It's a Blue Christmas Without You
by bledford

Comment:
Very nice tone. Probably would have worked better as a verticle crop; the positioning of the bulb and your angle allows for this without having it look too centered, I believe. I think this will do very well none the less.

Punks... Since 1976
by grandmarginal

Comment:
Wrong challenge? Or maybe you were thinking, it (the spiked do) looks like a star? In a challenge where it would meet the challenge topic, I would probably cut out the negative space on the right with a square crop. It does have a jounalistic feel to it.

Halley's Pepper
by Neil

Comment:
Did you use the flash for this shot Neil? To me it doesn't look like it. Forgive me if I'm wrong, but I believe, had you used first curtain sync (all that us DRebel users can do anyway), you would have separated the pepper from the trail; I think that would have made it much more dynamic and the pepper would have shined (no pun intended). That's how I did this .

By Example
by soccerdad

Comment:
Hey Bill, this was one of my favorites in this challenge. I'm going to put in in my favorites (my first I'm ashamed to say - *note to self add more pictures/artists to favorites). Great use of desaturation, beautiful composition, should have placed much higher IMHO.

Yellow Double six
by Crafty Sue

Comment:
In order to make an interesting shot of a simple item such as this you should probably try shooting it from a different angle. Maybe lit from one side so that the stronger shadow you produce has a purpose. Also you may try using a tripod to make your subject as sharp as possible. I'm also seeing some noise which could easily be eliminated using Neat Image or other noise reduction programs. Hope this helps.

Pride of London
by Imagineer

Comment:
Great image. So good it doesn't even look real. It's awe inspiring even. OK, enough cliches. I'd love to see the original.......please.

Moonrise Over Stonehenge
by EddyG

Comment:
Good one. I had the same idea using an Inuksuk (Iniut landmark) but never got to execute it.

A splash of color to burn off the coastal fog!
by Bethan

Comment:
Very nice. I would have tried the shot from a different angle to avoid the shadow on the lower right. Maybe a little less tight crop also. And rotate so the house isn't leaning. Classic outport colours. ;)

All Gave Some - Some Gave All
by ClubJuggle

Comment:
Congrats on your first. And a biggie to boot. Excellent job.

Rifle Shooted Water Balloon.
by eojedaa

Comment:
Great shot. What type of trigger mechanism did you use to sync your flash? I tried the same thing with a little cornstarch in a balloon, manually, without a trigger and couldn't get the timing just right, so I abandonned the idea. Congrats on the ribbon.

Message edited by author 2004-09-27 07:10:22.