Müller'sches Volksbad, Munich
by bjoern

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club...

This is a lovely night shot architecture shot that still has a bit of twilight colored sky it it which really adds interest. I think it's sharp and interesting in terms of the building itself. I like the water in the shot for added interest.

As someone said below, there is a feeling of a slight list to the right, particularly the tower. I don't think those bushes on the left are doing you any favors, as they just block out too much of the building and because they are very dark, don't hold much interest themselves. I think they are the major element holding your score back. Since you took multiple images, I would have liked to have seen the yellow lights toned down a bit. They are so bright that they compel the eye to go there and not take the time to look around and see what other goodies are in the scene.

If I voted this challenge I would have voted a 5 or a 6.

I hope this is somewhat helpful.

Tenuous
by Insomniac

Comment:
Hi, Critique Club here...

I like this image and the dirty nails don't bother me in the least ;) I like the DOF, I think it's just right. I also like the conversion to the soft sepia. I think the dynamic color range of the hands themselves is right on the money except for the right side (see below).

The only two criticisms I have are that I think it's a bit hot on the right side which causes the eyes to move off to that part of the image. Not what you want. The other thing is it's a bit linear so not very compelling to look at for very long, at least for me. I wonder if a bit of a diagonal rotation might have added more interest and popped this over the edge into the 6's. Being REALLY nit-picky, there is something shiny in the lower left that I wish wasn't there. A ring maybe? Its just a bit of clutter with a beacon on it that calls for me to look at it.

I think this was a good choice for this challenge but it may have suffered score-wise because it's not a new look at the subject matter for people here. I didn't vote in this challenge but would have given this a six if I had.

Hope this is at least somewhat helpful.

Often, the unaffected face disguises susceptible soul.
by Tabby

Comment:
Hi, Critique Club here.

I like a lot of things about this image. I like the placement of the hand and pills; I like the slightly out of focus face and I really like the blank stare in her eyes. I think the slightly edgy color adds to the mood. I like the diagonal of her hand that takes the viewer from the brightly color pills to her face.

I think I might have cropped a little tighter on the right and get rid of the pill, I'm a bit distracted by that, a nit though. I think the hand is just a little too large here, maybe if you'd backed up and used a longer lens it would have compressed the image a bit. Not to say it's wrong as is because there is artistic merit to it the way it is as well. I agree with the commenter regarding the expression and think I would have rather seen the mouth expressionless like the eyes.

I didn't vote in this challenge, but would have given this an eight.

I think this was voted down for reasons other than the quality of the image. I think many didn't connect it to the challenge, and many do not like this subject matter - I've seen it happen before.

I hope this is somewhat helpful.

Oh. Again . . . ?
by Insomniac

Comment:
Love it! Also would have been a 10 in the humor challenge.

Best friends
by mani_samva

Comment:
Great shot and very deserving of a ribbon. For the life of me I don't get the voters in this place. How could this image have possibly gotten 9 votes of three or less? Stupid!
Regarding one of the comments - people, calibrate your monitors, please.

The Robin
by MAK

Comment:
This was one of my favorite images but I wish it wasn't so centered.

Flying to stay still
by Paul

Comment:
Amazing image. Well deserved blue.

Best friends
by mani_samva

Comment:
One of my highest scores. Nice warm color, great composition and of course, a killer smile/laugh.

Hey kid...
by Kine

Comment:
One of my highest scores. My criticism is the red bar across the top is a distraction because it's so bright. I would have cropped it off.

Cytokinesis
by chipuc

Comment:
Great image! What does "squashed" mean in terms of the oil?