Big Branch
by thorgils

Comment:
It's become a bad habbit to request detailed info from critique club. I knew this wasn't a good image. It was just some picture I took while on another mission and found it just before deadline. This was taken on a beutiful day but the lighting conditions for photography were hard. I had to use high iso and the sunlight burned to hard. I didn't have a tripod with me because if i had I could have used lower iso and take the picture on time and also positioned myself better to take a more interesting picture. This is one of my so called drive by shooting pics ;-). Thanks anyway for the comment.

see through screen
by thorgils

Comment:
Thank you all for your great comments.
I searched the internet for photo illusions and tricks and found this page //www.flickr.com/photos/w00kie/sets/180637/
So I began with taking a photo of this setup with the hand using my brother as a model. Do not wear any long sleeves since it makes part 2 more difficult. Then I uploaded the image into the laptop, put the laptop in place and adjusted the image through the viewfinder of the camera to find out if things matched. Then my brother put on a shirt with long sleeve and took care not to show any part of the hand. I adjusted the hand according to the perspective of the viewfinder and "click".
It is necessary to put the camera on a tripod or somewhere where it is stable and won't move.
I was not happy about lot of things i.e. the position of the laptop image is to low, the lighting is terrible (500W handheld halogen right above scene), image not very sharp and the composition isn’t that great but it got me no. 7 so me happy ;-)
This takes some practice but I dare you all to try because the final product looks great as desktop wallpaper and family, friends and/or coworkers will scratch their heads till they become bald trying to figure this one out.

Where Does Reality End?
by OdysseyF22

Comment:
I don't se any connection to the challenge. Unsharp and harsh ligthing. There is to much clutter and therefore the eye doesn't know where to look. I therefore can only give 2 for trying.

The Amazing Woodies!
by CEJ

Comment:
Bit to much negative space for my taste but i like the compositon and the Idea is very good.

Chef's Tools
by JonLud

Comment:
The tool itself is barely noticable and the background disturbs to much.

Fox Tower War Memorial.
by JunieMoon

Comment:
according to information I found on the web this tower was built in 1939 to commemorate all soilders and sailors in all the wars Americans have participated in. I do not relate that with independence. The picture itself is very normal and therefor I give only 2

Sweet Sixteen
by jayrod

Comment:
Wow, there are so many car key pictures and we are so dependent on cars. Good feature of this image is that it's BW and the lighting is o.k.

The freedom to shoot whatever I want. (freedom = independence)
by jmlelii

Comment:
I find this a bit to awkwardly posed almost unconfortable. If she would turn more towards the window and lean against it that would feel more natural. Or not ;-)

first taste
by buzzmom

Comment:
very uninteresting setup.

Road to independence
by liney

Comment:
very untinteresting subject, ie another point of view might have made it much more interesting. Might have cropped it much more. The lighting creates to sharp a shadow around the key.