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by ellamay

Comment:
I don't think the shallow DOF works to your advantage here. If the snail was facing the camera and shallow DOF was applied to blur part of the shell would look much nicer. Exposure is a bit dark. Good use of negative space in front of the snail.

Trapped in a Kaleidoscope
by nicoledb

Comment:
Another very creative photo in this challenge. The most difficult part is taking the photo without a trace of the camera or photographer. Sorry, but I can see both in your entry.

Rainbow's crash
by menardmam

Comment:
Love the creativity shown here. Colors are very vivid and well saturated. But for some reason, I get dizzy trying to focus on this image. There doesn't appear to be a main focal point and in some areas I actually see double.

illusion
by ursula

Comment:
Very nice composition and excellent focus all across the feather (especially in the downy part). The part of the photo that gets serious negative points; color balance. It's WAY too red. You can see the tint everywhere.

Go to the beach and discover!
by MrAkamai

Comment:

Originally posted by siggi: Since you mention me by name in your post. Isn't it enough to discover new locations. There poses is not helping the composition. I don't find ithe pose fitting for a travel guide ether. I find the photo better without the girls in it. You may ask why again... When I look at the photo my eyes see a beutifull beach, then I see the girls bending over looking at something, I start to look for what they are looking for and see nothing there... not helping the composition. Gave you 5 like most. Would like this picture more without the girls there. ps. Looked over the other comments, the once that are commenting on what might make this picture better you dont chekck the "Photographer found comment helpful" box, and we are only trying to help.

I guess I just disagree with you in general not to say that I am right and you are wrong and vice versa. I just had a different vision when editing this photo for the challenge and we happen to disagree. It's normal.

As for not checking your comments as helpful, my only reason for not checking them is because I disagree with the opinions contained within. As you can see from my other challenge entries, I usually check off many of them as different people provide different insight to my photos. Then there are the people that do not check off a single comment as useful. They must be 100% right all of the time and always take perfect photos and do not want to be bothered by comments even those that compliment the photo. I try to have an open mind when reading the comments. Also I did agree with ellamay about the people pointing out of frame so I do find comments helpful, even the ones I find negative.

More stuff:

Siggi,

I am not trying to pick a fight with you personally. I just want to make that clear. I respect you and your work and just wanted to have a constructive agrument between two people who love photography. If I gave you any other impression, I apologize.

Message edited by author 2004-09-14 01:38:57.

Destination Unknown
by jmsetzler

Comment:

Originally posted by jmsetzler: I finished 179th. I think I deserve a critique. :)

I was about to vote on yours but I was out of time. I was going through some photos in a last minute rush and yours came up at 8:58pm. Not enough time to properly study and vote on your entry.

I really liked your photo from a subject and compositional standpoint but from the aspect of the challenge requirements, I didn't think it fit very well. My first gut reaction was 5 but the more I looked at it I probably would have given a 6 or 7 just because it was simple and conveyed a simple message about not being on vacation (my interpretation).

And now that I've read the photographer's comments, I see what you were trying to convey: heaven/hell. was I correct? Still, a great photo in my book.

(edit: typo)

Message edited by author 2004-09-13 03:47:03.

Come visit the Mighty Niagara!
by lwkimages

Comment:
Now that I see you took the photo with a 10D, you should consider investing in a polarizer. It would have helped considerably with the haze in the sky.

Go to the beach and discover!
by MrAkamai

Comment:
Thanks everyone for leaving comments on my photo. Just want to address a couple of issues that people mentioned.

First, Siggi's comment about them bending over. That's the whole point of this photo: discovering. The mother and daughter found something interesting near the beach and are both looking at it.

Second is Beagleboy's comment. About my naming scheme, yes, the title is directly related to the activity you see in the photo. I was not the only one who titled their photo after the contents. The blue ribbon winner did the same, in a way, by actually naming the location of the shot. I think that's a great idea as I wanted to know where each shot was taken. If they did not mention the locale, I did not lower my score respectively. And about the fact that the people take away from the shot? I don't understand. The idea was to capture a moment of time while people are looking at something of interest which is what they are doing.

Again, thanks for voting and all comments!

Come visit the Mighty Niagara!
by lwkimages

Comment:
Very nice vantage point. The people gice the photo a sense of scale. Just a bit hazy and levels and/or curves could take care of that.

Crater Lake, OR
by slim

Comment:
Contrast lacks depth and the clouds' details are blown out. Seems like there is a bluish cast over the entire photo and is most apparent over the hills in the background.