At The Speed of Light
by mcrael

Comment:
Different approach to the challenge. Unfortunately I get no sense of speed from this image.

The speed of technology
by vignir

Comment:
The composition works with the subject placed well off-center and the blurr lines on the diagonal. Exposure seems to be correct though the lighting seems to be a bit yellow.

I'm having a hard time seeing the speed applied to the telephone/network cable. Maybe if the right side of the cable also had blur streaks this would work. Did you try the reverse effect where the background was sharp and the cable was moving through the frame?

Fast Food
by laurenrhae

Comment:
This is a very interesting twist. The object is well placed within the frame though maybe a little too invisible. This could be due to the yellow filter/background used. Did you try other colours?

Time speed
by zirkovic

Comment:
This image is very crisp and the off-centre placement works to emphasize the second hand. This is a novel approach to the challenge. In addition to placing the watch off-centre did you also try to put it a little on the diagonal?

Unfortunately this image has very little impact.

Roughnecking
by David Ey

Comment:
*Critique Club*

General: The angle of this shot is what adds interest to it. The lines leading from the bottom to the top give it height and size.

Composition: To add to the impact the man could have been placed a little higher up and to the right. Space below him may have given more of a sense of what he was doing. Also, tilting the image a little more so that the horizonal line at the bottom was parallel to the frame would also add to the sense of height. The red wheels on either side of the image are a bit distracting (only due to their colour).

Exposure: This was probably a very challenging image to take due to the strong backlight from the sky which put the rig in partial silouhette. To bring out the man on the rig you would have to add between 1/2 and 1 stop of exposure. One thing to ask yourself when taking any picture is what do you want to be medium in tone in the image. Remember that the camera's meter will try to make any image average (medium) in tonality. This is where the 18% grey is usually referred to. Since we are dealing in colour you have to determine what tone of any colour in the image represents a medium tone. If there is nothing around to meter off of then take something in the image and determine whether it is darker or lighter than medium and adjust the exposure accordingly (underexpose for darker and overexpose for lighter). I got this information from Gary Stanley. He has a very good article at //www.vividlight.com/articles/1411.htm .

Impact: As discussed in composition, more impact could probably have been attained if there was more space below the man. Did you try this as a vertical (portrait orientation) shot?


It's the challenging shots like this one that keeps us interested in photography. Good effort here. Give Gary Stanley's article on exposure a read. IMO he really simplifies the area of exposure. The hardest part is determining what a medium tone is. A grey card would help for situations where there does not appear to be a medium tone to meter off of that is in the same light as your subject.


Colette

Rushing Stream
by GolferDDS

Comment:
Rushing water always provides a way of protraying motion. This image may need some context to give it impact, maybe show a bit more of the shoreline.

Speedwork
by Toddh

Comment:
Interesting effect. The bright area at the top is a bit distracting.

Puppy Power
by Alpine99

Comment:
Interesting light effect but I don't get the sense of speed from this image.

Battle for the Ball
by arnit

Comment:
My favourite game. Excellent stop action. Very sharp, you've captured the players' expressions perfectly.

Bob the Bottlenose Banana Bolting from the Bunch
by wetland

Comment:
Very imaginative and funny. It's too bad about the noise in the blue area though.