Sydney Headlands
by dewdodesign

Comment by sidpixel:
Hello from the Critique club

An appealing image that contributes to the open challenge

The interesting cloudscape adds atmosphere to the overall result. There are a few things I would like to suggest to improve it, the first of which is the sun-hole, this overexposed circle and equivalent reflection would be best omitted completely with a crop close to the suns edge. There is a slight tilt to the sea,this is always a compete no-no for any seascape it just needs tweaking with the levelling tool. I think as part of your crop you could also exclude the foreground completely so you just have sea and sky this will have more impact. The whites of the clouds would benefit from being whitened more you can do this selectively without affecting the other tones within the image.

Thank you Christopher for your entry

Honey Bee
by dewdodesign

Comment by snaffles:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Nice enough macro of a bee, I've tried shooting the little beasts and it's not easy cause they wiggle around so much! Insects are very bad at taking direction :-)

However, it really doesn't meet the challenge description of being a profile or side view. Voters here tend to be very literal and if you look at the challenge winners and HMs, well, you can see that they are all profiles, not an overhead 3/4 shots. It would have been far better to track after the bee as much as possible and shoot til you got a true side view. And if, despite all your best efforts, you just can't get a good shot - either choose a different subject or simply opt to not enter.

Apart from that, the giant oof blotch of purple to the left with the circular highlight detracts greatly from your subject. It would have been hard to crop out and cloning it out would have a lot of work, which is all the more reason to change angles and not let such extraneous details detract from your subject.

Hope this critique has been of help, feel free to pm me with any questions.

Susan

Honey Bee
by dewdodesign

Comment by skewsme:
so this is a B side?

The Big Wheel
by dewdodesign

Comment by grahamgator:
A little flat; not sure it is a still life.

The Big Wheel
by dewdodesign

Comment by mepncal:
I really like this image but I am always attracted to lines. This was either well thought out with a message behind it or a lesson in drawing that struck a chord. Thanks.

The Big Wheel
by dewdodesign

Comment by macwilyum:
well lit, possibly over-sharpened, nice diagonal orientation draws viewer to view the entirety of image

The Big Wheel
by dewdodesign

Comment by stormi:
very nice, love the contrast and geometric shapes

The Big Wheel
by dewdodesign

Comment by bubeltrubel:
hmmm... it's not really a still life in my eyes

The Big Wheel
by dewdodesign

Comment by tanguera:
Great pov, but decidedly not a "still life" in the classic sense.

The Big Wheel
by dewdodesign

Comment by FourPointX:
oh boy i bet the purists are hammering you for dnmc but i like the shot and the different take 7