tom t

Impressivem, PT. Very delicate and good composition (I agree wtih Mandar about the ellipse).

The one gripe I have here is the fact that you have weird texture on your water surface (right side of ellipse, and also bottom) - it would be very impressive if you could get the surface of the water to look like mercury.

Very original, PT. Congratulations from me.

Tom

Very good find, and excellent theme fit. I don't see a sharpness problem. Compositionally... well it's a pattern, but there are big blobs of almost pure white, which I find distracting. I'm thinking get closer, in an area where you don't have the big blobs, and the overall balance will improve.

Well seen, PT! Great addition to the folder!

Tom

Late to teh game here. I agree with the others: better without the hammer. Light and texture on the background are a tad distracting. Personally I would like to see a bit more space on top; the edge of the lamp is a bit too close to the border I think.

Apart from that: good idea and well executed! I like the slant/diagonal in the composition!

Tom

Well Seven... I won't hesitate to criticize the background here. I agree it provides some context, and I don't think more DOF is really needed. The main gripe I have are the 2 clowns in the background; I find the overdose of colors a bit too distracting.

That said, I don't hate clowns and I like the shot. What I find funny is that the clowns looks like a dirty old unshaven man! As for improvement I would crop *a lot*, or get closer and wait for a moment where no distracting other clowns appear in the background.

Just some thoughts of course, feel free to disagree,

Tom

Thx Sarah, comments are always appreciated.

Tom

Well seen, I love these kinds of shots. You could use a bit more breathing space to the left, I think.

Regards,

Tom

We should have a category Fun on PN, and this would get a 7 from me. Theme fit OK, execution pretty good too. I like the fact that the main bar is actually bent a bit - gives great impression of weight.

I agree with Knicky on the use of light. The shadow on the leftmost support is a bit weird (I can't figure out how this was set up as the other support does not have the shadow, and the shadow of the man is tack in the middle).

Thanks for making me smile this morning, PT

Tom

I think Murphy referred to the current wires. This is a great shot, but I agree with murphy about the shadows. In addition there is a little piece of foot showing where it should not. Attention to these kinds of details make a great shot into a superb shot. I'm attaching an image that shows you the wires and the piece of foot involved, as I think you misunderstood murphy.

The yellow shows the wires/cables and the red arrow points to the piece of foot.

Regards,

Tom

You succeeded! Care to enlighten us as to how you obtained this effect?

Thx,

Tom

The light on the hair is really good - pity we see the light itself next to her head: that's a nasty distraction for the eye. Also the shot does not seem tack sharp, or is that jpeg artifacts? I agree with the previous poster that you can feel the movement in thsi shot.

Regards,

Tom

Excellent focussing and use of narrow DOF. I do get the impression you did some aggressive sharpening, looking at the eyelashes? I'm also assuming you upped he green in her eyes - perhaps a tad too much, as on my monitor the whites of her eyes seem to have a greenish cast.

Still, very impressive portrait!

Regards,

Tom

Me too I like it; very delicate, well executed.

A suggestion I do have would be to crop out most of the bottom and left (or get closer to achieve same effect) - I am thinking there is perhaps a bit too much tree and thingy on the bottom and lessening that might balance the shot more?

Just a thought of course, well seen and done.

Tom

Ye, I would not do anything like this unless I lived it - theme fit OK for me.

Technically it's another matter. This looks like a pan shot - the water shows the camera movement. But the rowers are not sharp - think PT needs to practice panning a bit more? ( though it's easy to criticise... I myself suck at panning ;) ).

The composition could be better - I am not too fond of cut off persons (left) and the half oar to the right does not help either.

What does work for me is the slant, and the bright colors.

My 2 cts - feel free to disagree,

Tom

Theme fit certainly OK, and a good idea.

Execution so-so I'd say. I see vignetting around the corners (or was that intentional?). And also a hint of barrel or fisheye distortion? There seems to be smudge on the lens (like top/left) - or is that my monitor.

I think I would prefer more DOF here, and some more contrast. I think execution could be improved by moving a little bit further. Desaturating a bit might also help - it's very orangy right now.

I think this idea certainly merits some more experimentation. Did PT have other shots like these - if so I would very much like to see them.

Sorry for all the comments - but feel free to disagree,

Tom

Hey M.M, long time no see or hear! Thx for the comment. I agree on the ratings... unfortunately...

Take care,

Tom

Nice idea, but photographically a bit strange. Compositionally you have too much dark on top. Also, I see little or no detail in the darks upthere. And although there is plenty of black in the shot, the lightest tones are very grey. I would go for a different composition, or a crop, and up the contrast.

Good thinking - I would not have thought along these lines!

Tom

Great idea, great theme fit, though it took me a while to get it. The DOF comments are correct, and I would also like to see the dollar bill more clearly.

Great submission for a difficult theme.

Tom

Constructive comments would be appreciated. This is a play of walls

on Santorini, Greece, shot around sunset.

Thanks for your time,

Tom

Simple idea, very well done. I don't particularly like the technique of partially desaturating a shot, but here it works. How fortunate she had bright yellow pants!

Regards,

Tom

I would add that the shot seems noisy in the background (probably high ISO setting on the digicam?). And related to Dominique's comment about lpanes and angles - the unsharp big twig in the middle bothers me a bit here (see img attached). I wouls also like to see a little more space at the bottom, and that would help the aspect ratio, I think.

Personally I prefer the color version, though I would desaturate a wee bit.

Interesting shot! And theme fit really good.

Tom

Very nice; well seen. A bit dark perhaps (given that you got a nice palette of colors in the shot). The black border makes it too gloomy IMHO.

Just some thoughts - feel free to disagree,

Tom

Nice warm colors.

But your shot is not level (couple of degrees CCW to fix that). Also, don't put your subject in the middle. With the light you got here you could offset it either to the left or to the right. I would prefer the latter, so you can keep the antenna in the shot. Finally, a tad more space on top would give the dome a bit more breathing space.

Just some suggestions of course,

Tom

Very delicate indeed.

But as an insect shot it does not cut it - you're way too far off. As a result you have too much clutter in it - a crop would certainly be a good idea here.

Also, I find this a weird angle; something more sideways would show us more of this delicate creature. I understand that a sideways shot here would have been difficult, of course.

Regards,

Tom