IMG_4421
by JokersSoul

Comment by mbrutus2009:
Background might be a bit distracting.. but thats just my opinion... But the thought is really cool. Maybe just a simple background would give the eye no distractions to really look at the ball way down on the other side of the table. Cool idea.

"Salvation"
by JokersSoul

Comment by MCPixel:
Good shot, nice angle.

"Salvation"
by JokersSoul

Comment by hawkeyefilms:
nice angle

Necessities
by JokersSoul

Comment by phlover:
Hilarious title,.....great comp.

"Salvation"
by JokersSoul

Comment by mrbig65:
wow,,,,,,,,big door there,,,,,, nice work,,,,,,,,,

IMG_4036-edit-1
by JokersSoul

Comment by Tammster:
I too think this is the winner. The DOF really makes this shot in my opinion.

Necessities
by JokersSoul

Comment by giantmike:
I like the overall scene choice. It feels like the bag being in focus was sacrificed for the water to be in focus. I wonder if you could have gotten both with a longer distance between you and the bag, or a smaller aperture.

IMG_4049-edit-1
by JokersSoul

Comment by CNovack:
Cool door handles! It is definately unique but the soda or bar behind the glass door on the left is distracting attention away from those pizza slices...wonder how this would look shot at a different angle. This will definitely take the slice (yeah bad pun I know:-) ) with uniqueness but it just needs something.

Oh you are going to kick me for this, but this might also be a good one for a reshoot (and to add something a littttlle different that some might welcome after looking at tons of door handles and locks and such). Close-up like you see here of the pizza door handles but just pull back slightly. Move two steps to the left to get most of that bar out of the picture. Now to introduce the next element: A person's hand just touching/cupping the left handle (don't have it obscured - just so much that the fingers are going to be in the action of pulling it open) Now the person's right hand will be holding a BEER! This is why I mentioned pulling back that full beer bottle needs to be fully visible and positioned just off to the right off the right pizza door handle (I has to not obsure that either). The idea is Beer and Pizza (two tastes that go well together LOL) The drawbacks to this is that whomever you get to be the model might have to contort in such a way that will be uncomfortable, this being a public place you could get some stares and a nasty stare down by the owner and you might have to zoom out so much that those great pizza handles no longer dominate the composition. Food for thought.

IMG_3917-edit-1
by JokersSoul

Comment by CNovack:
If you can't go do the reshoot on the double ZZ doors then this is my number # 1 pick. Love the textures I see here with the lines and the cracked paint. Hmmmm, did you crop this or can you go back to the original and make this more of square crop? I think that you can crop closer to the nail that holds the chain that portion really doesn't add too much to the overall composition and you want your audience to focus their attention squarely on the lock and chain overall. Those are you main subject so bring us closer to them and let them take center stage. Also I think some shadow/highlight/midtones is in order to punch up the contrasts between the highlights and shadows so we get more of a feel of the 'rough' weathered texture of this door. I also like the punch of green that runs down the middle - gives it a punch of color.

IMG_4036-edit-1
by JokersSoul

Comment by CNovack:
Cool doors! - I like the perspective with this one BUT I do like the other door that had this same design but with glass panels. There is just sooo much wood and texture that the handle gets lost in the same color and wood tones of the door. The glass panels broke up that pattern of 'sameness' and gave it more punch as well as contrast such that the handles stood out more. Yer gonna hate me, but could you go back and shoot the one with the glass panels with this same angle perspective? Please. If you could I really think you have a great chance of getting a new Personal Best on your page. Also I did notice a great amount of reflections on the glass panels - if you have a good polarizer (and I mean a good one as that there are some pretty bottom level ones Moose Warm Cicular Polarizer is a really good one for cutting down on those window reflections) that could eliminate most or all. I wonder if the angle perspective can be kept but the double ZZ's could be more visible....I tell you I flip-flop between thinking ZZ top or Zeus - god of Lighting (doors to Mount Olympus)