are sort of a sore spot. The reflection on the leftmost one is a bit distracting too. I also don't like how the last couple are very white where the sand overlaps. That really is unavoidable unless none of them overlapped.

Technical - A great study in a different technique. I know I've done a few pics with long "simulated multiple" exposures with some decent results but I think this might inspire a few folks to delve into a little different aspect of their photography. The lack of focus is the major problem with this. I'm not sure if you had a little camera shake or if its just that they didn't expose quite enough but they are definitely fuzzy. I know my first long exp. pic took about 45-50 takes to get it right. Good thing my wife was patient. Setting the aperture to F8 seems kind of high to me. Mostly due to the fact that you need even more light than if it were set to 3.6 or something substantially lower. The actual exposures look just about right though so you must know something about that more than I :) The framing is very good, filling up enough of the frame but not too much.

Overall - I like the creativity and technique of this picture a lot. I think it could use a little honing to solidify it though and it wouldn't have to be anything drastic. I would recommend trying a strobe, you could control it by hand to flash a couple times fast, the slow it down, move the cam, and turn it up again, so on and so forth. I keeps you from having to keep covering the shutter every time. If this could've been sharper I think it would've done substantially better. It's still a good image. Good luck in your future challenges. I'll shut up now. - Bob

My lighthouse
by hilmarsig

Comment:
Interesting perspective. I like the way the sky looks and I think you've done well with your symmetry. Well taken and I prefer the great DOF of this pic.

Zen
by Corey

Comment:
I don't know about the head turn and symmetry, but regardless this is an absolutely phenomenal photo. The color of the water is sort of fake looking, but looks cool in its own right. Very well done - 10