tom t

Lovely colors. But as someone already remarked you need a little more space on top and to the left. While you're at it I would go for a little less white at the bottom, so your horizon is sort of at 1/3rd. Also, the slant that kind of cuts through the tree at the top is a bit distracting. And you should straighten your horizon just a tad.

This must have been a really impressive locatin, I'm guessing.

Cheers,

Tom

Me too I like this one. One suggestion, though. It seems like you've feathered around the edges. The feathering effect works well here, but I would have faded out completely.

Tom

Good theme fit, well seen & done. I agree with the comments about hte colors (great) and the too bright center. I would add that I would have tried avoiding the head touching the bright circle.

Tom

PT beat me to this one - I was thinking about something similar but have not managed yet to shoot something I'd want to show :(

Theme fit obviously OK. I like the sharpness on the eye, but I'm less enthousiastic about the glasses. The slant of the glass at the bottom is a nice line, but the traces of the bridge to the right are a bit distracting.

Cheers,

Tom

Thanks PT for the explanation on the wet-ness of this shot. I would not have gotten it.

That said me too I really like the mood and the light in this shot. I disagree with the suggestion of exposing a stop less; I'm afraid you'd miss out on the details in the shadows bottom/left.

Great shot and well done!

Tom

From me too: good idea, crop or get a bit closer and clone out the white blob in the mirror. I would also have move the camera up, to avoid the highlight in the background. And me too I'm puzzled by the title.

Cheers,

Tom

Very nice, and I like the tilt too. Though I would correct the pincushen distortion in PS.

Regards,

Tom

Nice one and good theme fit. I am guessign this is simply upside-down?

Tom

Agree with the others. Theme fit is OK but I prefer Mandar's version. Actually, I like that version Very Much!

Tom

Me too OK with them fit but me I would prefer the focus on the eyes. Outside of the assigment I would not care much for the shot by lack of impact, as Dominique suggested.

Tom

Laundry of money! Great idea for the assignment! Though I have to admit it took me a while before I got it.

I would have said that the line of foam is disturbing, but without it I don''t think the link to the them is clear. Though I find the shot itself not all that compelling, I don't think I could do any better. So, well done, PT!

Tom

Well seen indeed for this assignment, but apart from that I would not really call this a great shot, Mandar :)

It's easy to criticise, of course, and I fear I have little suggestions for improvement of the shot. Might crop the tree (?) to the right to remove some clutter, or crop tighter around the sign alltogether. Did PT try from a higher angle, perhaps with a lower f-stop to blurr any background distraction?

Still, apart from all that, fun addition to the folder. And a 7 for theme fit!

Regards,

Tom

Not exactly run-off-the-mill! Good to see a "different" shot on PN.

Me too I would appreciate some details on how thiswas done (PS work etc).

The only gripe I may have is the lack of contrast between the backdrop (sofa?) and the clothes of the model.

Regards,

Tom

It's not that the background is bad, Calin. It's actually fine and your use of DOF made the background nice and blurry. I think the problem is the lighting on the plant itself - because you got so much (semi-)shadows, large parts of the white leave blend in with the background. The shadows on the stem in the middle are fine, though, as they contrast nicely with the leaf, and also because the texture comes out real nice.

FWIW I would also go for something more diagonal in terms of composition here. Of all the still life flowers in this folder this one is my less favorite.

Regards,

Tom

Ah, subjectivity... Dominique liked the other rose better; I prefer this one. Reason being there is more contrast between the rose and the reflection here - in the other shot the reflection is too similar to my taste.

Asking for opinions might get you exactly what you asked for - lots of opinions. Not necessarily the same opinions, though :)

Regards,

Tom

What Dominique said. Also, because your whites seem a bit blown, there is too little contrast between the stems and the flower itself (actually on the thumbnail I could not make out the stems at all).

Regards,

Tom

Calin, I like this one best. See comments with others on why Ilike those other one's less :)

Tom

What Sigfrid said. Also, I would move this one and the one with the garlic (I think) out of the folder. The other ones in the folder are all same style, and these 2 kind of break the harmony in the folder.

Tom

I took a look at the whole folder now - if you look at the folder view you'll see that compared to the other shots, this one is underexposed. Just light it up a bit - use auto contrast in PS for example.

Tom

Oh - and if you could do some PS magic (selective curves or something) and light up the face a tad - that might do wonders in this shot. I'm attaching a (very poorly done) version of what I had in mind.

Doing that I was thinking you might have used some fill flash to bring out some of the face...

Also I noticed you got some sort of a halo at the back of his/her head - see how it blows up when I did my curvy thing. Perhaps a compression artifact? Is this there in this original? If so your lens has a serious fringing problem!

Additionally I would also clone out the white thingy bottom/right.

Just some thoughts of course,

Tom

Certainly wet feet, so theme fit OK. Good idea, too!

Compositionally I would crop left ot off-center the little guy (girl?) more. Perhaps crop bottom and top too.

Aesthetically the shot does not work perfectly for me. Perhaps subject matter just isn't my thing?

Regards,

Tom

Oh, and did I mention I like the title?

:P

Good interpretation, and esthetically OK too.

Some suggestions, in addition to Robert's: slant the yellow line to give the image a bit more compositional punch. I think the droplets are fairly sharp, but the text is not. Due to razor-thin DOF perhaps? - In that case use a higher f-stop for a tad more DOF.

Well seen & done, PT!

Tom

Great idea, PT. FWIW I prefer the blue version. The B/W just does not have enough to hold my attention (lack of contrast indeed?)

Regards,

Tom

Nice one PT! Good theme fit too.

Compositionally I am a bit bothereb by teh empty space to the right; since the owl is not lokoing there it seems to serve no purpose. How about cropping all that away and going for a portrait composition?

Tom