Hairy waves
by jansku

Comment:
Greetings from the critique club. I'm sorry this image didn't score very well. From your comments I see that you predicted a low score because of its abstract nature and I must disagree. Abstracts can be very lovely and score very well here when done well. What I feel this shot is missing is any semblance of composition. As a photographer, it is your job to drive the viewers eye through your image with your careful choice of composition. With this image, since there is no COI (center of interest) - which doesn't have to be in the center btw - I find my eye wandering right off the image almost immediately. I agree that the texture is nice, but perhaps you could have found a swirly spot, or added another element or something to improve the composition overall.

These comments are meant to be helpful, not hurtful and I hope they are.

Good luck,
Cindi

Fall
by arnit

Comment:
Great job, Arnit. I knew this one was a winner the moment I saw it. Very nicely executed and well deserved ribbon.

untitled
by bluenova

Comment:
This got a 5.3??? what's up with voters lately? This image clearly deserved a better score - its a lovely image.

You can do anything if you just have faith
by json

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club.

Wow - I got lucky to get this shot to critique. Really makes things easy! I can sum the critique up in a word - brilliant! The creativity here is a 10 and your careful preparation really paid off. I would have never noticed the string had you not pointed it out so don't worry about that. Over all you did an excellent job with this challenge and your interpretation of it. Well deserved ribbon. Congrats and good luck on your future challenges.

Cindi

Breakfast from the heart.jpg
by dolphnz8

Comment:
Aweeee Cindy - This one is sooooooo much nicer. The lighting is clean and crisp, all of the colors look right, even the textures are captured perfectly. I didn't know those were butter pats in the previous version, but I can see it clearly now. I'm sorry about your picture mix-up. I use DPC at the end of the shot I plan to submit to avoid confusion - maybe you could try that or something similar. This shot would definitely have scored higher than the one you submitted. I would have given it a 6 easy.

Hope that helps and good luck with your future challenges.

Cindi

Breakfast from the HEART
by dolphnz8

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club
I'll begin with my first impression, which was "aweee sweet". Then I began looking at the details -- The shadows on the left and right sides catch my eye first, very distracting. Next the reds, they are very oversaturated to the point that they aren't quite red anymore and lastly the overall issue that probably hurt this image's score more than anything - there are halos around all of the rose petals and some of the cookies - overprocessed, but I can't quite put my finger on why - its not oversharpening - unless blur was used after - just looks odd.

I like the composition - with a tighter crop (cropping out the shadows on the sides) and reprocessing I'm sure this will be quite nice.

I hope I have been helpful.

Cindi

A Study In Flourescing Light
by alfresco

Comment:
My daughter has this light. Nice graphic shot, I like it!

Fame
by alfresco

Comment:
Hey cool! I want a Kodak POD! Guess I have to submitt to them, huh? lol Where's the zoom???

Lower Yosemite Falls
by arpita

Comment:
Great capture. Exposure looks dead on.

Skeeter
by kawesttex

Comment:
I LOVE dachshunds! Very sweet shot.