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thanks Rainer...

you're the lean, mean, self portrait machine! I don't like your ribs juting out like that! other wise great, love the texture in the floor too.

ok I'll ask directly... Rainer, please explain the red ball.. is it part of the sprinkler (and as mentioned, you enhanced it) or was it added? Why did YOU add/highlight it in such a way? What was your intent? (just trying to understand what you're trying to convey)

I've popped back in here several times, hoping someones comments would enlighten me as to how this red ball, glowing or not, fits into this picture? Is it part of the sprinkler system? Has a alien landed? I just don't get it.

Kiet Vuong.... you have to be joking!

how about changing the Photo Of The Week to be Photo for Discussion for the Week.... then the image might be 'judged' on it's merits.. just a thought!

pretty static, bit too tightly cropped ie no room for the bike to go in/out of the frame, no detail in the dark areas partly explained by the angle of the light. I'm sure the rider would like it. If I was an elve, I would have picked one of several other pics in the 2 folders before this one.

interesting portrait, makes me want to know more about him

this doesn't work for me, but has potential. Maybe if you'd isolated just the one burner I could enjoy it more. Is your cooktop really that colour?

Interesting, especially from a foreigner's pov since our phone boxes don't look anything like that (they do have crappy graffiti though). The item that interests me the most is the outline of the phone, and that with the actual handset could make for another interesting image. Including some of the environment sets the scene that indicates you'd want to keep an eye to your back while using the phone (if it works) The tilt adds to that impression.

Hi Dustin, read your comment over in Q&A re critiques, so I'm here to look.. but I can't see much, the image is too small, even the large view. Another thing, don't appologise, post it the best you can and leave it to be judged, presenting it with a disclaimer starts a viewing very negatively. I personally give some leeway for scanning (ie I don't judge a photo primarily on this criteria.. it's pretty low in the criteria actually) Photo.net does horrible things to images (.jpg jaggies)

 

Now, the photo (taking into account the small size)... I like the closed in feeling from how the buildings seem to close in and around you. Also the contrast between new/old which is an aspect you could explore more I think. Well worth exploring IMO.

I would crop that lines persons leg out. Pity about the sign in the background too. Good capture of the expression showing the effort being applied by the player. Nice and sharp too (from looking at big pic)

great potential, hard to evaluate on screen. I'm wanting to see the detail in the foreground leading up to the shrubbery which I'm hoping would give a little depth to the shot. Not a photo.net type image at all (which is good IMO) but rating will be low no doubt!

managed to hit the ratings BEFORE entering my comment, thus adding this manually to explain my alternative view since I now see that 'people' think highly of this pic.

Although the red is unique, for me it's overbearing, the right hand side of the frames effects looks quite snazy. As Kevin mentioned, I's also prefer to see the whole duck (or maybe less duck - head and shoulders view) as the current view looks like it was misframed, but the biggest factor that I rated this pic low, is the details in the ducks feathers.. there is none! and that seriously detracts IMO.. overall it just doesn't work for me.

foreground and background too dis-jointed... looks like you concentrated on the bale without considering backgrounf too much. Nice warm colour and exposure.

something you'd usually see in B&W, but nicely handled in muted colour. Would like to see a little detail in the shadow but that could be just the scan. Also, little bit of space in front of the stop would have been nice (couple of pixels so it's not touching, or seem to be touching the frame)

Justino, you pics have a terrible green colour cast.. you should look into correcting that.

with the building being the centre of interest, I need to see more detail in that area. Nice sky fadeing away.

Congrats Tony..

 

looking forward to forthcoming comments :)

Mt Buffalo ain't near the Oodnadatta Track...

 

I'm not sure about the purple sky, but the layering is nice

nice capture!

Nice, I like the light falling on the headstones but the church dark and foreboding.

I can't see it all!

Interesting! Great presentation, scrolling left and right feels like having a look around the room!

Hardly no one comments on photo's in personal folders.. why do you feel you have to the moment it hits POW?