Holding up the world
by geewhy

Comment:
I like your interpretation of the challenge and I like the soft focus of the image. Nice work :-)

Green Giant
by zwhitley

Comment:
The cross between light and dark hurts this image. Leaves the light area a bit overexposed. It also seems a bit over sharpened.

Staggering Beauty ... Indomitable Strength
by mocabela

Comment:
I really like this image. I don't care for the title at all, but I don't vote based on that. I use the title only when I can't understand what an image stands for. In this case, I think it does well all on it's own. Maybe that's because of what the ocean means to me personally. As much as blue water looks great crashing against rocks, I think your choice of b/w enhanced the feeling of strength and/or power.

Hidden mental strength: "Spoon? There is no spoon..."
by Delphi00

Comment:
This is out of focus, I don't like the background and I can see the string attached to the spoon.

Pouring down
by heida

Comment:
Wow... this is a really interesting composition. I like it. I really like the use of b/w as well. You do have some hot spots on the water that you might try to fix by dodge/burn on your final image.

Edit: From my laptop those hot spots looked worse. On my CRT - it's not a problem.

Message edited by author 2004-04-21 08:38:45.

Mind Blowing
by pgatt

Comment:
Either this is really noisy from a low light situation, or it was out of focus and you tried to correct it by oversharpening. I think the use of b/w is good and I like how you showed the strength needed to blow that horn.

Wheels
by breckinshire

Comment:
Ummm, wheels just ended... I'm not a fan of the composition on this shot.

Strength of a Nation
by dixonp1

Comment:
This bird doesn't look the least bit real. Whether it is or isn't... I don't like being able to see cage in the background. A shallower dof would have really helped.

The Source of Her Strength
by librodo

Comment:
Composition, lighting, expression and mood - excellent. Very well done. That said, my comments for improvement: It's a tad bit overexposed on the hand and rosary.

Don't mess with my daughter.
by bobdaveant

Comment:
I really like the pose, the look on her face. I think the choice of b/w was a good decision. The lighting on her body works well also. I don't like the bright spot on the wall behind her and I wish the image were bigger.