In Politics
by blind_as_a_bat

Comment:
could do with being a bit larger

repast of felicity
by spacetaker

Comment:
interestingly abstract but quite dull colours - takes time to grow

Red Hot!
by Fiver

Comment:
good pattern and symmetry but the foreground is pretty difficult to make out what it actually is.

Boston Bridge
by mvilborg

Comment:
bridge really feels like a secondary element in this - almost impossible to see and the shot is dominated by the skyline/reflection, not the bridge.

Niles Canyon Railway
by Tarbini

Comment:
very well composed with the low camera angle - making good use of strong leading lines and interesting textures - good DoF throughout the shot although the white sky is less appealing. It does construct a triangle that encourages focus to the main bridge though, so I think it still works. I get the feeling that neatimage was used on this, to get the blurry but still sharp effect - not sure how much I really like that though I've started seeing it quite often. If it wasn't done using neatimage, I'd like to know how you processed the shot to get this effect. A good study of an old bridge.

Water Under the Bridge
by ClubJuggle

Comment:
great choice to just include the reflections. Good abstract shot with interesting colours.

Follow Me
by jmsetzler

Comment:
Creative use of the covered bridge as a 'frame within the frame' and strong leading lines to the subject, placed on the vanishing beams that lead into the scene. The overexposed light at the end of the tunnel and the slightly skeletal figure, due to the light flare give an other-worldly feel to this, in turn making me think of death, (heading into the light) or alien abduction fantasies (reminds me of some scenes from close encounters) .

While the leading lines keep dragging me back to the figure, I also like the rotational movement around the top of the beams in the bridge, I start at the top left, follow the beams around, down and to the floor - then my eye is dragged to the figure at the end.

The only discordant note is the hot/ whiter piece of wood on the left - it and the white tunnel exit form a line of similar tones that my eye jumps back and forth between - although this movement also restarts my journey around the beams - further creating movement but detracting from what feels like the final subject. It may be worth editing that area to darken it up to be less of a focal piece, with the result that the eye might come to rest on the figure

Pulse of the City
by SharQ

Comment:
You were robbed :) one of few 10s this week. I'd put this on a wall.

Message edited by author 2003-03-11 09:10:51.

Egg Yoke
by JMS

Comment:
Great colours - congratulations on winning.

Salt Shaker
by Jacko

Comment:
A good graphic shot - I like the blue that you changed the red into.