Parallel Strings
by photom1946

Comment by ambaker:
Critique Club Review:

Color, saturation and hue are good. Brightness and contrast are good as well. Skin tones are very natural.

Focus is good. Depth of field is soft in the foreground, as evidenced by the hand, and a bit deep in the background. The hair is rendered sharply and I think it causes distraction.

I have to agree that the hand has become an unintended subject, as it is cutting the intended subject in two, and dominates the center of the photo with size and brightness. I would recommend leaving it out of the picture.

The strings were a good idea for the challenge, and I'm wondering how a shot down the neck of the instrument, letting the strings dissapear into the distance, would have worked.

Parallel Strings
by photom1946

Comment by SquishyB:
I think a different angle would have been helpful so we could see more of the strings.

Parallel Strings
by photom1946

Comment by jerryc12:
Nice composition. Unfortunately I am drawn to the hand which is really seems to be the subject.

Parallel Strings
by photom1946

Comment by whitewolf:
Great idea! I love the cello - wish I could see more!

Parallel Strings
by photom1946

Comment by lambie83:
like the lines, don't like the hand too blurry

Parallel Strings
by photom1946

Comment by 4trtone:
Nice idea. A little more DOF to bring the hand into sharper focus.

Parallel Strings
by photom1946

Comment by Zigomar:
Ah, contrabass...

One-Third Up The Stairs
by photom1946

Comment by rapid:
Great diagonal composition

One-Third Up The Stairs
by photom1946

Comment by Artifacts:
Nice framing but the soft focus of the railing hurts this image.

Shadows
by photom1946

Comment by photom1946:
Thanks for all the nice replies. By the way, those are REAL shadows, NOT created by me! My highest score to date. I will keep trying to break 6.0000