Frog on Tropical lily
by train

Comment:
Beautiful image, well done.

Serenity
by Chinabun

Comment:
CB, I'll leave a few comments for what they're worth. From a technical standpoint the picture looks soft or a bit noisy, can't really tell on my monitor. The color seems to have a bit of blue or green cast to it, finally it appears to be a bit small. Composition is the problem though. As several people have pointed out, the foreground is not very interesting - just a bunch of bushes without anything leading into the shot. The mid-ground is fine although the lighting tends to flatten out the rolling hills and thus takes away any energy. The background - mountains and clouds are lacking in contrast. As pointed out before you have a pretty static picture with the very solid lines of foreground, midground and background just divided by fairly hard lines. The idea you have is good, perhaps under a little better light, better leading lines, and processed with more contrast it may work better. Hope this helps (again, just my opinion).

Night Shift Driver
by AP

Comment:
Very nice, moody shot.

A Whole World of Fence
by 4ROGGYCHEF

Comment:
This is great, I only gave it a 6 during voting but in looking at it now I would probably score it higher. Nice interesting take on the challenge, nice composition with the fisheye, nice colors too.

Beyond is the Unknown
by TheImagery

Comment:
Too bad, I really liked the image. Still, great effort.

Llama Llama Frozen Llama
by ShutterPug

Comment:
Hi Linda, thought I'd add my 2 cents worth. I like your idea about a closer crop to the fence, trees and ice. I would probably have looked there first, I think including the llamas tends to add another idea that pulls the eye away from the fence. The leading lines you have also tend to direct the eye up and then off the page behind the llamas. A crop as described above tends become dynamic when you position the yellows of the trees and ground against the blues of the ice, with the fence the major idea demarcating them. Just an idea, overall you have many great shots, just a matter of time really.

Jack

Winter Seashelling on Buzzards Bay
by jlanoue

Comment:
Hi John, I didn't get a chance to vote, but I'll offer my thoughts now for what there worth. First, I really like the image - very engaging, you've connected well with the subject and I feel the environment is sufficently shown to make this meet the challenge (others have different opinions bout this obviously). From a technical standpoint, the photo just needs to be sharper. I believe that the colors work fine, but I believe a closer crop (perhaps taking out the water and trees in the background would have helped) This is one where you'd need to experiment to know for sure. Overall I would have given this a 6, I definately think it has potential just needs some work.

Jack

Edited to say - just my opinion, hope this helps stimulate your thinking.

Message edited by author 2008-03-26 14:23:28.

Getting Pink
by Kelli

Comment:
I didn't vote Kelli, I would have probably given the shot a 5 and I'll try and explain why. I'm honeestly not sure why anyone would give a score less than 4 since the shot is indeed a portrait and an "environmental" shot too. Technically the picture is not too good, with the subject a little flat (contrast-wise). The subject seems a bit soft as well. The major issue is the composition though. Too many competing ideas take the viewer away from the main subject. People tend to be attracted to bright areas first (the white lamp, the patient), areas of lots of contrast (black bowl and white spoon and all the stuff on the shelves), areas of warm color (the patient). The challenge is to make all of this work in the subject's environment, and in this case it's not easy.

Overall I think the idea is good, your engagement with the subject is good but there are things to work on to improve. Hang in there and keep trying, you've definately got a good eye, now it's just hard work.

Oh and btw, this is just my opinion for what it's worth, hopefully this is helpful, but if not just ignore it.

Jack

Seascape
by Firsty

Comment:
very nice image

Jack

Lee - A Photographer
by Gatorguy

Comment:
Bill, great shot, nicely composed and executed. High key is a great idea for a photographer as their world is all about light. NIce job,

Jack