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by beckettboots

Comment:
**Critique Club**

Hi Cybele -

Great work on only your second entry at DPC. As stated below the colors and lines are great. It met the challenge very well.

There is nothing that I can see to technically improve the shot. I personally would have liked a closer shot of the bee, but then you wouldn't get the effect of "proportion" for the challenge, so you did right. The only other thing would be a crisper shot. I see a bit of noise and the photo is a bit soft overall.

Overall, I think it is a great photo that you should be proud of. I look forward to seeing your future work.

Regards,
Chris

Edit: corrected spelling

Message edited by author 2004-05-06 08:45:54.

Praying Mantis
by DefyTime

Comment:
good macro, and framed nicely. A little soft on the thorax, but not bad

Red-eye
by DefyTime

Comment:
Nice sharp photo with great colors. The crop is very nice as well.

Coke-head
by DefyTime

Comment:
white balance seems to be off (yellow tint). Your crop is also off...needs to be rotated about 1 degree ccw. The straight on center placement is rather boring as well. Really don't care for the lens flare effect either.

Romantic Evening
by oksamit

Comment:
**Critique Club**

Hello Eduard!

This is a very nice shot with some beautiful colors. The crop is nice and is focused well.

Some possible improvements:
As mentioned below, a shorter exposure (or perhaps a polarizing filter) may have helped with the overexposed sun and making the trees silhouettes. It appears you may have ran this through a noise reduction program, as the tops of some of the trees seem to have some haloing. Another minor adjustment, I would have either cropped or cloned out those couple branches on the top left, that are creeping into the frame.

Overall a very pleasent photo to look at. Good job.

-Chris

Trapped
by photoqwest

Comment:
This really should have finished higher. This was one of the few entries that actually met the challenge.

What is Beauty to One, May be Chaos for Another
by goinskiing

Comment:
one of my favorites. Nice shallow DOF

Trapped
by photoqwest

Comment:
I know what you were going for, but the female's pose looks too staged and unrealistic. I like the idea though. Still one of the better shots, IMHO.

Please let us in, it is cold & wet out here!!!
by ladpupmoe

Comment:
I think you over sharpened

Traffic jam
by pitsaman

Comment:
don't center your subject. Use the rule of thirds.