Day 6: Atlanta By Night
by levyj413

Comment by Jaded_Housewife:
you did a really nice job with the blur. great job even.

Day 6: Atlanta By Night
by levyj413

Comment by -Bec-:
Nice natural feel to this photo!

Day 6: Atlanta By Night
by levyj413

Comment by jdannels:
An honest SP, I love the natural smile. Blur is good too, you used just the right amount to be believable, I didn't even notice, I was more impressed you sat still for .5 s and it wasn't blurry. :p

Day 6: Atlanta By Night
by levyj413

Comment by TJ:
nice casual shot - and good job on the blur

Day 6: Atlanta By Night
by levyj413

Comment by Art Roflmao:
You did great! This isn't easy - usually requires meticuous patience to do a good job. Only parts that could use touching up is the right cheek outline and around the back of the neck and left shoulder - just blur those slightly to remove the highlighting. Great job!

Day 6: Atlanta By Night
by levyj413

Comment by thegrandwazoo:
Good blur job. Your a popin' off the background. Good capture!

Day 6: Atlanta By Night
by levyj413

Comment by Jutilda:
CUTE. I like your earnest smile and off centering.

Starry, Starry Night in the Italian Alps
by levyj413

Comment by graphicfunk:
The beauty of the night! Congratulations on your top twenty finish.

Message edited by author 2006-09-11 00:45:46.

Day 5: Unedited
by levyj413

Comment by rjkstesch:
I prefer the tones on this shot, too (other than the bright bricks.) My guess is that your monitor is showing colors darker than they really are. Check the blocks under the contest pictures. You should be able to see the difference between all of the squares.

Diagonals
by levyj413

Comment by ambaker:
Critique Club Review:

I really like this photo. Lighting, contrast, focus, and depth of field are all well done. I like the reflections and could see where a starburst filter could have added a "magical" touch to the photo. As is the eye bounces from reflection to reflection. The reflections are well ordered so it is a pleasing journey as opposed to a distracting one.

If you could have staged the piece, the orientation of the handles could have been arrainged so as to provide more of a pattern, and captured the handles in the last two tubes at the top; but I doubt the water park would have been overly thrilled with that process.

I think your decison to go with black and white was a good one. Color here likely would have taken away from the total picture.

I don't see the picture as too dark. Given the subject material, and the reflections, I think any lighter would have really blown things out, and lost the detail of the clear tubes. Any darker, would have been too dark.

Given that no part holds the eye, and yet the eye is guided around the piece by the reflections, as opposed to distracted or confused, I believe you have met the challenge well. Good job!