Blue Jean
by nutzito

Comment:
[quote]Despite some technical imperfections, I thought this would do better.

Unfortunately, although the topic was perfect for massive participation, this was a members only challenge, which rises the "competing vs judging" issue.

Those 834 views during voting somehow speak for the non-members vs the 189 votes received from members. [/quote]

Not really...I clicked it to see a chick's butt...photographically, I'd have given it a 6...which was the average.

Not confident enough, yet, to go outside into society
by molly12341

Comment:
Kind of kills it when you spell it out so much in the title...although good idea.

Lunar Wind
by Falc

Comment:
Oh wow...sweet photo. I love it. Saturation is perfect, exposure is perfect. You definately deserved the ribbon.

Ringlight Eyes
by nephoto

Comment:
Needs more 'POP' to really stand out from the rest. A higher crop would also help to bump this up a few notches.

50feet.jpg
by deapee

Comment:
heh...you gotta remember, if you move the front sight down a millimeter, at 50 feet, you're going to be off by a few inches.

"Knock it off, I said! ... This is a still life!"
by aimeethetoo

Comment:
haha very funny...I laughed...chalk up a nice score for thetoo clan.

Overkill
by Mark

Comment:
OK I really like this photo.

The composition could probably be a bit better for my taste, personally. For example, my mind just seems to see things better in the 3:2 format or whatever...or as long as it's a bit wider than it is tall, it seems to help me out. Take your browser and make the top shorter, bring it down so just about 1/3 of the paper hole is showing...and it just looks much stronger to me and holds my attention and focus better.

Anyway, what I like the best is the tones...You really got a nice conversion to black and white here and in order to do that, you gotta nail the exposure, which you seem to have done perfectly.

I think what makes a nice black and white photo is the right amount of darks and lights, which in your staples, especially, they look just right.

So anyway, nice photo, nicely executed, good composition, and perfect exposure. Keep shooting bro.

Being and Nothingness
by alfresco

Comment:
Sweet man...congrats.

Card Tricks
by Nobody

Comment:
I like the shot and the lighting, but the border thing doesn't work for this one IMO

Creep
by soup

Comment:
That looks pretty good, but open that aperture up and use a flash for some fill. For the best DOF, you'll want to stop that lens down to like f/16 or around there.