Specks and the Universe II
by zeuszen

Comment:
I loved the composition of this shot when I saw it. Living in Rhode Island, this is a very familiar scene to me. I can actually 'feel' it from this photo; the way the sand feels at this time of day; wonderfully cool, gritty, and hard under your bare feet. My dogs will wade through these little inlets, whereas the waves intimidate them. I think the only reason I didn't vote higher was I felt the birds were a bit too speck-like. If I had been voting then the way I do now (I go back and revise when I'm done voting) I probably would have upped my score. As it is, I was one of your more generous voters. :-D

Candlelight Sonata
by taterbug

Comment:
This has the potential as great subject matter. Unfortunately, this composition is hurt by the light switch (we really don't want to see something as mundane as a modern light switch in a dramatic compostion such as this) and the dark areas to either side of the frame. Try this again but instead, don't try to get the whole piano in the shot. Move in closer to the lovely scroll work of the music stand and the old fashioned name plate over the keyboards. Just rotating your camera and making this a vertical shot would have eliminated all the distractions I mentioned.

72 years, 325 Million Light Sources
by csdivine

Comment:
This subject has great potential for a still-life. This cropping is rather claustrophobic. The lighting is a bit cold and blue for this subject. The background appears to be a rug which places the subject out of it's enviroment.

1817 Wine press
by DonC

Comment:
This is a beautiful room and I like the warmth that is captured with the lighting. It is a little bit too dark in some areas. It could have been cropped to eliminate the flower arrangement and painting on the right edge of the frame. The wine press was rather baffling. I think it is an antique that is in the room but it appears to be just hovering there, rather like a UFO. I can't place it in this room and that is what really hurt this photo for me.

Flickering
by MrZed

Comment:
I like the warmth of all the flickering lights on the chocolate colored background. I don't much care for this formal arrangement. The wrinkles in the background detract also (I got a lot of the same comment about my own background in a different challenge --- the trick is to iron it first. Fun, huh! LOL!)

Lights at the House of John
by tlchamb

Comment:
I like the capture of the lights and the shimmery looking glass. I'm not as nuts about the composition. The chandelier (candleabra ?) seems to be falling out of the lower half of the frame and the curvy moulding against the dark curtain keeps drawing my eye. This looks like a beautiful room, by the way.

A luminous blanket
by Ylgur

Comment:
This was a neat idea. I like the way the pattern of the afghan acts as a filter for the light. I don't care for this odd cropping however. It is also a bit small. I'd like to see more of the fuzzy texture from the throw. This is worth trying again.

At The Train Station
by NicNic101

Comment:
I like the neutral color combined with the blue light from the windows. The pattern on the ceiling is quiet nice also. I don't care for this rather haphazard angle,however. The result is there doesn't seem to be a main focal point and the eye wanders a bit.

'Light on the stitches'
by suemack

Comment:
This is a nice snap shot of someone busy at work. You've gotten the obvious light sources in also. Sadly, the background and foreground are extremely cluttered. Sometimes this can be to good effect in a shot like this as it shows the person in their environment. In this case it's just not working to well. Another choice might have been to get in a close as possible to her hands as they work at their task. This can tell a universal story about a craftsperson and elevate the shot from a nice snap shot to beautiful photograph. You might even be able to crop this photo from the original. The light falling on the edge of her fingers and the bit of lace looks quite nice.

Candle Lit
by DianaB

Comment:
This is a nice start to a good composition. Consider a differenet background next time (terry cloth isn't the best choice for a background unless you are going for a bathroom feel ---which perhaps you are?). I'm not sure if you intended to focus on the reflection instead of the candle but I think focusing on both might have been more effective. As it is, the candle is quite blurred but you have lots of texture in the terry cloth. A small tripod might be a good purchase. You can buy a little table top model for lighter weight digital cameras for about $10.