# Pinball Wizard **URL:** \ **Category:** Image Critiques\ **Tags:** weekly-challenge\ **Created:** [May 18, 2019, 12:31am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/pinball-wizard/6503 "2019-05-18T00:31:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lon\_Overacker](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/lon_overacker/32/10929_2.png) [@Lon\_Overacker](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Lon_Overacker)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2019, 12:31am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/pinball-wizard/6503/1 "2019-05-18T00:31:52Z")
Terrific entries for the WC this week. Great topic and wouldn’t you know it I got to spend time along the river last week… Actually, this one isn’t on the river, but a spring. And an oft photographed spring at that. Been photographed a gazillion times, but that just means there’s a challenge out there to find something refreshing. You may not see the pinball reference, but it struck me (ever so lightly) how the water flows through the scene from top to bottom, different paths and then the sweeping curve in the lower right - like a tube or channel one might see in the bed of a pinball game? Do I just have a wild imagination? Single frame, converted to b&w in PS. ![49D1893VBW_1500](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/2X/5/530fd3e838cc80bb8db4c890667b391582e6b79c.jpeg) ##### **_You may only download this image to demonstrate post-processing techniques._** ### What technical feedback would you like if any? any/all ### What artistic feedback would you like if any? any/all. ### Pertinent technical details or techniques: (If this is a composite, etc. please be honest with your techniques to help others learn) Nikon D800E, 28-300mm @78mm f/18 .4s iso 400 ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Leggett](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/bill_leggett/32/1763_2.png) [@Bill\_Leggett](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Bill_Leggett)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2019, 1:47am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/pinball-wizard/6503/2 "2019-05-18T01:47:08Z")
Great title, Lon. Don’t see the flippers, or Roger Daltrey, although I can’t help but notice the dizzying motion of so many pinballs bouncing of off bumpers, not to mention the nice terracing. It also makes for a fine silvery B&W presentation. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Fach](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/bill_fach/32/78290_2.png) [@Bill\_Fach](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Bill_Fach)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2019, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/pinball-wizard/6503/3 "2019-05-18T12:24:05Z")
Lon: I had to laugh at the pinball title. In our video game age I wonder how many folks here have even seen a pinball machine. I spent many evenings in college at a burger joint across the street from the Optometry building in Bloomington stuffing quarters into a machine and tilting away. But I digress; this is a wonderful image with great flow and a fine conversion. 🔔🔔🔔🔔👍👍\>=))\> ---
**Author:** ![Dennis\_Plank](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dennis_plank/32/27033_2.png) [@Dennis\_Plank](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dennis_Plank)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2019, 12:34pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/pinball-wizard/6503/4 "2019-05-18T12:34:38Z")
I can see the reference, Lon, particularly in the lower part of the frame. I really love the different textures that one shutter speed produced in the water here. A fine image. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Williams](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/john_williams/32/28797_2.png) [@John\_Williams](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/John_Williams)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2019, 3:55pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/pinball-wizard/6503/5 "2019-05-18T15:55:43Z")
Love the title and above comments 😃 This has a great flow, and the texture is perfect. It makes a classically strong BW. I don’t have much to suggest here, except maybe playing with a “two-corner” vignette idea to help emphasize the flow. (Easier to show than describe.) ![Untitled-1](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/2X/5/513af582f8b7a1a0fb1e60e86cd448e31f0478d4.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Seaver](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/mark_seaver/32/231_2.png) [@Mark\_Seaver](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Mark_Seaver)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2019, 4:53pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/pinball-wizard/6503/6 "2019-05-18T16:53:29Z")
Lon, this is a beauty. I’m especially attracted to the difference in texture between the sharp, clear flow over the top step and the more blurred flows below. The eye movement down to and around the lower stones works great. ---
**Author:** ![Harley\_Goldman](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/harley_goldman/32/213_2.png) [@Harley\_Goldman](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Harley_Goldman)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2019, 10:37pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/pinball-wizard/6503/7 "2019-05-18T22:37:22Z")
Very nice, Lon. This is a fine take on the spring and I quite like the B&W rendition. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Lowe](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/michael_lowe/32/7118_2.png) [@Michael\_Lowe](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Michael_Lowe)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2019, 3:47am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/pinball-wizard/6503/8 "2019-05-19T03:47:04Z")
Nice work, Lon. B&W looks great. I wish I had the eye to pick out these smaller vignettes. 🖖 ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Lowe](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/e36b37/32.png) [@Ed\_Lowe](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Ed_Lowe)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2019, 2:26pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/pinball-wizard/6503/9 "2019-05-19T14:26:47Z")
This is a flat out gorgeous B&W image with a wide range of tones and textures, Lon. I particularly like the diagonal water movement as it winds its way around and over the rocks in the scene. The silver tones in the water are very captivating and your chosen SS has created some lovely details to compliment them. No suggestions from me.