Hats Off
by jjbeguin

Comment:
Struck, looking at some of your recent entries, how much negative (sticks) and black space you use, so often in a way I can never come close to. Yet in a 'negative space' themed challenge, you fill all the space with subject and light. Inspired :)

Satsuki Matsuri (May Festival)
by yanko

Comment:
Keep coming back to this - very cool.

Troubled Times in Toytown . . .
by Jedusi

Comment:
fantastic. Great concept, great lighting. Well done.

The Spider and the Fly
by Blue Moon

Comment:
Since you asked for comments:

For a macro shot - it isn't particularly sharp - we are all spoiled by tack sharp macro images of bugs and spiders, so this is lacking.

It also isn't particularly close up - maybe 90% of the frame is background and the subject gets lost. What is there is bang in the center of the frame, which isn't usually the most dynamic composition.

The background & light or lighting isn't particularly interesting or appealing either.

Hopefully some of that helps explain the score.

Message edited by author 2007-08-11 18:12:27.

The Ultimate Success
by Lorene

Comment:
Congrats :)

nice lighting too.

Figureheads
by Imagineer

Comment:
very interesting with a lot of layers. The colouring really makes that work well too, with the comp colours spliting those layers

Classic
by Judi

Comment:
This is great - I've seen the idea quite a few times before but your lighting and the dress/drape really take it to the next level.

Hamlet Revisited
by dsidwell

Comment:
My first place pick ;)

The Birds! The Birds!
by e301

Comment:
There's a steve McCurry image in Afghanistan that this really reminds me of. Could be that I've been going through his books recently though - very great again.

//www.stevemccurry.com/content/photos/AFGHN-10120.jpg

Lynne and John
by e301

Comment:
Very cool. Did you find the location then wait on the 'right' couple to walk through, or was it more impulsive than that ?