Pedal Faster
by Spork99

Comment:

Originally posted by Spazmo99: Originally posted by dwoolridge: as i suspected. pointless. What happened to your "...is seen to be artifice..." comment?? I was rather fond of it.

If images are but a bulk commodity to be quantified, ordered, and barely glimpsed, then what of the words said unto them? Attach to them no significance and give them no permanence, but let them remain ephemeral, false, and vague, as memory.

Pedal Faster
by Spork99

Comment:
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Message edited by author 2003-10-10 12:42:13.

Hoping For A Good Bunt
by alternarule

Comment:
Although the actual action is happening slightly left of centre, this capture creates a sense of greater activity to the right, where the catcher and umpire crouch in combined tension: one holding steady for the ball; the other ready for the call.

The lines enclosing the burnt umber dirt reach out to delineate a greater part of the action. The curving line of the green boundary in the upper right tells of more out-of-frame elements and also draws the eye to the left, far out of frame, where the action will soon take place.

The colours, in keeping with the sense of activity, are appropriately vivid, bordering on cartoonish (perhaps an additional, unintentional commentary in itself).

The Sideline Coach
by OneSweetSin

Comment:
There is an interesting moment captured here, despite the few technical drawbacks of the shot. Though the subject of most shots is the on-field action, this unusual perspective gives us a glimpse into action on the periphery of sports.

Mental Jousting
by DennisF

Comment:
The creator of this sculpture is entirely responsible for the excellent use of static objects to convey both the action of chess and the mental activity involved. Photographically, you have captured a less common perspective and it is this that redeems the work as partly your own.

Freedom of speech
by kostia

Comment:
This is a most refreshing interpretation of the challenge. The freedom of speech, or rather the right to free expression, begins with thoughts & ideas becoming speech and the edifying, enduring written word. Surely the awakening of the consciousness through stimulation of the imagination is the final indelible form in which these ideas take root, made ethereal again, and passed on, in speech.

The red button serves as warning, hanging seemingly weightless in front of these mighty books, itself a simple manifestation of ideas. It asserts but does not preach, a token and an offering. At its core, this is an excellent combination of elements, although there is room for improvement, from a photographic standpoint.

(Technically, there is a bit too much glare along some of the spines. The colours in the books do not contribute so much to the shot I think, although the red of the button is necessary. Outside of dpc, it might be nice to desaturate all but the red button; you might even get a nice effect in a dpc-legal way.)

Message edited by author 2003-09-19 01:32:56.

Abandoned
by BAMartin

Comment:
I really like the framing in shot, with the lines taking our eyes to the window frame, then up to the tattered shade. The void beyond the window really adds to the idea of abandonment, suggested by the exterior elements: the flaking paint; the disused shade; an unopened window; the rusting nails in the frame; and the wood splitting in places. Each of these has their own texture and the subtle combination of them all makes for a great photo. I would really like to have seen this shot in colour, if only to satisfy my own curiosity. There seems to be a plant creeping into the frame at the lower right and it's somewhat distracting. Cropping it out entirely or including more of it would have been improvment perhaps.

Nature's Texture
by spiller

Comment:
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Message edited by author 2004-10-04 18:45:40.

Chain Mail Peace
by Digipixer

Comment:
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Message edited by author 2003-10-10 12:46:15.

Feathered
by FranziskaLang

Comment:
The intriguing thing about this shot is the corner-to-corner hard line separating the soft feathers. Unfortunately, the shadows in the upper left are vague and do not contribute to depth, though the harsh centre shadow does this quite well. I'm not fond of the lighting in this shot and it also flattens the image somewhat. Moving the shadow line so it does not equally divide the shot would have added some depth I think and allow more feather to be featured.