Orthodox Weekend
by dstrahinov

Comment by Tez:
Nice idea but maybe a little too dark?

Orthodox Weekend
by dstrahinov

Comment by Dirt_Diver:
I find this image a bit grainy for the subject at hand. IMPO I would only use a grain for an image that I want it to look rough, dirty, or something in that nature. I understand that some camera's just produce a ton of image grain (mine being one) but lighting really helps with that. Speaking of lighting, I see that you didn't have much light here. When you want some of your subject to look faded you should fade an entire side of the image so everything flows nicely.

I like the cross and the idea but there are just a few things that do not fit the image,
1 - The lighting
2 - The amount of room that is on the lower corner just below the cross. It looks like it is just too close to the image to look staged.
3 - The image Grain.
4 - The slight shadows at the top and the right of the image. Not really distracting like many say but it does stand out like a sore thumb.

Try using the color balance and levels adjustments when processing your images, It really helps and brings out a lot.

Good luck mate.

Orthodox Weekend
by dstrahinov

Comment by chan:
looks underexposed

Orthodox Weekend
by dstrahinov

Comment by onejumpjohnny:
good macro, interesting light capture, background could use a click of contrast perhaps (?)

Orthodox Weekend
by dstrahinov

Comment by Longfist:
If this involved a service or a church I could see it being directly related to a cultural event

Vitamins
by dstrahinov

Comment by jparisi:
I like the color. Another tighter perspective would be great.

Vitamins
by dstrahinov

Comment by jodiecoston:
Kind of hard to tell what you're looking at.

Vitamins
by dstrahinov

Comment by PDXKim:
I like the gradiant in the OJ. The background on the left is very distracting - maybe some other breakfasty type thing could have been set over there or something darker.

Vitamins
by dstrahinov

Comment by corinne:
I am not sure I 'get' this photograph. It looks like lethithn. Oh, wait, now I am thinking that it is bubbles in a glass. It would have looked spectacular if you cropped the left and top to only show the uniform orange colour. Anyway, I like it.

Vitamins
by dstrahinov

Comment by Jammur:
the skewed angle hurts, its an effective approach for adding drama, but does wokrs with your subject.