COMMENTS:

Susan Davi	I like this photo a lot; it would be great to see a larger image to be able to read many more of the labels. Too bad about the shadow on the right side of the photo
Richard Harper	An interesting display of old medicine  bottles.  Not much you can do with it because of the antiquity. I wonder about moving the little bottles. Centre line, to a more central position. Perhaps not.  Could the printing on the bottles be sharpened bit, to make them more readable? As it is, it’s an historical record.
Frank Foto	I love this! Being a physician, old apothecarial subjects are very appealing to me. The side lighting is incredibly dramatic, and the monotone (with slight hint of sepia) really adds to the mood. There are a couple of small issues, though, which I noticed as soon as the image opened. Although I know it was likely difficult to straighten this image because of the old wood shelving, etc, it looks as if it is slightly tilted toward the keft side. I do not think this is totally a perspective effect, since the black line at the far left edge is thinner at the top than the bottom. I was also wondering how it would look if you cloned out the two black pillars/lines at each end - just bringing it in at the edges a little more.
Jim Mayo	I would consider a sepia tone to age the photo
Chuck Mc Collom	This is well cropped and pretty sharp. Good historical rendition.
Linda Speh	It is too bad that during jpeg compression often times our images seem soft. I don’t notice that in this image but I have in others. I really like this picture. The sepia tones remind me of “times gone by” and are perfect for this image. You have lined up the picture nicely which is all important in this type. You dealt with the reflections well. Good job!
Brian's response	The image is sepia and it seems to have lost some of this colour in its journey across the Atlantic and back! As a print, it came first in our club's mono print competition - although there were only 4 prints in the competition. I have entered it in the Minneapolis-St Paul Small Prints and the GB Small Prints competitions - after straighteneing out the bottom a litttle. We'll have to see how it does!

Brian Magor, EFIAP, EPSA

Retired in 2003 after 39 years teaching history and as a Deputy Headmaster in a Boys Grammar School. Had cameras in my youth, but have not really taken any pictures since the 70s - except to be told occasionally to take "holiday snaps" while my wife, who has been a photographer since childhood, took the serious photographs. Upon retirement took up photography - this time digital - working my way up from a pocket 1.2 megapixel camera, which I lost ski-ing somewhere in Finland, to a digital SLR - Canon 350D then a 400D. We used to share a Canon 100-400 USM Zoom lens, but now I use a Sigma 50mm-500mm zoom lens. Joined Hoylake Photographic Society in the UK - now a club member of the PSA entering our first inter-club competitions this year. Started entering international competitions in 2007 & was amazed to find myself in the 2007 PSA Who's Who! We joined the PSA in 2009 and set ourselves a target to get 10 stars in our first year - We both gained EFIAP status this year, and hope to get our EPSA this year