Companions
by pamelasue

Comment by PHOTOKID:
Hi Pam,

In the photo, I would say the thing that threw off the voters the most was the horizon, to me (partilly cross-eyed) it sees a bit tilted to the left. Also the gravestone in the foreground probably should have been full or omitted because this is what gives the feeling of being tilted. I havent yet studied the minimalism rule set yet but I would have said a bit of hue and saturation would have helped the sky color.

Rich

Companions
by pamelasue

Comment by howzit:
Pam, this shot is definately not sub 5 material in my opinion. I didn't vote in this challenge, but I am guessing it lost points in the framing of the shot. Your horizon if tilted down from right to left - although that may very well have been your intent. Also, the gravestone in front is cut off a little at the bottom. I can't see how you could have cropped out the other trees without it cutting into your subject itself. The tree certainly creates a silhouetted effect you were going for. Thanks for sharing.

Cosmotini
by pamelasue

Comment by Jutilda:
YUM I want one!!!!!

interrogation
by pamelasue

Comment by tate:
A little more light tone would make this a 9 for me ... this way it's a 7.9 which is an 8 after being rounded up.

Me ...
by pamelasue

Comment by mpeters:
Looks like a nice low key image. Maybe step out a few feet from your BG next time and try bouncing the flash on a white board placed to one side of your body to provide some shadowing/modeling on your face.

sometimes you feel like a nut ...
by pamelasue

Comment by mpeters:
Great textures and your exposure looks perfect. He/She seems so depressed or down in the mouth about something. Just a wee little tear too!

Mama? Is that you??
by pamelasue

Comment by mpeters:
REally funny. Good work with placing your objects in front of a suitable BG.

interrogation
by pamelasue

Comment by jblaylockrayner:
Nice capture - Great lighting. Love the lonely-ness of it.9

Mink
by pamelasue

Comment by DrAchoo:
The technicals: The focus is there, but the image is quite soft for two reasons. 1) You are using the 50mm 1.8 at 1.8 (that leads to some softening) and the 1/50th shutter speed probably led to a little motion blur. It's not the end of the world, but it does detract some from the image.

The feel: I do like the vertical composition and the interesting lights in the top half. The woman, our subject, is lost however a bit against the dark car. We do not see her face which is a negative as well. Street photography should be capturing the human condition. This means, to me, either an interesting happening, or a mundane scene which also shows something in the face of the people captured. This shot lacks that aspect which is probably crucial. (BTW, I gave it a 5, mainly for the interesting lights)

The game: See the feel. I think that's what people were looking for. A third option was to capture a nostalgia or an interesting geometric pattern. MAK's bike scene which ribboned would be the first of those two.

Beets ... YUCK!
by pamelasue

Comment by Spendel:
I love beets! But I don't hate your photo.