smo (45) [2006-10-01 23:50]

Just amazing. .very nice expressions. I like how the somber, suspicious faces are in the center and very prominent, yet in the blurred background there are happy faces. .the juxtaposition adds a nice dynamic element.

smo (45) [2006-09-10 20:16]

I very much like the quality of the light here; the strong horizontal factor of it makes the image interesting. Also there is a great visual texture in the image, due to the subject.

And of course, a great note to go with it! I hadn't realized how to upload panoramas until I found your note; thanks!

smo (45) [2006-08-14 19:32]

This is a wonderful image! Nostalgia can be a beautiful thing (sometimes an ugly thing, but I don't think so here), and the old gent is definitely thinking back upon something.

You really wonder why he's holding his hand to his chest. It almost looks like he's saying "who, me?".

smo (45) [2006-08-11 10:23] - [workshop] [compare]

Sehr reizend!

hehe .. Ich spreche leider nur ein bisschen Deutsch. Also, jetzt Englisch:

Great expression, and great composition. The colors match the expression perfectly, as does the offset composition (looks like she's almost leaning away from the center, a great fit with that quirky face).

I think you could use some improvement in the technical aspects, however, so I've made a workshop detailing some things that I think improve it. Hope you like it. :)

smo (45) [2006-08-05 12:36]

I like the picture; the converging lines on both sides bring the viewer's gaze to the center. Technically however, it has a lot of issues; low contrast, warm color balance, low saturation, etc. I posted a workshop to fix those. Hope you like it.

smo (45) [2006-07-23 18:08] [+]

Nice shot, and definitely worth 2 points for the effort alone! I don't think I could do that with my camera. ;)

I like how the blur affects that one area on the left the least, makes it seem like everything is rotating around that point.

smo (45) [2006-07-23 17:30]

I like the composition, and black and white works well here. The nice, contrasty rock immediately draws our eyes down to the bottom of the image, and the transition to the farther away, lower contrast areas then draws us up to the ominous rainclouds.

smo (45) [2006-07-23 17:24]

I don't think this needs cropping at all. The blue sky adds a nice contrast, so cropping the top is out, and if you cropped out of the bottom or right side it would feel cramped for the biker. I also like how much empty space is on the left side, it shows you he has a lot of hill left to climb. It reminds me of my daily commute; my legs burn just thinking about it. :)

So I don't see where you'd want to crop this, I like it as it is.

smo (45) [2006-07-11 23:35]

Wow. .great capture. Not much else to say besides that. I'm also wondering up or down? And as far as I can tell his left leg is moving down and his head is moving either left or up (relative to the picture frame). His right leg is probably moving away from us. So probably doing a sideways flip away from us?

smo (45) [2006-07-09 22:39]

Black and white suits this very well. I really like the wacky composition, and the way the perspective draws us down to the drink.