tom t

Great expression on her face.

However... your shot is by no means sharp enough. You have to crop top and right because you've got too much empty space that serves no purpose around you subject. And finally, your shot seems poorly exposed and you are missing contrast. If you leave the sky (top right) out of your composition your light meter will meter more accurately and your exposure will be better. Alternatively, crop and use PS to up contrast.

Just some suggestions - feel free to disagree,

Tom

Not a bad shot, but the motion-added-in-post shows: pity that over the front of the police car the motion blur on the yellow ribbon is significantly less than elsewhere.

Compositionally I could crop to off-center the car.

That said, the image caught my eye so it's got a certain something :)

Regards,

Tom

I'm neither a fan, nor an expert in this kind of photography. But I would suggest to pay more attention to the edges of your composition: a pity her fingers are cut off (right edge) and in teh bottom edge you have a trace of the edge of the table. So... move camera a tad to the rightm, and crop bottom, left and top.

Just some suggestions of course - feel free to disagree.

Tom

Great idea, but I would try and off-center the hair.

Regards,

Tom

Same here - love it. Keep it in color and correct your horizon. Good work, and good choice of exposuer time, PT!

Tom

I like it a lot. Ben A - could you explain what is "wrong" about it, or what you would improve?

To me this one is great - it has a spacey feeling with the big sky. When my dad was a kid and could not sleep because of a cold or so his mom used to feed him poppyseed tea - that got him spaced...

Very nice - I would be proud of this one. I'm not a big fan of frames but your frame works for me too here.

Regards,

Tom

Cuba's a great country for photographs, but this one could be better. Be more careful about what you have in your shot: in this one you have the very distracting twig (top left) with the green and yellow leaf. Also pay attention to objects that get cut off - like the bush in the foreground and the tree to the left.

Hope this advice is helpful,

Tom

To me the danger is the shopaholic-angle: oooh nice dress, where's my credit card. Tp me, that's a nice angle on the theme fit.

I agree that some cropping would be nice; The background is wafully busy with the lights and the cars. A bit of fill flash might shed some light on the passer-bye's face, which is kind of dark right now.

Regards,

Tom

I guess danger is a subjective concept - though I'm happy with the theme fit. The bent mirror effect works well here.

As for composition I agree with Seven - crop more and provide contrast between bottom and top backgrounds.

Regards,

Tom

Ah, opinions differ. Personally I kind of liked the plate over the door.

Thx for the comment,

Tom

My preference!

Tom

Great moment you caught here! Pity that the focus is on the metal mesh and not on the cat's eye. A bit deeper DOF would have prevented that.

Also, compositionally, a pity you have a metal knot right over the left eye.

Regards,

Tom

Nice one, Alec. I like the light here. Pity the boy on the right moves, and also pity we can't see his eyes. Love the expression on the middle boy's face, though.

Regards,

Tom

Well seen, but apart from that for me a so-so too. I see no particular need for the partial saturation.

As seen, for theme fit it's great, though - it made me smile! Thx for that, PT.

Tom

Well done! Only suggestion might be to put the lamp a little closer to the book. Or maybe not :) Good idea, well executed.

Tom

Pretty bold composition but I like it! As for improvement, the only thing I can think of would be to crop a litte top and right, so we get to see the man a bit better - he's awfully small now. At the same time the enormous red wall does have something bold too... so if you crop, don't crop too much.

Really interesting shot, this one!

Regards,

Tom

Yup, seems like a good eye that doesn't see anything. Theme fit OK for me.

Though I like the texture in the wood here, the image overall is a bit dull to me. Perhaps the eye is not big enough? Get closer and/or crop?

Regards,

Tom

Yes - more foolish than dangerous. And the drill does not seem to be running - so even less dangerous.

I have no problem with the oof area. I do have a problem with the blueish cast. Wrong white balance perhaps?

Tom

But this one really is not sharp enough - probably motion blur, and perhaps just OOF because of narrow DOF. Face seems sharp, though.

Personally I prefer to see the eyes, and the fact that both top of the guitar AND left hand are cut off is a bit of a pity. What I do like is the light coming from behind of his face - if his eyes were open the beam oflight would have led the eye to where he was looking.

Just some comments - feel free to disagree,

Regards,

Tom

Must be quite spectacular!

Your photo, however, is not that spectacular. It depends on what you want to accomplish.

If this is intended as a portrait, then you have too much clutter (the hand of the background figure, the distracting whitish thing bottom/right, and the light is awkward on your subject's face. Try again in different light (overcast day, of find a spot in the shadow, or try later in the day with softer evening light) and pay moer attention to things in the background and things at the edge of your composition.

If this is intended to give us a taste of the atmosphere then I think you are too close - moving back a bit, and getting the guy (girl?) with the guitar in the shot would be better. Though I fear you would still end up with a very busy composition.

I do like the saturated clors. I'm sure an event like this is the right place to get some really nice shots. But this one needs a bit of work.

Just some comments - feel free to disagree of course,

Tom

Great idea and well done. Sony might not be too happy to see it's stuff in this kind of shot, though :)

Although the electricity added in PS is really well done (I *love* the hint of orange on the finger!) I do wonder about the sort of not-so-bright streaks - personally I would have left those out. That is real nitpicking, though.

Congrats on this one, PT.

Tom

Well done - I like this a lot.

I am thinking this is PS work, as the wood boards seem (in real life) a lot smaller than the girl? Would you mind explaining how you did this?

As for the blue hue; I'm not sure. I think this would work just as well in B/W. I do agree that the blue gives a cold feeling that fits the mood of the shot.

Well done!

Tom

Sorry, I find selective desaturation a bit boring and rather clich頨just a personal opinion - feel free to differ).

You composition is rather bland here - try off-centering the subject. Even more so because you did decide to use selective desaturation - this makes the central positioning even more obvious.

I've never been to Angkor but it certainly is on my wish list! Personally I do not see or feel Ankor in this shot, and would not have known the location if it weren't for your title. Do you have shots of the monk with a tad more context?

Regards,

Tom

I like it! Nice and simple.

Pity the plane in corner/right is not totally in the shot. And the plane bottom/left is a bit awkward too.

Regards,

Tom

DO crop out that half bird at the right dge. While you're at it, crop some on top as well, and we'll have a more balanced composition.

Regards,

Tom