@#%&$!!!
by grigrigirl

Comment:
fun image, poor kid :) perhaps a touch too much contrast. but nice

Love is Blue
by kiwinick

Comment:
perhaps a little too desaturated for my taste

Getting the Giggles
by Tallbloke

Comment:
this looks like it was taken by a window. NIce lighting.

Granddad, I love you....
by KiwiChris

Comment:
Nice image, and nice moode. I would perhaps like a little more contrast, but that is just me. nice

Doom Watch
by Imagineer

Comment:
really nice image. Congrats as well on the 8.073 score.

Pulling Hair
by Nikolai1024

Comment:
:) this one made me laugh... cause i know the feeling.... it has a great feeling of tension.

American Psycho
by rmtm333

Comment:
allright, i'll leave you a comment, although i didn't vote..
the lighting is very harsh.. I realize you wanted a strong lighting from one direction, but it looks like you used an open bulb, where light leaked all aroudn the image, creating one hot spot and lots of bland grey with not much detail otherwise. the image looks slightly soft which could be from the long shutter speed. Good use of framing, but i think i would like it a bit better with more space around the head... black above the head for example.
I think it is mostly the light though.. i am not sure why lamps give this sort of unflattering 'non professional' look, but they do. (if it is not a lamp then i am in the wrong).. but a light which has a direction flaps, or a good metal shade around it create a much different light, or a flash does the same thing.... good use of shadows and idea however, and good use of negative space..keep it up..

Winter garden
by lyta

Comment:
i like this image.
I think the bokeh in the background strengthens the plant in the foreround. It has a similar shape. I wonder if the bokeh on the right side of the image is a little bright for my liking, taking a bit too much attention away from the rest of the photo. You have great detail in the front flower, which creates good interest. Perhaps i would have enjoyed to see a larger crop.. a little more of the flower on the left and a little larger bokeh area... .. but those are just my opinions...
great image.
-from the critique club-

Out of the Thicket
by Beagleboy

Comment:
ohh.. lucky me... I get the first place image to critique :)
well.. first off, congrats on a winning image.. obiously it is well done.

so...
good use of thirds, having the bird in the bottom right corner, looking up and too the left creates a very strong image. The branch entering in the bottom left corner leads the eye to the bird, making it a pleasing image to look at. The tree's in the background create a very simple and pleasing bokeh with very natural, organice lines, nicely contrasting the sharp image of the bird.

good job.. I also like how you didn't crop any more of the photo.. i like that the bird takes up only a small portion of the frame.

Kenilworth Castle
by Jamester

Comment:
well congrats on your first submission, let me be the first to give you an official critique from the critique club.

The castle seems a little out of focus, which is too bad, or perhaps the image in general is a bit soft... however you used a very small aperature so focus shouldn't have been much of a problem... did you have a large zoom on the lens?... anyhow putting that aside, the picture has very interesting light, I think this helped with your score. The person on the edge is well placed in the frame. I like how the castle plays with the sky, using the windows to show the sky through, as well as on the left side of the photo where the sky comes down to the grass.

congrats on a decent first score.