i do like this a lot.

it seems like your pictures would be given better justice if shown at a lower res. i kinda messed with it in ps and i think i made it look better.

I really like this, the close up of the bell and the clarity of it and how the background is so soft and out of focus. And the background is sort of close and far away at the same time, very interesting. My only quibble is the size of the image; it's much bigger than my screen so it's hard to see in full view. Because of that I can't appreciate this fully. Makes me wish I had a bigger screen.

The others coming up are much smaller. Rejoyce ye Deviants! Your pleas have been heard!

i found your post in the photog forums

this is probably you best shot in your gallery .. the top-lighting from the daylight is perfect and the depth of field is dead-on beautiful; it excludes everything in the background. enabling you to focus on the "metalwork" .. the only thing that you should have done was resize the picture as it is far too big for internet viewing .. but is is a really great shot .. you've got potential man .. just keep at it.

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Great, thank you!

I know about the resizing, I'm working on that ASAP. All my future pictures will fit on just one screen.

Mmmm i like that picture. Nice color work, nice composition, excellent sharpness on the bell.

in the undoable things I would have liked part , it would be nice if the markings on the bell to be more visible.
On the doable things I would have liked part, seeing your description, I'd tried to have the couple a little more visible, ie a little bit more dof.

Excellent work, though.

Well, thank you!

I guess the couple becomes more of an afterthought - I saw it through the lens, yet the lens did not. In the end, I attempted to split the difference, forcing some of the sharpness out of the bell markings. Something to work on!

i love this! the lines are so clean and black against the background fuzziness... it really does frame something that you can't identify. good job.