A Place to Ponder
by casualguy

Comment:
In the top left shot the water looks layered. Instead of gradually changing color it changes in waves.. and it ends up looking unnatural. (it seems like a product of photoshop but I couldn't say so for sure)

Heineken: Smooth and Refreshing!
by BigSmiles

Comment:
These pictures have an obvious tie together, but the composition doesn't really seem to flow together well. It feels unbalanced and somewhat random. Perhaps having the large bottle in the center and the multiple bottles on the left would have made the composition seem more even (and perhaps more sequential: 5 bottles, one bottle, glass). The shots in this series are each crisp and individually pretty well done, but they don't seem to form one cohearent composition here. 5

Rite of Passage
by DougPaz

Comment:
This series seems compositionally unbalanced. I see how you were trying to achieve a rough symmetry here, but by doing so you lose the chronological theme that you present, as it is highly unnatural to look first at the left frame, then the right, and then the center. This is especially difficult to see as valuable because the result isn't truly symmetrical anyway, due to the partial blooming of the third frame. Also, the framing of this shot seems somewhat awkward, with the excess of white space above the shots. I do like the red background, which provides a good contrast for the flower. Individual these shots aren't enough to stand out as unique, and I admire the attempt at a unique presentation, but I don't think it worked out very well. 4

Suds 'n Son
by tcherring

Comment:
This is an intersting piece of photoshop work, but it ends up looking very fake and rather cheesy. 3

Lazy Daze
by svital

Comment:
Well, the first thing that catches me here is that the boarder is excessive. I think it would look much better without the large left and right white space. I'm not sure why you chose to use a boarder that dominates the available space so much, especially when your space was already so limited, because it leaves all three of your pictures very small. The details in these shots are hard to see (both due to lack of contrast in parts, and the small size). The center shot seems quite uninteresting as well, since you can hardly see enough to tell that the lion is resting his head in his arm. I think these shots had a lot more potential than this composition shows. Perhaps another atempt at editing them together into a series (and maybe only using the first and last shot) would be worthwhile. 4

groogy day
by Jeileen

Comment:
I like the back two shots, but the front shot doesn't seem as interesting or as effective as the other two. It also doesn't seem to flow together with the rest of the composition very well. I do like the idea and I like the back two shots. 5

Hibiscus
by DennisF

Comment:
The boarder doesnt' seem to complement the shots very well. The first and second shots are pretty good, but the third shot is the most vital shot in the series (as the others lead up to it). Yet the third shot lacks enough clarity. I realize that the depth of field was supposed to be shallow, but in order for that to be an effective technique in this shot, the foreground needed to be in crisp, sharp focus, but it is somewhat blurry as well. This really hurts the series, because the finale is very anti-climactic. Good luck. 4

Alisha
by sherryk471

Comment:
The effects applied here don't seem to serve a valuable function. I think they end up detracting from the shot a lot. 3

Anchored
by Remie

Comment:
I applaud the creativity of progressing from black and white to color, but I'm not sure if it's effective in this composition. The color is vital to the shot on the right, and makes it interesting. The middle shot ends up looking somewhat cheesy with the color fading in from left to right. And I do like the composition of the shot on the left (particularly the chain), but I think it woudl be greatly helped by the strong colors that make the right shot so effective. I think your changing perspection of coming closer and closer to the boat would offer enough of a progression of theme in this series, the change in color seems both unnecessary and harmful to the shot. Of course that's just my opinion. Good luck. 5

Ebb and Flow
by KarenB

Comment:
I like the progression from water, to water and sand, to sand. However, none of these shots strike me as particularly powerful to me. Each one seems rather muted or dull for some reason. The first shot looks like it needed a little shorter exposure as well. 5