new bike
by whiteroom

Comment:
Sweet. I just placed my very first bid on a bike about 10 minutes ago.

Gorgeous pic.

PS, regarding the SC comment in descript, maybe if you are worried, send the orig before you go to prevent rule technicalities? An ounce of prevention... :)

Porsche 356 - "Ride the Storm"
by AlexSaberi

Comment:
both fantastic images. truly excellent.

oh and WOO Porsches! I'm currently working on revamping the 914 set of cars in Need For Speed 5 including adding 914/6's and 916's so I can get a more realistic and complete experience for a few friends who have expressed interest in racing over LAN.

PORSCHE.

Triumph!
by Ann

Comment:
wow. I've tried this a bit with hummers and they are just plain hard to snap... extraordinary capture.

Lessons Learned on The Street
by Ivory

Comment:
very, very nice. It's got a bit of sin city in it... photographically, that's always a good thing... :) Even without it, it's pretty stellar.

Knowledge is Power
by gloda

Comment:
nice shot! Yours looks much nicer than mine.

Nature, Red in Tooth and Claw
by DrAchoo

Comment:
First thing I thought of when I saw the pic was the fantastic BG of the sky behind the red-orange poppy. Heh. I was fooled and I'm OK with that!

helluva shot doc!

Civil Engineering
by AP

Comment:
I'm really digging the tones you use in your skies in many of the images in your portfolio.

What you looking at!!!
by muz64

Comment:
very nicely controlled reds in a difficult situation with low contrast, high saturation color.

To my eye, I'm seeing a fair bit of oversharpening artifacts where the red meets the green.

My best guess is that these were introduced as a part of the resizing for web procedure. May I suggest using a bit of a mask on your sharpening layer, specifically on BG/bokeh areas and high contrast edges.

The Calm After The Storm !
by judojoe

Comment:
The powerlines are definitely distracting here.

I'm looking at the colors and lines and I've decided that I'm satisfied with the basic subject and its placement.

I'm having trouble with the distant BG though, so I'd offer the suggestion of moving one step left and one foot up. That would probably change the composition to place slightly more emphasis on the boat, the break in the back and the contrast from the busy grass to the calm water. I'd crop down to a little above the high waterline on the opposite shore.

At that point, I'd probably have a go with obscuring the reflection of the single remaining powerline tower from the water.

The saturation of the image is fairly low, so loses a lot of visual impact because of this. Possible solutions could be the addition of an unexpected color or increasing contrast outright, going to a very low saturation, monotone or duotone.

that's the best I can do for now! Hope it's useful somewhat.

Message edited by author 2007-10-10 03:48:30.

Last Supper
by De Sousa

Comment:
brilliant! I love the contrast from the tattooed apostles and the (relatively) unmarked 'Jesus'.

I also like the simplicity in their attire which generally consists of whites, blacks and denim blues. Very much in keeping with a working class group. The shirtless aspect is quite suitable for the customs of the place and time. Fantastic choice for Peter.

Do you use the Sigma 500 with the IR trigger or the optical slave with your Canon flashes?