Monte de Espuma
by thegrandwazoo

Comment:
Spectacular! You set the new standard for Superstition night shots (don't tell a couple other people here I said that)!

Congrats!

Any Given Sunday
by lkn4truth

Comment:
What a great photo! Everything is just perfect!

Human Flesh
by LERtastic

Comment:
Greetings from the critique club AlphaTrooper.

While your image is very entertaining and the look on Melissa's face is priceless the image didn̢۪t quite hold it̢۪s own in this challenge. I̢۪d attribute that to being a stretch to hit the challenge on the head and soft focus. It̢۪s a great candid image though!

Good Luck on future challenges!

Fairy Kisses... viewed through a log.
by PhotoTess

Comment:
Greetings from the critique club Tess,

I’m not a big fan of this image. To me, the framing actually takes away from the overall image. I think I’d like it better without it. But then you couldn’t enter it in the challengeâ€Â¦ I’d like to see the out takes from the challenge because I bet you got much better photos with no framing. Based on your other people photos I seen, you are really good at shooting people and I think you could do much better then this one.

I do like the concept and the lush green background. The soft focus is nice too, not sure if it was intentional but it works. Maybe a little saturation adjustment would give it a more surreal feel to it though? Being able to see here eyes might make it better for me as well.

Good luck on future challenges, if you have any questions on this review feel free to contact me.

George Washington Bridge
by mecfcosta

Comment:
Greetings from the critique club Maria,

I love the composition of this. In my book it̢۪s a great example of framing but I think you may have suffered a little in the scoring because a lot of the voters look for a complete frame around the photo. I also really like the subject and the B&W. Image wise if there was one thing I would have done differently, I might have framed it a little more to the left so you have less tree on the right and the bridge pillar is in line with the rule of thirds.

Technically, I̢۪d like to see the clouds pop a little more, although they are pretty vivid as is. A polarizer could help do this if you did not use one. I noticed you shot this at f16. I̢۪ve got the same lens and find it̢۪s sharpest at f8-f10. I think you could still get the DOF you want at f10 and you̢۪d have a faster shutter (if you shot hand held) and would get a better image. Also, it may have been haze, but the bridge looks a little grey. Maybe some playing around in levels, curves or with the contrast could make this a little better (if you haven̢۪t already tried). Too bad this wasn̢۪t a member challenge because you could burn the area and make the haze go away.

All around, great job. I personally would have given it a 6, maybe a 7. There are a few minor issues but I don̢۪t think the strong composition more then makes up for them. Good luck on future challenges, if you have any questions on this review feel free to contact me.

Big Air
by nephoto

Comment:

Originally posted by petrakka: that russian lens was probably the zenitar which has good and bad copies out, but mostly its not too hot, but who cares about pixel peeping when u got the shot. Only thing that would make this better is a powerful fill flash and an underexposed sky, but its still pretty solid, congrats man.

The lens could be the Peleng as well.

Great photo, congrats on the ribbon!

Skimming the Surface of Happiness
by Cutter

Comment:
Very crisp, good post processing.

Cartwheeling Round The Lake
by Penny Lane

Comment:
Great timing, good catch!

'N Sync
by kari1

Comment:
It's kind of a straight on shot of some people doing something cool. While there is nothing really bad about the photo, there is nothing really good about it either. AN angle other then eye level, a face with some emotion, it's just missing that extra bite.

Shush!.. Don't wake the kids...
by yann

Comment:
Very nice! Good job setting the mood.