written in sand
by posthumous

Comment:
Posthumous - This is a pretty abstract shot. It's difficult to tell exactly what I'm supposed to be seeing, even after reading the description. Its difficult to determine how far away you were when you took the shot. The first thing that came to mind when I saw the shot was, "What is it?" And there's not enough to really grab my interest. It looks like the 1/15 sec exposure still gave you a bit of camera shake. It makes it not perfectly clear and although I don't think its a huge drawback to the photo overall, the voters tend to hate that. I didn't vote in this challenge, but I think I would have voted along the lines of the masses on this one. I wish you would have made the lines in the picture more of the focus of it.

So bottom line for me is I really don't get it. I don't see any relevance to the challenge looking at only the picture. Sorry. I guess you can't please all of the people all of the time. - Bob

Enough surfing for today
by Pelle

Comment:
Pelle - Nice photo. Maybe you should critique my work. Its a very nice photo. There are a couple things that really make it stand out to me. The length of the shadow is great, very symbolic of the end of the day. And I really like the contours of the sand. That it shows no sky is really cool. I think overall for the shot, it probably helped the EV. There are a couple of "warmer" spots on the road, but nothing really hot. The only suggestion I could possibly offer would be to crop it in a little tighter, but just to make the photo a little longer. I don't think it needs it at all. You did really well with this. Congrats on a great shot. Sorry I have nothing to offer. If you take some suckier photos, I can probably help more with those. Keep up the good work - Bob

Isolation
by MsAmbrosia

Comment:
MsAmbrosia - I really like this photo. Its not a photo that is going to stick in my mind for decades, but I'll be reminded of it now and again. Its hard to critique a photo like this as I don't really find anything I would change dramatically. The foreground is a little bit dark. As opposed the obvious fix, lighten up the foreground a little, I'd be more inclined to pan back a little and sort of vignette the photo with the burn tool. That's really very minor and either way, I don't think it effects the great mood of the photo. I think you've done a fine job with it. I think its a 6+ photo that was somewhat under appreciated due to the gloominess of shot. Its a good photo. Good Luck with your future endeavors - Bob

Shadow Definition (of Field)
by tfarrell23

Comment:
I gave this a 5 originally but I'm changing my mind... I must've been sleepy this morning. 8

Ode to Deb
by mpeters

Comment:
I think I would've tried framing this one a bit differently. Maybe a portrait crop with the bottom of the handrail in the corner of the shot. Great idea, There is a ton of potential with this subject. 7

Winter Solstice
by digifotojo

Comment:
Forget the challenge on this one, go for the icy trees shot. the shadow of the tree is not isolated enough to make it effective. If you had a single tree on a large flat plane, that's a different story

a glass and its shadow waiting to be filled
by bobcc

Comment:
unusual white and black specks on the glass. Not sure its that distracting, but its sure not helping. An okay photo -5

Nature's Finger Print
by subject22

Comment:
Textures are one of my favorite things. This is really nice. 9

Heart
by Twist

Comment:
Wow! A ring that makes a heart! How original! All sarcasm aside, its a decent picture. Nothing to make it suck, but nothing to make it stand out of the 1000 pictures I've seen like this. Like Simon would say from American Idol... "Its forgettable" 5

Shadows of Blue and Green
by Izzybear

Comment:
Composition is weak. The photo quality is poor. I'm not seeing what you're trying to say with this photo.