Summer Dragonfly
by milspec

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

First Impression: Very sharp, detail of the wings and body are quite nice! I can't find one to stay still for 2 seconds let alone take a great picture of one

Technical: The background matches the dragonfly perfectly, blue and yellow/brown. Some of the lines on the left lead the focus away from the dragonfly and more to the bokeh.

Final thoughts: The DOF for this is unreal. You finished in the top 25% and this is only your second entry! I look forward to seeing more of your work in the future.

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Senay

Angel
by Marc923

Comment:
Seems like not everyone agreed with me on this shot, I thought it was very interesting and that the grain added to it. I gave you a 7 :)

Jaune
by mBastin

Comment:
The only glaring problem with this picture is the size, it's only 483x382. If you had sized it down to just under the allowable size it would have done much better. Everything else looks good!

Purple Frenzy
by Insomniac

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

First Impression: Two lightning bolts in one shot! I especially liked the lightning strike near the church, it looks like it is lighting all of the front. Or maybe it is.

Subject: It's not often that two lightning strikes are captured it a photo, at least not this well done. Best of 2009 and maybe a long time before you get a chance to capture this again.

Technical: At first I felt there was too much space at the very top, after looking at it though I think it's perfect. If you take any away from the top you would lose some of that blue colour.

Final thoughts: I don't really see anyway that you could improve this particular image. I hope to see more from you on DPC. I checked my favourite photographers by votes given, over 9 challenges I've given you an average of 6.67.

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Senay

Message edited by author 2010-01-30 00:58:12.

Bubble Dreams
by WeJay

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

This is my first critique, hopefully you find it helpful!

First Impression: Very interesting image with many things happening. I didn't notice the balloons on the box and was left wondering what exactly the bubbles were.

Composition: I like the way the pole seems to split the image into two separate yet joined scenes.

Subject: Good street photo with different things happening everywhere you look.

Technical: As another commenter said there are not enough bubbles in this picture. If the bubbles at the top had not been cut off you would have received a higher score.

Final thoughts: I was surprised to see you only scored a 5.02. I personally gave this shot a 7. I think this is due to the bubbles not being as much the main subject as other entries in this challenge.

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Senay

Message edited by author 2010-01-29 21:14:17.

ARIADNE
by Pipe_Dream

Comment:
One of my favourites out of the challenge. I'm not sure if I would like this more with or without the gold on her.

Gazing
by ryand

Comment:
This is beautiful! The hair, the focus on the eyes, everything is perfect. Hopefully you post a colour version afterwards just to show us how it looks.

The Beauty of Death
by skarpi_xxx

Comment:
Horse skull? When I first saw this I imagined it as an Icelandic dragon. 10

Resident of Venice Beach
by edmeng

Comment:
Very interesting character!

Fleeing
by RamblinR

Comment:
Not a big fan of that tilted border but the picture is stunning