Cannot understand the photo. :)

I really like the toning on this one, and that the foreground is sharp. However, around the bar it seems to be a little jagged (around the circles), but that is just pickyness. I really do like it :)

Great lines and contrast!

I really love the composition of this photo.

I really like this photo's circumfrances theme :)

* ehem...I meant circumference :P

I really enjoy yesterdays's entrie. This one is pretty original too. But it seems a little dark for me. Any way it may be just my screen's settings.

I really like this - kind of like peering through a window - its really dark and moody too, which I like, but others may find depressing...

Very good use of depth of field. Beatful work with arcs and curves. I like this one.

dave, this one is very nice indeed. the separation between fore- and background gives it depth, the contrast and greytones make it very graphical and you manage to repeat the circular theme in both places. very skilled indeed.

Ok. Mmmmm.... I had a bug about yesterday's and I have one about today's.

Couldn't work out what it was yesterday but I think I can now. I think they're the wrong way round re what's in focus and what isn't. More so with today's.

This is, of course, just a personal opinion. But that's what I think. For what it's worth.

I will now close the bunker door. :-)

It’s a clever shot, but it doesn’t stir any feelings. Maybe it’s too sterile or thought out?

Also, I’m experiencing some »blotchyness« in the sky and out of focus areas. It looks like jpg-artefacts, but I’m not sure.

The council/tourist board should totally be paying you. Much better than some of the Little and Large posters I saw about town. :) This is really unique and lovely!

DAMN!!! Simply beautiful!!!

Great balance in this shot. I really like how the bar cuts through.

the funny thing about this is that, because of the stark contrast in color intensity (black as opposed to a subtle grey) the {rail?} almost looks superimposed on the image. with the jagged bits (anti-aliasing) it COULD pass as one of those cutesy little brushes off deviant art that we love so much.

oh, we DO love them.

anyways. whilst not portfolio worthy, i do think you should experiment more with DoF. perhaps not as much as i do {shameless plug} CLICK ME DAMMIT {/shameless plug} and not in a huge spree like with the fisheye lens.. but all the same. people work wonderfully well :)

off topic. ish:

i'm glad you put this up. in some respects - though i know you're into experimenting and whatnot - this is most definately a step up from some of the recent pictures. that said, i can't help but love the novelty of capturing a chav in his element, and yet.. your camera is still in tact! amazing - really.

hugs o-(".)-o

Ooooh I like I like! Definately good depth in this shot.

i like the idea to repeat the circular theme. it gives continuity.

i dont know much about photography and skills.. but this entry is superb! * like all your entries as well =) *

I agree with Adriana, a little dark maybe.

I love the compostion though, wich is a major flaw of mine I feel, not getting the right shot but I will be cheating in future and just cropping until the image is good.

I don't know why but I keep feeling the need for a bigger (deeper) DoF, it does make me feel that the photogrpaher went for the wheel but failed to focus correctly and "missed" it.

Again, the composition is great, the curves very complimentary and great framing.

Beautiful composition.

Yes definitely, the blurred wheel really bugs me and as Robyn P has said, I feel the darkness depressing but not in an atmospheric way. Strange, the shot is great yet misses and those two points and just frustrates. Do it again Dave...

...do it again!

Much better, Dave. Thanks for the tip on BW conversion! I know what you mean with th channel mixer, things can get blotchy when using (too) much of one channel.

It looks not very spontaneous to me, but a lot of elaboration can be seen in this shot. i like the symethry and curves and curves and curves ... :)

Nice title for it. :)

David

Been lurking and admiring your work for a while. I've got myself a 20D, so in theory I can take shots just like yours! In theory.

Just wondering how you learned digital processing - trial and error, a book, a course? If book could you recommend something? I can find my way around Photoshop but when it comes to tarting up images it's all a bit hit and miss (usually miss). I'm trialing Bibble Pro for RAW processing (didn't like Capture One Pro - price / interface).

Thanks.

great shot!

It seems like it needs another element to really make the composition complete. Perhaps something at a distance bewteen the front and rear elements. Other than that, well done.

Thanks everyone.

nogger: I don't think either today's or yesterday's would have worked if I'd inverted the focus.

Beth: I shall tell them you said so ;-)

Alex: ok, more experimentation tomorrow.

Adriana and tobias: I did try a lighter version, but it wasn't very effective.

David: try 'Adobe Photoshop CS for Photographers (by Martin Evening) and/or The Photoshop CS Book for Digital Photographers (by Scott Kelby). I prefer the former, but both are good.

Jamey: I can see what you mean, but I quite like the simplicity of this one.

Very nice shot. This reminds me of Andre Kertesz.

Oh yeah, I love this shot. I remember seeing this a few months ago, and it always stuck with me. Really well seen. I love how the arcs of the foreground thingy are echoed in the ferris wheel.

very 'something wicked this way comes'... i like!