Embers
by whiteroom

Comment:
Great image, feels Durban in its origin and taken by a good man.
My only slight critique is I would like to have seen the embers glowing slightly more and it does seem a waste to have burnt a cricket bat;)

Passing The Light
by katsmeow

Comment:
Great Idea and If the top of the flame had been in the frame this would have made an even better shot.

Keep Your Chin Up
by SandyP

Comment:
Congratulations on a great image, and on advancing to the Final of the MS Tourny.

Fade to Black
by dahkota

Comment:
Sorry for the DQ, this is a great image.

Siblings
by bucket

Comment:
This is a great shot the balance between the children is excellent. I do however find that the background is a little distracting. I would try toning this down a little, to relly bring out the faces of the children

K2
by mahobbes

Comment:
I like the thought process which you havegone through. I feel that there are one area that would help next time you try this is Slightly more motion blur for the background through either a longer shutter speed or post processing.

Missing Man Formation
by Melethia

Comment:
Congratulations with the to 20 result with this.

I notice the feedback you received from DanSig. I would agree with the idea about the wide lens and stormy clouds, however I feel the sky does work very well in the negative and adds to the feel of this picture.

I disagree with his view about direct representation of art. If this had been in the “positive” that would be a fair comment, but by reversing the colours I feel that you have moved away from an art representation and into an abstract.

delicately trapped
by tate

Comment:
Congratulations, A top 5 well deserved

1-2-many
by messerschmitt

Comment:
I love how you have achieved an impressionist feel to this shot. The simplicity of pastel colours and the deformed lines give a semi surreal feeling which result in a delightful image to look at.

Compositionally I feel that there is just a little too much of the blue at the bottom of the image. Cropping to half way between the mauve/blue transition, and the bottom would I feel produce a stronger result.

That being said this is a wonderful image, and completely different in approach and style to the others I have seen to date. – Well done with this great idea.

quasi chiaro
by tate

Comment:
The effect with the glass and the vase on the right hand side works really well. I am not sure about the inverted glass on the left. For me compositionally it does not seem to add anything to this shot. I accept that it does balance the set up you have here, however removing it from the shot and a having a more central image with the other two elements would I feel have more visual strengths.

I like the fact that you have gone for a monotone approach, which means that your image is structured around line and form rather than colour. As a concept this works well, and overall, I feel that you have a good image here. I hope it does well for youâ€Â¦