Wanna Bite??
by jotaga

Comment by giantmike:
Hmm, well I see what you were going for, but to me, it wasn't quite pulled off. Most food shots call for nice soft light that shows the textures and details of the food. But in this photo, the reflections make it unappealing.

The Cool, Cool River
by jotaga

Comment by kellyo:
Wow, lucky you to be in such a place! I'll be curious to see where this is. Beautiful shot!

The Cool, Cool River
by jotaga

Comment by npasel:
It almost feels like I can hear the roar of the falls.

The Cool, Cool River
by jotaga

Comment by Nadine_Vb:
Impressive and the rainbow finishes it completely.

The Cool, Cool River
by jotaga

Comment by Art Roflmao:
Super!

The Cool, Cool River
by jotaga

Comment by neophyte:
Sweet photo. Makes me want to go there.

Burning!
by jotaga

Comment by JacksonGariety:
Here's your Critique and Feedback, as requested! :D

This is by far one of the strangest photos on DPC this week. Based on the original image you posted in the description, this is only a small portion of the image of a cigarette you took with your camera. Overall, it's a fantastically composed shot, but since you cropped in so tightly from the original shot, you get quite a bit of motion blurring on the embers of the cigarette.The original shot appears to be all in focus, but as you look deeper, the only hing that's truly in focus is the spark. The more of the full-focus spark you can show, the more my interest grows on this photo. This can be fixed by using a stronger macro lens or a reverse-lens technique so you don't have to crop-in so much, exposing the blurry elements of the cigarette embers. Also, there are many different ways you couldn't cropped this. And I personally feel showing a bit of black above the top of the cigarette and off to the right a bit would've raised your score, and still not have exactly exposed your "Puzzle." I like the blurry sparks in the background as well, and I'd like to see a crop where you showed the entire spark as well as the cigarette ember, but without showing anything more on the bottom-left of the cigarette itself. There is a lot of interest in what you've copped out and I'd really like to see some of the in the photo. You should aim to show as much of the photo as possible without exposing its true form. I think you would've gotten a much higher score had you used a stronger macro lens and not cropped out the entire spark. overall, the effect comes off as almost lighting. I like it and I think I gave it a 5 or a 6 in voting. This definitely deserved a higher score then it got. Hope I helped!

- ColemanGariety
- The Critique Club

Burning!
by jotaga

Comment by colorcarnival:
Looks like a sparkler over some burning paper. I like the streaks going to the right.

Burning!
by jotaga

Comment by Cory:
Sparks from a fire, although the sparks look pyrotechnic... The fire also looks a bit "flaky" like paper ash or something.

Update: Ha! I bought my GF a magnesium fire starter for Christmas. Funny thing.. Photographs of the sparks look EXACTLY the same;)

Now I'm guessing magnesium fire starter over a fire..

Burning!
by jotaga

Comment by Ken:
perhaps something that sparks put into a fire?