Manhattan
by MarkS224

Comment by kiwiness:
Ah the big apple! I will defintiely go here one day! I like the old fashioned feel you've given this image changing it to B&W, good job.

Manhattan
by MarkS224

Comment by StevePax:
I think color might have been more fun here, unless it's too brown from smog. Anyway, great choice of angle/location.

Manhattan
by MarkS224

Comment by jdavis:
Yikes! I'm glad I don't live there. Nice B&W photo.

Manhattan
by MarkS224

Comment by Shiiizzzam:
Wonderful b/w ! This has the feel of a old picture you would see in a diner. GREAT idea on the b/w. This is thinking outside the box. Awesome !

Manhattan
by MarkS224

Comment by justine:
Good work. Like it.

Manhattan
by MarkS224

Comment by hortopth:
nice choice on the B&W. These shots of NY never get old.

Heron on Blind Pass Beach.jpg
by MarkS224

Comment by Swashbuckler:
Could you share your camera settings next time?

In general, I like this photo. The wind is at the heron's (?) back and shows up in the details of it's head. The color seems very nice. I see quite a bit of grain in the background...was that on purpose? Also, the sky seems bright (mid-day) but the horizon is dusky colored - I'm confused...what time of day was this?

Up and Down
by MarkS224

Comment by dacrazyrn:
like the goldish vs the black treads. Need tighter focus. The reflections on the walls and glass are distracting.

Up and Down
by MarkS224

Comment by Inga_fang:
I think that this photo would look more interesting if the guy who is comming down the stairs was closer to the camera, maybe even really close...otherwise a good idea and I love the lighting and color

Independence Day
by MarkS224

Comment by e301:
I guess this challenge running over the weekend of the 4th was bound to be too tempting for you Americans! The best critique I could offer would perhaps be to study moodville's second-placed shot and compare with your own: the capture of the motion of the fireworks, and the detail of them is completely comparable - indeed yours are probably more intersting in themselves. It's the other elements that have put that shot up where it is and yours down here: some context for the photo.

One fairly glaring criticism though: why have you left that enormous black area to the left of frame? If I brighten my screen an awful lot, I can just make out some smoke there, but at a normal setting it's absolutley blank.I would hazard a guess that either you need to check your own monitor settings, or to be aware that a lot of people here have theirs set reasonably dark.

It's a good moment that you've caught though - intersting to see the different stage of process of diffferent fireworks. Two reasons immediately come to mind for the low score though: there were so many firewirk photos in this challenge, and without some context it doesn't obviously meet the challenge.

Ed