Decaying Beauty
by anz

Comment by divernick:
Love the colour and texture

Four Eyes
by anz

Comment by PTLParsons:
background too busy as well as the reflections on the lens are not clear and are therefore, just busyness. The glasses do not stand out so you can see them clearly. They're just kind of in there amoung the other stuff. PTL 4

Four Eyes
by anz

Comment by hardwaybets:
Well done....the backdrop is a little distracting though.....7

Christmas in Cape Town,South Africa.
by anz

Comment by muckpond:
CRITIQUE CLUB!

This is an excellent photo and perfect for the challenge. The subject is great, focus is sharp, and the framing is very appealing. I enjoy how the subject fills the frame.

I have only two comments. One, the photo is overexposed a bit. The glare on the straps is distracting, and you lose a lot of detail in the sand. Granted, on a beach in the middle of the summer sun there's not a whole lot of control you've got. The other comment is the color saturation. While I know the challenge was "Blue," it seems like maybe you bumped up the blues in this photo a bit too much? It's soooo vibrant that it almost looks faked.

Overall, an excellent entry. I truly enjoyed this image.

Rob 8)

Christmas in Cape Town,South Africa.
by anz

Comment by timj351:
I like this quite a bit. However I don't think you needed to saturate the blue as much as you did. It is clean and simple and the straight overhead angle works very well with this shot.

Christmas in Cape Town,South Africa.
by anz

Comment by stephan:
*grrr* I envy you for the warm weather ;-) It's a very nice photo. I like the contrast of the colours and the texture of the sand. I seems a bit overexpsured because in the lower left corner the sand is very bright.

Christmas in Cape Town,South Africa.
by anz

Comment by PTLParsons:
This is definitely different, I must say. Very clear and bright and sharp focus. What BLUE flip flops. Doesn't seem like Christmas though. I'll take mine, thank you. Good photo. Not a "wow" but a good solid technically right one. PTL 7

Christmas in Cape Town,South Africa.
by anz

Comment by Turbotech:
Well at least it is blue

Christmas in Cape Town,South Africa.
by anz

Comment by inspzil:
For me - at christmas time it would be a prescription for frostbite!! - Inspzil Nice pic btw

The Great Escape
by anz

Comment by anz:
Thanks for the crit I appreciate the time and effort!--and found it v. helpful