"Dune" by Frank Herbert
by Sammie

Comment:
Not only my favorite of all the novels I've ever read, i've read this series (all 6 books) about 5 times. The orange-ish color here makes the shot. This image is sooooooooo perfect for the title, you get bonus points because I know what you mean! :)

How to fit a Square Hole
by dahkota

Comment:
:) Clever! Well done.

Stripes
by Artan

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club. Let me begin by saying - cracker of a shot! I really love all the angles and lines in this shot and yes, the model's socks play sooooo well into the surrounding scene. Exposure looks great, focus is clean, everything fits in this image very well. I really can't pick on anything or make any suggestions for improvment. Congratulations on a lovely shot.

Good luck with your future entries,
Cindi

Leaning
by dimmy

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club. This building is very interesting with very cool textures and angles - I can't help, however, thinking you might have chosen a different angle that would show off the building's architecture better. This flat angle just doesn't seem to do the building justice. Also the sky - an old photographer saying is "seen one blue sky, you've seen em all" - meaning a blank flat sky is fairly uninteresting. For overall improvement of this shot, I would suggest, besides the change of view-point, either waiting for an interesting sky, or composing the shot to not include the sky - or very little of it.

These comments are meant to be helpful, I hope you find them so.

Good luck
Cindi

Pale Rider
by alfresco

Comment:
Wow, that's scary! You like like an albino blue-man! :)

She played on ...
by kari1

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club. I didn't vote the Duotones challenge, but freely admit I would have voted this image highly. I like the angle of view, the composition and the colors. Even the exposure, though a bit hot, is remarkably well done in that light. You score probably suffered because its done in pure black & white in a challenge with so many b/w shots. Still a lovely shot. Good luck with your future entries.

Cindi

2006
by Postgate1

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club.

You chose a lovely model for your fashion entry and the sepia colors work nicely with the image's textures. I like the composition - the tilt - and I like the lighting on the model's skin....... but....

I think what hurts this image most is the harsh shadow behind your model. The solution is to move your model farther away from the bg surface or use a 2nd light behind her. Also the white line in the fg - ipod cord?? - is quite distracting. Since the viewer cannot see either end of it to determine what it actually is, it becomes a distracting element instead of a harmonic addition to the composition.

I hope these comments are found helpful and good luck with your future challenges.

Cindi

Enlightenment (pour femme)
by riot

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Firstly, congrats on an excellent score with a very nice image. I like the composition you chose (I too am a fan of negative space). Love the lighting - it is a bit bright on the spray, but that helps to direct the eye where you wanted the viewer to be - so it works.

The only suggestion I could make for improvement would be to have used a nicer looking bottle - the plastic one hurts the image imo - a nice glass bottle would have given this shot the sparkle needed to make this a really commercial-looking shot.

I hope this is helpful.
Good luck,
Cindi

Standing Tall
by ericwoo

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

As a native of Atlanta, I recognized this scene right away and must say you captured it well. Night shots can be very tricky as a long exposure is required to get the proper amount of detail, yet the same long exposure can cause the lights to be overly bright or "hot". Unfortunately, hot spots are probably what caused the lower score on this image. All of the building lights look great, its only hot on the trees in the middle of the image. Perhaps a shorter exposure time or even double exposure (though not for DPC challenges) could give you that nice balance that you need here.

Compositionally you found just the right spot to capture this scene. I like how you framed the shot and lead the eye with the curved stairs. You have a great eye - please continue to share it with us.

Good luck
Cindi

Strike a pose
by srdanz

Comment:
Greetings from the critique club.

Firstly, let me say, what an adorable little girl. She's really photogenic. That said -- I think you could have improved this shot dramatically with a few adjustments. 1 - Preparation - The wrinkles in your bg fabric are a huge distraction. I know ironing is a pain, but can make the difference between sloppy and professional in your shots. 2 - Pose - the pose shown here looks very uncomfortable to the viewer, one foot is turned inward, other is off the ground as if she's about to run away, the right arm looks natural and casual, but the left looks busy and distracted and yes, you should have asked her to put the lens cap down. 3 - Lighting - Its a bit over-bright and washes out her skintone in places. Did you add a white gradient??

In summary, the key to getting nice / pro looking portraits is preparation and patience. To my eye, this shot seems rushed and with little attention to detail, which hurts your overall score.

These comments are meant to be helpful and I hope they are taken that way.

Good luck,
Cindi