A True Black Beauty
by olddj

Comment by PhantomEWO:
not sure how you got the shadows around the underside of dog yet no shadows from grass or fence. Great sharp pic just looks a little pasted in although I tend to believe it wasn't.

Still Life In Black and Yellow
by olddj

Comment by Cooz:
I like the idea here...Would maybe chop off the dangling flower to the left of the bunch, but otherwise well composed...I'm not one for centered images, but with the background this works...

It seems the flowers are a little out of focus, but the vase is sharp...and could maybe use a little color balance to bring up the yellow in the flowers...

Still Life In Black and Yellow
by olddj

Comment by obsidian:
Strong composition and well within the challenge definition. The colours are a bit flat - the yellow in the carnations seems too weak - and there is some noise in there as well. Personally I would have tightened the top vertical crop to give more of a 1/3 black, 2/3 yellow in the background but then again - caveat emptor!

I also think it would have been slightly stronger if the yellow saturations had been reversed - more intense on the carnations and less on the lower background.

Liked the image a lot.

Still Life In Black and Yellow
by olddj

Comment by rachelellen:
The colors are perhaps a wee bit flat and I wish I could see more detail in the carnations. It's also a little noisy, especially in the green. Perhaps that's a camera thing for you, as I notice that you ran noise reduction. I didn't come upon this in the voting, but if I had I'd probably have given it a 5 -- in focus, meets challenge, average image, with slightly flat lighting.

I do really like the composition, though.

Still Life In Black and Yellow
by olddj

Comment by Pug-H:
I didn't vote on all photos in this challenge, but I got this one. Count yourself lucky I gave you 8 - I may have downgraded later if I'd looked at it more carefully ;-)
Note to self: Don't do speed voting.

Still Life In Black and Yellow
by olddj

Comment by nards656:
For some reason, the yellows have a really green tint. It appears the white balance (probably shot on auto) was a bit confused. It also appears a bit "flat", as mentioned - sidelighting would add a lot of pop.

The Whole Gang Says Hi
by olddj

Comment by BigK:
I love Peanuts! This setup is great, although I think you may have oversharpened a little bit too much. Also, the flowers on the right hand side could maybe do with a crop, I dont feel it lends to the overall picture. Well done nonetheless!!

The Whole Gang Says Hi
by olddj

Comment by jeevartist:
good

Long Look
by olddj

Comment by beggs:
I think you will get killed by the DOF nazis but I like this shot.

The Whole Gang Says Hi
by olddj

Comment by vaidhy_msc:
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