'Speaking Words... of Wisdom"
by tfarrell23

Comment:
Imaginative shot. Doesn't have much of a WOW factor for me though. 4

Big Blue Balloon
by LanSnake

Comment:
Nice job. Ballons are hard to get because they don't wait for you. 6

Bountiful Temple
by Yomi

Comment:
Not real sure if this starts with the letter B or T. It is a little overexposed but a nice composition. 5

Bark (Through a bug's eyes)
by dodobird

Comment:
Interesting the way you placed the in focus portion at the bottom rather than having it traditionaly centrally located. If you hadn\'t said it was bark I might not have known. 4

Guns & Ammo
by JB707

Comment:
Critique Club Critique

Title: Guns & Ammo, by JB707

Composition: I am one of those that thought entries should have been in portrait, but I admit that pictures in landscape are used for covers also. I think yours is cropped a little close , especially on the left side. Also the ammo box looks just a tad worn, this shows on the flap on the left side. Other than that it is a very good composition.


Technical: This being a difficult subject you have done a commendable job. I see only a couple of things that distract from its quality. The bullets appear to be out of focus and the gun is a tad bright along the slide. I think they (Guns & Ammo) would have toned it down some to make the name stand out more, after all sales are what keeps magazines going.


Challenge: You have met the challenge with this one, but I am confident that it scored lower than it might have if it were in portrait.


Suggestions: I have noticed that most gun related magazines also show the results of the topic gun. Such as targets with a close group or something like that. You might have considered including this type of prop to boost the story line of your photo. You have done a nice job on this photo, so as you say "Keep Shootin."



Disclaimer:
Bear in mind that I am here to learn, just as many others and any comments that I have made are not intended to be offensive in any way, and are only constructive criticisms. If you wish to comment or discuss this critique please feel free to do so at any time.
Thank you,
Dick Pattee (Autool)
Autool@attbi.com

Sun Buffs
by sanandan

Comment:
Critique Club Critique

Title: Sun Buffs, by sanandan

Composition: Yours is a perfectly balanced and composed shot. I only wish everyone had thought about the fact that you could not repose your subjects and probably had a limited amount of frames to capture them in.


Technical: In some parts of the world the sky really is that blue, and if you used a polarizing filter you had it set just right. When I look at the feathers on their chest it looks as though you might have softened them with Neatimage or the noise filter in Photoshop, and then brought the picture back with unsharpmask. None the less it turned out very nice.


Challenge: It is composed just a small amount more centered that most voters would have liked, but the challenge doesn't say, "how much out of center it had to be" so it meets their requirements just fine.


Suggestions: I would have liked to see some information about the picture, your conditions, and possible problems that you might have encountered while making the picture. You have done a fine job with this picture and I thank you for sharing it with the DPC crowd.



You have contributed many wonderful pictures and through them I consider you a statesman, and look forward to seeing more of your beautiful country.

By the way I gave it a 9.

Disclaimer:
Bear in mind that I am here to learn, just as many others and any comments that I have made are not intended to be offensive in any way, and are only constructive criticisms. If you wish to comment or discuss this critique please feel free to do so at any time.
Thank you,
Dick Pattee (Autool)
Autool@attbi.com

Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition
by Alecia

Comment:
The model is a ten but there is too much shadow on her front side. I think for a cover and the setting she should be well lit. 8

Journey Home (not so sweet!)
by BobsterLobster

Comment:
Critique Club Critique

Title: Journey Home (not so sweet!), by BobsterLobster


Composition: Your shot appears to be well composed to me, even though you stretched some basic rules. You made this picture in a narrow portrait aspect rather than the traditional landscape mode. It works for you and you have a nice result. If you would have been able to I think it would have presented itself better if both the airplane and the steeple had not been centered, probable the steeple more to the left third of the frame.


Technical: The color, focus, and exposure all are fine to me. You have not over processed the image in your editing program, which is difficult to avoid in a low light picture.


Challenge: After seeing the results of the challenge this is the part that really hurt you. It looks like folks were really looking for the down home type of photography, but there is nothing that says your picture is not homey.


Suggestions: I have no suggestions to add to the ones I have already given. Yours is a good picture, with several different stories that the viewer might think up while looking at it. Keep up the good work.



Disclaimer:
Bear in mind that I am here to learn, just as many others and any comments that I have made are not intended to be offensive in any way, and are only constructive criticisms. If you wish to comment or discuss this critique please feel free to do so at any time.
Thank you,
Dick Pattee (Autool)
Autool@attbi.com

Got Fish?
by dsidwell

Comment:
Way too much imagination here. Excellent! 10

molten wax
by magnetic9999

Comment:
Nice idea! Well executed all aroung fine shot. 9