Broken Motion
by Jacko

Comment:
a great image. Very effectively done. Only minor gripe is the overall orangy cast

Two Tone Tonic
by jmsetzler

Comment:
A good attempt and certainly a worthwhile composition and strong graphic image. Certainly worth trying again to fix the technical issues.

You might want to underexpose it slightly more to increase the colour saturation, then try 'bringing' it back up in software - should get you crisper colours, perhaps.

You really need to find a way to illuminate the front of the lemon, either by a much brighter rear light or some very directed spot lighting, perhaps a torch carefully played on it might help. Not sure that the stem is properly lined up with the background, should be possible to get a really clean 'split' right down the stem.

The reflections on the glass could do with some more careful control too - it is best to do these in a completely dark room, with any obvious light coloured or reflecting surfaces removed or covered up - you want everything behind the camera to be dark or nonreflective if you can, or mask off the 'stage' with black foam core. This has a lot of potential still to be realised.

Agapanthus
by sulamk

Comment:
an attractive macro - with the lines and direction in this, it might be worth looking at 'upside down' ? It feels like it should be pointing in the other direction to my eye. The 'other' flower that is really tightly cropped in the upper right would be worth cloning out to enhance the focus on the subject

jennifer in hot tub, 30 second exposure
by kendall

Comment:
love the light bloom

Blue Lady
by Digital_Deamon

Comment:
shame your shadow ended up in this shot

A Melancholy Song
by indigo997

Comment:
Love the lighting, very well done - only small thing is the guitar shadow on the backdrop which spoils it a touch. The wings are very subtly shown but the lighting has made her legs look slightly deformed because of the position and how the shadows fall on the right shin, looks very twisted as a result.

Almost tempted to suggest cropping at about mid-thigh level, as the box/ seat is quite visible too - this could make an excellent square cropped picture ?

The halo effect is very softly done and works well with the blue theme/ colouring. Her right hand seems out of focus or blurred though, and her hair seems to have gone green in the light.

A very good entry - interesting in ways most submissions here just don't achieve.

Bonfire 2002: Texas Aggies Remember 1999 Collapse
by Froober

Comment:
good strong silohettes. Wish I could spell that word. This is an extremely apt photojournalistic entry for any paper in the Texas area this week. Good work.

WILDLIFE AS CANON SEES IT.
by Rfarias

Comment:
a good closeup but the other goose behind really confused the background

Llamarama
by muckpond

Comment:
you got yourself in an interesting angle here, making for a much more interesting picture than if you'd just been standing

North Hatley Fog
by mariomel

Comment:
Wonderful shot. I'm sure you are kicking yourself that the 'blue' challenge is this week :) Not sure I really get a photojournalism vibe from this though.

Other than the challenge issue, I love this. Very well framed and exposed. Now go and do it again for next week! Gordon