Nasturtuim
by Oddfrog

Comment:
Comment from a member of your own commenting club :-)
Nice complementary colours.
What is good in this picture?:
1. The colours
2. Nice flower.
What could you do better?:
1. Crop a bit from the bright leaf in the right side, making the red flower almost touch that side. In that way you apply rule of thirds wich is very good for the eyes to look at.
2. You probably only use one light source, In that way the shadows become to harsh, i.e. black. Maybe better to light a bit with another light on the leafs too.
3. I love flowers and flowershots but for many they get boring. It would maybe be good to add a "nose" to the picture or someones face :-)
4. The focus is a bit soft on the red. It is sometimes hard to focus on red things, specially when there is something green beside it. Autofocus, i've heard, uses green light.
5. Another thing about the focus, If you are trying to focus on both near and far subjects you should lower the speed and use a tripod.
6. The frame does imo not help. Maybe better to have it same colour as one of the leafs.
Hope that helps!

Message edited by author 2006-05-10 20:28:12.

Farm Days
by jonconley

Comment:
Beautiful night shot.
It is hard to focus right in the dark. IMO It would be better to cut a bit from the right side, i.e. the out of focus wood.

repeated curves
by soraya

Comment:
Must be in Iceland! :-)
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Ok, it wasn't :-)
Nice picture though, good contrast and focus.

Message edited by author 2006-05-10 05:11:35.

Defying Gravity
by danderson107

Comment:
Nice illusion. Took few seconds to find out.

Note something?
by talikf

Comment:
A lot of holes :-)
And maybe a note!

untitled
by BeeCee

Comment:
Wow, this is great abstract!
Good focus and beautiful colours.

senakulo :: old story, reenacted
by blackenedwhite

Comment:
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This picture has potential.
What is good?:
1. The subject is good.
2. The model is good, good expression on his face.
3. Cropping is good, leading lines make you look at all the picture.
What could be done better?:
1. Title is not good. I would prefer "Old religion" or something like that.
2. Too much red colour
3. The picture is grainy. It is well possible that you did that on purpose but I think that it would be a lot better without it. Try using NeatImage to take away the grain.
4. To much light on his cheeks.
Overall a good picture that scored IMO to low.

Message edited by author 2006-05-10 20:27:41.

puppy dog slippers after bath time
by blackenedwhite

Comment:
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Nice idea to hang your shoes up like this.
What is good in this picture?:
1. Focus is ok
2. Nice colours
What could be better?:
1. Looks as there is a bit to much contrast
2. The "faces" are a bit dark so at first sight you don't see what it is you are looking at.
3. The clouds are a bit blown up, to white. So I can see the trouble you are in, shoes to dark and clouds to bright and you have to apply the same to everything in the picture. In some editing programs you can apply brightness differenely to midtones and other without violating "Basic editing" rules.
Hope this helps something.

Message edited by author 2006-05-10 20:27:21.

Arenal Volcano
by Rgarcia

Comment:
This is like in a dream.
This is one landscape picture that would score maximum points.
Great how you use the surrondings to frame the mountain.
Perfect.

Backlit Under Clouds
by Rebecca

Comment:
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This is a picture showing a stone in front of a hill far away.
Although it is a beautiful stone it is not something that makes you want to see it again. Maybe an animal or a person in front of it or on top of it would make a big different.
What is good?:
1. Good use of rule of thirds.
2. Leading lines make you look at all the picture.
3. Colours are good.
4. Focus is good.
5. Frame colour/darkness fits the picture well.
What could be better?:
1. The sky, like in many of my own pictures is blown, probably not because of wrong adjustments but just because it is like that when you take the picture.
2. Wait for a better day to take pictures :-)
Hope this helps!
Edited: Deleted an empty line

Message edited by author 2006-05-10 20:26:47.