Irrational lottery number
by Django

Comment:
Looks like the texture of an egg... Now I'm picturing a bunch of eggs being tossed around the inside of a lotto ball machine now. What a mess! Nice shot though :)

Ad impossibilia nemo tenetur
by seb-ksl

Comment:
Nice feel to this photo with the soft lighting and sepia tones. I'm confused about the upside down textbook though.

Apple Pi
by SoulMan1978

Comment:
Nice pi... not sure about the b/w choice here... makes the apple look very unappealing to me.

Roman Pi
by Danniejean

Comment:
Nice simple setup and well done. It's hard to find the breaks in the numbers after the decimal... is it 3.1415 or 3.2549? I'm glad I don't have to write like this!

III:XIV
by Les_Feck

Comment:
Ok, took me a while to make the connection to pi... the title was helpful, but I think the III:XIV is a bit too small and blends in too much to be easily seen. You'll probably get a few DNMC comments or votes from folks who don't take the time. I like the variety of circles and flow of the water line which moves your eye around, but the lighting seems a bit dull for this one. Good luck!

Giant Pi in the Park
by cajay

Comment:
What a perfect spot for the challenge! Were you the one who suggested this one? ;) It looks as though you tried to hide a sign behind the statue, but it's still sticking out a bit. The shot could use just a bit of a clockwise rotation too to level up the horizon. Nice use of the rule of thirds for such a simple shot.

TT
by SDW

Comment:
Took me a second to find the pi... it gets lost a bit in the shadows. I like how it repeats though in the next layer back.

Cherry Pi
by cook86

Comment:
Nice carving of the pi(e)! For me, this one would be a much higher score if there had been as much attention to cleaning up the pie plate and wrinkled background as their was to the great pie cutting. I can picture the pie moved to a clean plate, set on a smooth background, with a soft light placed off to the side.

Transcendental Pi
by haydawlin

Comment:
Like the high key treatment here, I think it works nicely. I also like how you kept the top cross pieces just above the horizon line. If there is anything I might change, I think it would be the coloring... the reddish-brown makes it look like muddy water to me. Nicely done!

In the Setting Sun
by WickedB

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

My first impression of this photo was that it was difficult to focus in on the focused stalk since it is so small.

I'm a big fan of shallow DOF shots, but this one for me isn't as effective. I like that you've chosen to pull out one particular stem to highlight the textures, but it's so small in relation to the whole shot that it gets lost. Perhaps focusing in even closer from a slightly different angle would have really allowed more detail in the top of the stalk without losing the feel and setting of the background? Or, maybe using an even larger aperture (f/1.8 or f/1.4) to create a shallower DOF would have been enough to separate the stalk a bit more from the background? Just a few ideas.

Also, this seems that it could benefit from a slight rotation since the horizon feels tilted. As far as the rule of thirds, it meets the challenge requirement with the top of the plant, but you also have the horizon and the stalk which are almost on the lines of thirds... perhaps cropping this slightly differently could have allowed you to take advantage of those lines as well.

You've done a nice job at bringing out the warm, golden tones of the sun in contrast to the lovely blues of the water. The whole shot overall has a nice feel to it... makes me want to be sitting there on that dock.

I hope this has been helpful! Please feel free to PM me if you have any questions. Best of luck to you in the following challenges!:)