The Sun

Good composition on this one. The textures are great all around.

Great catch and very nice theme fit. Esthetically I like the golden colors, and the textures of the littel drops left and right of the sun.

 

Outside the assignment I'm not sure this is a winner. Compositionally the main items (sun and streak with the bigger drops) are well placed, but the blurr bottom half of the shot kind of defeats the purpose of the nice textures we got goin on higher up. Either it's a problem of sharpness (even the sharpest drops don't look all that sharp to me) or too narrow DOF. Given that, I would crop the bottom away - a suggestion attached.

 

Regards,

 

Tom

I'm beginning to feel like an ogre. I don't see the theme fit.

I like the composition, the reflections in the vertical water droplets, and particularly the suggested edit. I too have a little trouble with the theme fit though. I took a series of photos similar to this a month ago, only at night with the neon lights of the local theater complex as my light source. That was with my film camera, while my digital was in for repairs, and I haven't developed them yet. Thanks for this fine photo, which has reminded my to finish up that roll and get it processed. You have me wondering if any of it turned out worthwhile. I'm sure glad my digital camera is back!

 

Steven

Even with Tom's edit I'm afraid there's no saving this one. It seems the glass must be curved or the camera is not parallel to it because the drops at the top and bottom are out of focus.

As for theme fit, it's ok. The pattern of the little droplets can be thought of as a texture.

Onyo

A good theme fit for me but it lacks a bit in execution. As Onyo pointed out, the dropplets are out of focus, which would have made it very much stronger. I like Tom T's crop; it eliminated a lot of unnecessary space. It is an original idea for this theme, however.

PT, with the line on the side, I wonder if you are trying to show the smoothness of the glass as if somebody touched and dragged their finger along as if feeling it? I would like it rectangular with more space and more DOF would be better too, but this ok. Has good potential.

 

Chitra