Judge
by phoenix46

Comment:
Great expression, but the tone variation in the background is a little distracting.

9th Ward
by dustinwilson

Comment:
Dustin,

You should check out the website of a photographer named Chris Jordan. His "Laid to Waste" series has a photgraph of this same shop front. A friend o mine is actually considering buying the photo (not cheap, either) and when he showed it to me, I remembered seeing yours in this challenge. Weird coincidence. I kind of prefer your shot to his.

Here's his URL:

chrisjordanphotography

Cheers,

Tony Tuck

Message edited by author 2006-03-01 15:41:33.

Blue
by Kivet

Comment:
Hi Kivet - I saw your note in Dr. Achoo's forum and thought I'd leave you a note. First of all, I have not entered many challeneges, so I'm no expert, but I do think that there is a certain kind of image that does well among voters. That isn't to say that those are necessarily good pictures, but it seems that images that are crisply in focus, with richly saturated colors and relatively high contrast seem to perform better among voters. I really like your photograph, but I suspect that people found the colors in the lower portion of the frame a little washed out. Since most voters don't spend more than a few seconds with each image, anything that they can latch onto to justify a vote, they'll take.

However, there also appear to be some people who are jerks (check out some of my scores and comments if you don't believe me). You can't avoid that, but still 43 people gave you a 3 or below. All I can say is they were wrong. The picture is better than that. I don't know - maybe they were people who also entered the challenge and were trying to hurt other scores. Who knows - but regardless, the photograph is better than their subjective opinions of it.

Ultimately (and I know this sounds like a cliche) it is more important that you like what you've done while remaining committed to improving and pushing yourself. You should check out another member - senoj. Her user ID is 43360. She seems to come in last or near last in virtually every challenge she enters but doesn't seem to really care. But what I find really interesting is that her work stands out. She is one of the few photographers (on the opposite side of the voting spectrum would be someone like Joey Lawerence) who's photos are immediately identifiable. She has a style and she seems to want to develop within it rather than copy someone else's style just to get closer to a little icon of a ribbon.

So, for what it is worth, I like your picture. Just because 43 people appear to vehemently disagree with me doesn't mean I'm wrong. But, that said, if you want to score higher on these things, use a tight focus, saturate colors but don't oversaturate them, elevate the contrast but don't overdo it and take a lot of pictures of birds flying around, mountains and lakes and flowers. You'll have a string of ribbons in no time.

Good luck with this.

Tony Tuck

Hash & Eggs
by Chef Magnus

Comment:
Looks delicious. Great photograph.

Doggie Chair
by phayanak

Comment:
This is a great composition and your colors here are great. However, the reflection off the table top seems to detract a bit from the focus of the image. Just a thought.

The best of 'em all
by Refwhett

Comment:
I'm an Oban man, but I fully agree with the sentiment.

0365
by jjccc

Comment:
Now this is a curious take on the challenge. Where did you find the models?

circbug.jpg
by saiphfire

Comment:
These are beautiful photographs. If you wouldn't mind sharing the technique, I would love to know how you produce them. Congratulations on the entire series. They are stunning.

Atari
by kteach

Comment:
great idea for this challenge

Eastern Europe, The chaotic decade of "Solidarnosc"
by jjbeguin

Comment:
Great photograph