This moth was on the walkway of the motel balcony, low angle early morning sun. It looks like an airplane waiting for takeoff. Please critique as you will.

Blessing and Peace. TomDart.

Message edited on: 10/10/2004 21:16

i like the picture very much - composition and lighting are perfect( great shadow). or did you want to hear only critics? ;)

Thanks, Dafa. Critics can say good things, too! : ) The open opinions of others help immensely in both correction of technique and with encouragement. TomDart.

The Shadow fits Your Name....like a Dart :]

I'd change the crop slightly. Either crop the left so the empty space is less obvious or crop the right less so there's a bit of space to the right of the shadow. IOW move the "window" we're looking through a bit to the right. I've got a black background here and there's a bright line on the bottom and on the right of the green frame. Are they supposed to be there? Top notch image though.

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Great picture!! The timing for the shadow really makes it stand out! Only thing I would change is the border.. I'd reduce it on the right and below slightly, and make it more of a complimentary colour to the moth - If I put a border on a pic I usually sample a colour from the picture itself, and I think a dark brown from the moth would be nice here. Just my half shilling's worth ;-) (",)

i find the shot excellent in the shadowplay, which is what gives it interest & in agreement with JA, the border & font are bit heavy for my taste :]

Thanks for the input. I must agree the frame is a bit heavy at second look. To 3DGUY, the frame color is HTML #4F460B. The white line at right and bottom is not supposed to be there but looking at the copy resized and sent to rosity, in moving the image and frame I did leave a little to the right and bottom. Thanks for pointing that out. White on white it disappears..not so on your background. Tom.

Here is a modified image. Unfortunately, the original image does not have but a tad more "tail" to the shadow. Be as specific as you have been so far on this attempt...glad I don't make a living in a frame shop! : ) 3DGUY, please let me know if the lines appear again..transparency does not connect with jpg and it should be gone now. Tedz..you have a point there. Tom. Preview makes me think the moth is a bit high, well, here goes anyway.

Rotate 90 degrees counterclockwise and it is a peace sign! TMG

Yes....the Peace Symbol....how cleaver! Bravo!!!

Top notch like that :)

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies. - Aristotle
-= Glass Eye Photography =- -= My Rendo Gallery =-

Ahhh...the wonderful value of critics..I mean the HIGH CRITICS(not That high Tedz) who see all the deep underlaid parts, layers, meanings. It made my day to have someone "finally" see the Peace Symbol!!! Yikes...that was so deep in my thought, apparently, I didn't know it was there. Thanks for letting me know I am "deeper than I knew I was" for a moment. : ] TomDart. So it goes on and on....

Your Welcome ~ Peace!

I love the image - what makes the image special is the shadow - It looks man-made. As if to glimpse into the future of space flight - we must look first to nature! I agree with others that I would side-crop it just a tad on the left side of the image - [the viewer's left side], maybe 1/2inch at the MOST! Dee-Marie