Sara
by whiterook

Comment:
Yay, she's back!!
Enjoying the Sony Alpha??
Actually, this is a good photo, whiterook, very nice indeed!

Icy Gateway
by davidw

Comment:
Hi David, greetings from the Critique Club!

Your shot really impressed me, superb contrast!!

As for the specifics:

Composition
Great balance of the space, just a little of the bottom of the trees, and the rest on top.
If it were me (not sure if the place allowed it) I would get a lower perspective and a little more to the left, to have it perfectly centred.

Technique
Perfect exposure, amazing detail on the front elements (you have an extraordinary piece of glass on your 40D :)

Processing
Flawless processing here, the contrast between the original shot and the edited one just took this picture to a whole new level.

Congratulations or your personal best, and a score of 6.67 is awesome, a very good score indeed.

If you have any questions feel free to contact me.
Regards,
Joao

A Long And Lonesome Road
by FoCal

Comment:
Hi Lucas, greetings from the Critique Club!

First of all, I scored your image a 6, mostly because of the great contrast on the road, but we'll get to that :)

Composition
Wonderful balance between sky and ground. The two are fighting for attention, and you always keep coming back to both. The horizon is level and the leading lines provided by the road marks are great.

Technique / Lighting
Good exposure all around, it could be just a tad brighter, but it's nitpicking.
For your lens, you could have a smaller aperture, it will make your photo sharper. Your lens should reach peak sharpness at around f/5,6 or f/6, and you could sacrifice just a little ISO (or shutter speed, if you had a tripod).

Processing
Brilliant contrast on the road and water, it's just so very defined, it's great to see it.
The only thing wrong is that you didn't take advantage of the 800px size limit, your photo could be so much more appealing if it were on full size.

Still, for your second entry is a very good effort, and the Title / Relation to challenge is perfect.

If you have any questions feel free to contact me.
Regards,
Joao

Maintaining Eden
by burtct

Comment:
A 7 for the cheek of it (both actually :)

Tagus park gardens on Infrared
by duartix

Comment:
Jesus, this is great!!
Perfect leading lines, great tonal tweaking, and the composition is amazing.
Very well done Duarte, just brilliant. Top marks and a serious contender in this challenge.
Ps - you have a hot pixel on the right, just below the water line, I hope it's not the camera!

The PSYCEDELIC WALL, LIKE WOW.BLOW YOUR MIND..brown ribbon special
by kiwinick

Comment:
Jesus kiwinick, another lemon??

Middle Ground
by Luci11e

Comment:
Hi Lorie, how are you doing?
Another critique from me :)

Composition
I have no idea how you got on the middle of the stream...but it's the perfect position for this shot.
The only thing that draws attention out of the subject are the trees in the back, but it just was not possible not to have them. Still, they are distracting, and I think that if you had shot from more to the left, or they were more to the right, they would both be inside the green patch of the tree, making them more visible.
I like very much the angle from below, it makes it a very lovely postcard.

Technique
Since there was no way you could have the bokeh in the trees, making them out of focus, take advantage of it, and stop down your aperture, so you'd get a much slower shutter speed. This way, probably you could have the water with a more silky effect (it would also mean that you need a tripod), but it could help the overall look.

Processing
Very interesting and unusual choice of border, I think it's one of the few that I've saw here like this. If it could be just a tad shorter, nobody would have had any questions about it being there or not. It's a very smart move for a border, to make it part of the surroundings.
I was also interested in seeing this in b&w, maybe you can try it :)

Take care,
Joao

Circa 1863
by Ja-9

Comment:
Hello again Janine, greetings from the Critique Club!

For your photo:

Composition
You targeted a very vintage look with your picture. Although the chair is one of the subjects in the photo, I believe it's not the main one. I see a lot more relevance in the bed than in the chair. The way it was cropped does not leave much room for the chair.

Technique
One of the reasons why the photo has such a vintage feel if because of the low aperture, at f/25 the softness is very intense, and in this photo it worked perfectly, to add to the overall look. Although the chair is a bit underexposed, the shadows are very consisted and well formed.

Processing
Good choice for the sepia, the border adds also a lot to the image. Probably if the corner where the chair is was brightened a bit, it could give more impact to that part.

Overall an almost 6 score photo, that quite nicely fits the challenge.

Take care,
Joao

Decomissioned poluter - now landscape Art
by duartix

Comment:
Hello Duarte ;)

It looks just like a urban snake, I never thought of having it photographed like this, it's the most unique perspective of this tower!
It's a pity that the top was dark, it would have so much more impact, but still it's a very different approach.
Boa sorte!

Sizzlin'
by toddw62

Comment:
Hello again Todd, greetings from the Critique Club!

First of all, I hope you weren't too close to that burner :)

For your shot:

Composition
You've chosen to do an abstract shot. Having said this, please remember that not many people will recognize an electric hob when they see one. It was too cryptic for the viewers to relate to the subject hot.
Still, as abstract goes, the tilt does make it more interesting, and the crop is something of a macro puzzle thing. The white spots (I think it was the water) do appear like dust or flour, so I think it worked against you.

Lighting
Despite the macro ring and the snoot, you got some uneven lighting. The right part has light, but the top and left are a bit dark.

Processing
Nothing to be said here, good contrast and colours, the picture is sharp all around.

Overall
I think you couldn't pass the message to the voters / viewers as to what they were seeing.
It was an obscure perspective, that whilst being hot, didn't "compute" in the minds of the people.

Take care,
Joao