Well done - lovely shot and handheld too Wow. Wonder why they object - different if you set up a tripod and were causing an obstruction. Must try my hand at that sometime.
Hi Lee ....good to see you're enjoying the challenge, that's a really fabulous shot for this week ....absolutely spot on
Very impressive for handheld shot, fits the theme nicely and I really like the composition
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Good effort with the leading lines and the reflections. Cool trail.
I like the way you've used the fluorescent lights as the vertical in the shot.
Your dangerous is fab - so well composed with the 'mind the gap' in the foreground and the lines leading to the tunnel. As others have said especially impressive for hand held
First rate
I'd planned a similar kind of *mind the gap* type shot but this is something beyond.
I don't mind the distortion in the far door because the POV, perspective and angle work really well.
Like it
Good choice of subject for all the reasons you mention Lee. I think both the composition and lighting are good - a nice soft shadow cast. May want to avoid that crease in the bg paper by using curved A3 size paper (or the back of a roll of wallpaper for that matter). Good though.
Nice image Lee, maybe just a tad of light reflected back onto it with a bit of card or reflector would lift it a bit, but still love the heavy shadow and composition of it
Great shots Lee!
Danger - perfect shot, worth getting in trouble with the transport police for. I thought TfL are pretty cool with taking photos on the underground as long as you don't use flash or tripod? Or did you loiter on the platform?
Topical - I like the dark shadow and also the wide crop. And bang on theme
Hi Lee - good idea and a solid shot. If you don't mind, I'll break down my critique (pos & neg) into bits so that you can disagree with lots of it
background - I like the floor/wall look as infinity curves can be overused. Perhaps cut through the apple slightly further down, but that might just be me - it works as is.
background lighting - I like the variation and drop-off TL of wall - it helps accentuate the division between floor and wall and works.
highlights - a toughie here because the shiny apple is hard to light for highlights yet still get a "proper" shadow - had you lit for the highlights (softer light) your shadow would have been compromised and I feel the shadow is more important, so you've chosen well IMO. One thing you could have done is reduce the highlight by splashing the apple with water - loads of little highlights instead and might have helped break up that area a bit?
shadow - as mentioned, the main shadow is great and makes the image but I'm not a fan of the second shadow coming towards us. I can't quite tell (i.e. I'm not knowledgable enough to know) whether the second shadow is just the reflected light from the wall - it looks the wrong direction to me - or is from a second light source? Any which way, I'd be inclined to lose it.
fill light - per DK, I might be tempted to throw a reflector in frame left to bounce a touch more light back onto the shadow side of the apple, which might also have helped deal with the secondary shadow, perhaps. Minor thing though - the lower shadow detail still works for me.
A good image and some great features.
