bassist
by arsenal

Comment by gurlwithapen:
cool shot ;) nice stop action, you!

chair
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Comment by gurlwithapen:
the vertical line of the floor adds alot to the photo, it keeps drawing my eye and from right to left and then up to the chair

bassist
by arsenal

Comment by KarenNfld:
Nice perspective and feel of motion.

bassist
by arsenal

Comment by Konador:
I really like the perspective and the leading lines leading us into darkness. Nice shot.

bassist
by arsenal

Comment by DrAchoo:
I can't figure out the extra lines across his fingers...

bassist
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Comment by jbsmithana:
Perfect shutter speed for this capture. I can hear the strings sing.

bassist
by arsenal

Comment by angela_packard:
sweet....10

Sunday Soccer
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Comment by messerschmitt:
dunno what your edits were here but i really like it together with this scene
same kind of style of the little pictures that came with bubblegum or inside the chocolatebarwrapper when i was a child i remember
apart from that the timing is superb i think !

gurlwithapen
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Comment by David.C:
Man, I am getting all the tough ones tonight! :D

First, congrats on a high placing for an unconventional photo -- not many could have pulled it off. The composition and sensitivity the image projects carried it past what many I fear saw as a set-back -- the darkness of it.

I will freely admit that I was put off by the darkness at first, but as I've sit here looking it over as I prepare to write this critique I began noticing things I hadn't before. While I was first put off by the complete loss of detail in the front and around the girl in general -- I began to realize that this darkness caused my eye to move toward the book in her hand. Specifically, it emphasizes that she has a pen and is using it. The darkness occludes everything else, leaving me with only that it is a picture of a girl with a pen -- just what you intended I'm sure.

It is a well executed image, stopping the view long enough to get the point across and then releasing -- it is this grabbing of the voters that feel moved them past the darkness and into a higher score.

A wonderful showing, and rewarded you with a new personal best -- congrats again.

David
Critique Club

thinking
by arsenal

Comment by UpUpCanadian:
i absolutely love this image.. you have created a wonderful dramatic air and contemplative mood. so the title does fit nicely. the lighting is what really makes this stand out to me. i love how we can only see half of his face. and the colors really add to the mood as well. very nice work on however you post-processed this. wonderful.