Success
by rj324

Comment:
*Critique Club*

FIRST IMPRESSION: Colorful and inspiring.

CHALLENGE: Meets the challenge.

COMPOSITION: Your composition of these shots as a group is outstanding... I like the progression to outstretched arms, as well as the variation between zooms/crops. Individually, the shots are also well-composed with the exception of the center shot, which in my opinion is cropped too closely to the elbow.

TECHNICAL: Technical aspects are flawless. I love the way you metered this to get a perfect sunset and a silhouette of the girl.

CONCLUSION: One of the better entries to this challenge.

Thanks for sharing and good luck in future challenges!

Rolling waves
by agwright

Comment:
*Critique Club*

FIRST IMPRESSION: Unusual composition, but that's a good thing. The staggering of the images works.

CHALLENGE: The challenge calls for two or three separate photographs, and this appears to be one photograph masked into three. While I personally feel this shot met the spirit (if not the letter) of the challenge, other voters may have been bothered by the relatively looks interpretation of the theme.

COMPOSITION: Your composition of the individual shots and the group as a whole is excellent Each of the individual shots could stand on its own (except maybe the third as there is nothing there to really hold the viewer's attention) but as a group they are even stronger.

TECHNICAL: All technical aspects are excellent and appropriate for the shots.

CONCLUSION: A very strong entry, one in which you took some chances, and those chances seemed to pay off. The loose interpretation of the challenge was probably the primary factor keeping your score below 6, but that does not take away from the fact that this is high-quality work that stands on its own.

Thanks for sharing and good luck in future challenges!

Sunset Blue...
by andrewlr

Comment:
*Critique Club*

FIRST IMPRESSION: Great photos and a unique layout that works well.

CHALLENGE: Meets the challenge.

COMPOSITION: The composition of botht he individual shots and the combined image is excellent. The centered composition works on the middle shot due to the interesting sky and the overlap of the other shots.

TECHNICAL: Exposure and lighting are excellent. I wonder if a UV filter might have helped remove the apparent haze on the right side of the rightmost shot.

CONCLUSION: Great shot, a nonstandard combination method that really works, and overall deserving of the high score it received. Nicely done!

Thanks for sharing and good luck in future challenges!

$peedVision
by RiderGal

Comment:
Critique Club*

FIRST IMPRESSION: GREAT shots, great title, great combination.

CHALLENGE: Meets the challenge.

COMPOSITION: All of these shots are composed extrelemely well, I love these as abstracts it adda a lot more interest than straight shots of the entire cars. You did an excellent job of keeping the reflections from becoming a distration, especially considering you were shooting at a public car show.

TECHNICAL: The technical aspects of these shots are as close to flawless as I can imagine.

CONCLUSION: This is, in my opinion, a totally and completely professional result. I frankly feel this image deserved much higher than its 24th place finish.

Thanks for sharing and good luck in future challenges!

Three Stages of Mr. Potato Head
by deckyon

Comment:
*Critique Club*

FIRST IMPRESSION: Fun subject, nice progression.

CHALLENGE: Meets the challenge.

COMPOSITION: All three shots are composed well overall, but the background does not appear to be very well thought out. The chair and table in the background are distracting in my opinion. These strike me individually as grab shots rather than planned photographs, but as a group they work well together for the theme.

TECHNICAL: Exposure is good, though the lighting is a bit stong in front and fades in a manner suggesting use of a flash as your primary light source (though the shot fortunately lacks the hard shadows typically seen in flash photography).


CONCLUSION: A good, promising subject that could be strengthened with additional attention to lighting. I wonder if the progression might flow more naturally if the last shot were placed first, though upon reading your comments I understand why you laid it out the way you did. These are among the better of the child shots I've seen submitted to challenges; your contribution actually belongs in the challenge, where many others' "kid shots" strike me as someone using the challenge as an excuse to show off their kids.

Thanks for sharing and good luck in future challenges!

Message edited by author 2003-05-07 15:38:39.

Life of Steel
by OneSweetSin

Comment:
*Critique Club*

FIRST IMPRESSION: Great choice of subject but the lighting is a bit harsh.

CHALLENGE: Meets the challenge.

COMPOSITION: I like the composition of all three shots, though as a triptych I would have personally preferred the closeup of the wheel as the center image. It would have been more balanced in terms of types of shots and lightness of the shot.

TECHNICAL: Though the exposure is good, the harsh midday light on these images leaves them seeming a bit washed-out and flat. Different light (weather conditions or even shooting earlier/later in the day) may have added visual interest to the images.

CONCLUSION: A good, promising subject that could be strengthened with a bit more attention to lighting.

Thanks for sharing and good luck in future challenges!

Couldn't Resist the Kiss
by Gekker

Comment:
*Critique Club*

FIRST IMPRESSION: Great shot, worthy of printing and hanging!

CHALLENGE: Meets the challenge.

COMPOSITION: Excellent, consistent composition. My only nit is that the reflection in the first frame is not echoed in the other two. It also seems odd that your first shot is from slightly above the subject while the other two are more straight on. This inconsistency may have bothered the voters.

TECHNICAL: Exposure, lighting and color are flawless.

CONCLUSION: Great shot, and one I might expect to see hanging in a candy shop or for sale in Hershey. I'm frankly surprised this did not score higher than it did.

Thanks for sharing and good luck in future challenges!

Message edited by author 2003-05-07 10:43:23.

Busy busy bee
by agwright

Comment:
*Critique Club*

FIRST IMPRESSION: Bright, colorful shot. A rare capture of a bee at work.

CHALLENGE: Meets the challenge.

COMPOSITION: I am left wondering why you chose to crop off the top of the flower (or if that was accidental) as it does seem to break the flow of the shot. Centered composition works very well for this subject.

TECHNICAL: Exposure, lighting and color are flawless. Excellent choice of aperture; the shallow depth of field really helps draw attention to your subject.

CONCLUSION: Great shot. Odd to have the shot of the back of the bee and have him on his side, but for this type of shot I am not really bothered by that. Again, my only real issue with this shot is the cut-off top of the flower. Well-done!

Thanks for sharing and good luck in future challenges!

Periplaneta brunnea
by Simms

Comment:
*Critique Club*

FIRST IMPRESSION: Interesting textures but odd lighting.

CHALLENGE: Meets the challenge.

COMPOSITION: The composition is good, however the lighting draws the viewer's attention to the rock in the background rather than to the cockroach that is your main subject. This shot would have worked better (in my opinion) if the insect were in the light, so that the viewer's eye was drawn to the subject. In particular I find it disturbing that I can barely even see the head.

TECHNICAL: Exposure is good, depth of field draws the viewer back in to the subject but seems to conflict with the lighting.

CONCLUSION: Not a bad shot, probably the best you were able to do under the circumstances, but I wonder if with some patience you may have captured the insect in a better position.

Thanks for sharing and good luck in future challenges!

Prints with a View
by OneSweetSin

Comment:
Excellent design work, but does it tell someone who's never seen it what DPC Pritns is?