Pleasure Wheel
by Phocal

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club.

First off a lovely image. You have a ferris wheel on the ocean with dramatic clouds. Pretty iconic and awesome. That said I also did not feel an extreme dynamic range when I looked at this image. There are highlights that are quite white and there are also very dark tones in the birds and on the ferris wheel, but for some reason this just did not connect as highly to HDR as some of the other images in the challenge did for me.

I have to say that I'm pretty unsophisticated when it comes to HDR, so while I knew to look for wide dynamic range and whites and blacks, but unfortunately I was a voter who really probably should not have been voting since I probably really did not understand what I was looking at. This was still one of the images I thought was really good and I gave a 6 during challenge.

Luckily it appeared there were many more voters who did understand the difference made with bracketed merged images, and you were rewarded for your submission despite my failure to fully connect.

Nice work. Thank you for allowing me this weak critique where I was able to think about the challenge topic and learn a little something, even as you probably did not get much out of my rambling.

Julee

The eye of the Zephyr
by snaffles

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

So easy and yet so hard to critique a shot that one of my favorites during challenge. I'm far from an expert on HD, but the clear white and black tones said to me this clearly met the challenge. What I just found over the top where those lashes. Just gorgeous. The overall detail in this image really just blew me away. There was so much to look at and appreciate. The framing chosen is gorgeous, there was enough throughout the image to keep me interesting and perusing.

Can't say enough positive. For a horse lover this would be amazing on a canvas on the wall.

Sorry I can't speak to those who seem to applaud as a strong image with 6's, but maybe didn't feel it was HDR. (Admittedly with my lack of HDR sophistication I tended to think of HDR as street or landscape, probably because those are many of the examples, but when I evaluated for HDR in this challenge I looked for whites and blacks and didn't try to figure out if images were combined to maximize dynamic range.)

Still such a cool image. Is it too late to click favorite, I shoulda clicked 'favorite' for this image.

Kersplash
by Ja-9

Comment:
Hi from the Critique Club.

What a special shot. I hope this is somebody special to you and that you have this hung somewhere around your house. Liquid in Motion. Your shot definitely meets the challenge, and in such a special way with a child playing. That such a little person can make such a big splash, really surprising. The arc of water below the hand seems to suggest almost a delicate playfulness but the mountain of splash beneath suggests far more energetic action was going on. So fun.

Technicals, I can't find anything to complain about. I like how full the scene is, and the ball really gave the scene depth and context for me. Sure maybe we could have wished the sunlight had been more even or delicate on the little guy's face, but it's hard to want for more with such a sweet subject. (And what a lucky break this happened during the perfect challenge.)

Keep shooting!
Julee

loose ends
by IreneM

Comment:
Pretty. I like how despite such similar colors throughout the scene that the rope still stands out strongly.

Mine
by GolferDDS

Comment:
Cute. Nice brightness to the image.

Gathering Roots
by Lydia

Comment:
Not a lot of contrast in the scene, but still the rope stood out and the scene was interesting. I like it.

Party Girl
by vawendy

Comment:
Smile sweet woman. Sorry the event weighs so heavy. Awesome headband.

I 'M · A · F R A Y E D · K N O T
by Mond

Comment:
Nicely emphasized rope. I love the simplicity of the scene.

Don't let go!
by sarampo

Comment:
Great perspective. I found the person more of the subject than the rope since the rope nearest my eye was out-of-focus, but still loved the shot.

The Court
by mrbig65

Comment:
Awesome. So much rope yet a minimalist feel.