EYE SEE YOU
by jessebradley

Comment by JeffGold:
good timing to get this.

EYE SEE YOU
by jessebradley

Comment by gg3rd:
Having the object off centred would be more appealing (learned from my very entry here at DPC). Nice you got it right on look at the camera.

EYE SEE YOU
by jessebradley

Comment by sailjo:
What an interesting little face! This is absolutely great!! Good luck! 10

EYE SEE YOU
by jessebradley

Comment by robinssong:
Very striking! Beautiful bokeh.

EYE SEE YOU
by jessebradley

Comment by Darkend_Sword:
You know the look in his eyes is a little unnerving. Nice job.

EYE SEE YOU
by jessebradley

Comment by coronamv:
more like feed me!

Fly By
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Comment by dj01sr:
Great shot. I worked on the F-15s for 11 years. Never got tired of seeing them.

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Comment by lkn4truth:
CRITIQUE CLUB COMMENT:

COMPOSITION

The composition of the image is ok though I typically don't like to see things dead centered as much as this. The reflection of the base along the bottom edge of the picture feels a little cut off. I'd have liked to see a bit more of the reflection.

IMAGE QUALITY

The image quality at the base of the flame and even the reflection are sharp and crisp which I like. Unfortunately, the flame looks a little fakey as if you had to have done a lot of post processing to create the effect. Whether or not you did a lot to the flame, the image comes off feeling a little forced to me and not natural.

CHOICE OF SUBJECT

My biggest complaint about the photo is not really being clear what I'm looking at. I'm not sure how much is natural "flame or fire" and how much is created in post processing.

CREATIVITY

The choice of using a blue hue in the picture was a great decision. Naturally the chellenge lends itself to lots of reds and oranges and your color selection sets it apart from others in the field. It's a gamble to have gone this way since for me it doesn't portray fire as much but I think it was gamble that paid off this time. The choice of the gold border seems to come with mixed reviews from the voters but I like it because you went with a gold looking border which really brings out the gold colors in the central focus of the picture.

SUMMARY

Overall, this is a very good shot certainly worthy of a top 20 finish but I'm not sure I see enough interesting for me to have pushed it into a top 5 contender. What would make the diference for me is to see something interesting actually on fire or something that made the flames more definable and less soft and blurry.

Message edited by author 2006-08-27 20:41:22.

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Comment by tjbel05:
cool um I mean Hot

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Comment by LucidLotus:
I love this. There's a very celestial feel to this for me. The colors are great and the composition is very nice. It looks like this was done on a mirror, so the reflection is inevitable but I think I'd like it even better if there were nothing but black at the base, so everything is growing upwards. I think the softish focus works here and the lighting is perfect. I don't know how the fire was controlled or if any special substance was used but I think it'd be cool (if its possible) to get some sort of graceful figure/figuring in the middle of the flames without it burning up. Added dimension and all that as this really gives me the impression of a sort of Venus rising. Anyway, great job! I gave a 7