Requesting your comments

[gerryp123]

Recently posted this in one of the competitions and would like to get some member feedback. What do you like (not like) about this photo? What would make it a better photo?

Happy to hear your suggestions.

Gerry

[AB26]

Hi Gerry,

I doubt there is anything wrong with the image. It is nicely balanced and I can see what it is all about.
Maybe colour would have worked better. I may be wrong but it seems a bit over-processed to me. It might also be the resizing.

[gerryp123]

Thanks for the comment. The color version is appealing (vintage wood, color tags on the mallets, etc). Wondering how you picked up on that?

[Geoff F]

I remember this one from the competitions; where there has been some stiff competition recently.

Basically works OK, as Andre mentioned.

Possibly I might have preferred a fraction more space below the heads and above the balls. It seems just a little bit 'squashed' to me. But not far out.

[Ken Curtis]

Hi Gerry. Ya done good.

There are lots of details shown and the monotone treatment works. You might want to consider another composition. This one is very symmetrical, and I wonder if a little bit of asymmetry would make the image more dynamic. For example, what if you placed one of the balls on the lower rack or maybe added a third ball to the lower rack. Just a thought.

[ggt]

Gerry--

I'm having a hard time figuring out what to focus on. Perhaps more contrast? or processing it in B&W with a single color showing thru? (I forget what that technique is called). There are so many nice angles and textures, I can't see anything I'd crop-out. Perhaps show the colors of the paint stripes on the mallets and balls?

Thanks for posting.

Gretchen