PaW 2010 Week 21
by Ter

Comment:
Great to keep experimenting and trying a few different things. The attention to detail in the processing, the border etc does give this a more professional look. Shame the bear is looking out of the frame though, instead of into it, as it gives it a slightly unbalanced feel at the moment

Hopefully Someday................
by njsabs

Comment:
Again, that backdrop is very good. Your composition is spot on again and you have created a brilliant ballet portrait that really should be hanging on her parents wall.

Object of Our Affection
by caseyface

Comment:
The shapes here, creating the imteresting patterns really does make this image. Also works so well with the colours here and the shaddows created by the lighting

Carpark Reflections
by jomari

Comment:
An interesting image. I would have waited until the people were out of the way to get the full effect from the row of cars. I like the bright colours of the early cars and having a complete row of bright cars then reflected off the wet ground would havemade a brilliant image

Going Nowhere
by bcenu

Comment:
But why do you have to be.......the insistence of todays society that we should be always on the move and getting to some place, or building to something will sometimes conflict with Life.......We have one shot, and if you are happy where you are, why should you have to be going somewhere else..........
The image is simple......maybe it would have been better with a single boat, but then again, why can't there be a group of you in the same position...so in many ways, this symbolises 4 people that are going nowhere..........Reflections are good but the sky is what bothers me slightly.....some processing could have made it more menacing........Going nowhere although a storm is approaching.......or blue sky, going nowhere while the sun is shinning........in many ways, as even stronger message could have been put forward...............

A Quiet Leader
by bcrants

Comment:
I am sure many have commented on the Haloing........I take it that it was intentional. While many will object to such a processing method, I think instead it is there to both make a statement and to overemphasize the subject. It does both.........In tying with the title, the halo does give a feel of leadership, of importance, like a lighting around someone who has presence when they walk into the room. You have, by processing, produced a symbolic way of showing that presence........As a result, you have made a statement which stands out amid the other entries........

Construction CITY
by andrewt

Comment:
Brilliant....Love the sky effects here are amazing. The framing with the building to the left is great here as is the bridge leading through the image.......

Istanbul
by spidermonkey

Comment:
The colours through the background here rocks..........However the buildings do look overexposed to me here. A great image though

Solitude
by farra

Comment:
The simplicity of this works so well. The processing is great here. Love the effect you have through this and the use of the B&W presentation

Food 17 - Salmon with vanilla creme
by hajeka

Comment:
You are making me hungry.........A new rule should be any food images you should provide me with a sample......the UK is just across the water from The Netherlands anyway..........I don't know what salted fried Sprat is so it wouldn't make me as hungry as those Salmon crackers are..........

Good composition and depth of field. Even the Parsley here adds to the overall balance of the image. Another great food image.

After reading the other comments, I will disagree with them. I think food is best photographed like this, white plate and white background, especially with this dish, as the pink of the Salmon in the colour added, and the plate does not draw any attention away from the subject