Bricks
by spiller

Comment:
excellent, fine detail.

Wood house by the lagoon
by knut

Comment:
lovely color.

Conundrum
by Alecia

Comment:
great abstract.

Water Slide
by matts

Comment:
so, did you go down the waterslide with your camera?

Foundations
by solarys

Comment:
wonderful! i love the angle.

inside the square
by imagesloyola

Comment:
great contrast and angle. love it.

Nine O'clock In The Morning
by Faye Pekas

Comment:
Or is it 9:00 in the evening?.... the world will never know......

My Corner of the World
by LeahStephen

Comment:
I dislike the coloring in this. It detracts from the photo.

100% Pure Feline
by geminiwb

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club --

This is a great motion capture, very sweet and nice to see.

Here are a couple of suggestions that could make this photo better:

Better lighting. I'm guessing you used the flash for this, which is why you could have such a high shutter speed. Unfortunately, it washed out the color of the cats and makes them look overexposed. You can try and adjust the levels or contrast to help counteract this somewhat...

Spot Focus: The focus is best at the bottom of the frame, when it should be on the face or tongue of the top cat.

Framing: I know this was a fill-the-frame challenge, but I think the tight cropping here might have hurt you a bit. I say this because the two cats are so similiarly-colored that it's difficult to discern between the two.

Congrats on a nice image.

Rob

Up Up and Away
by TerryGee

Comment:
Hi from the Critique Club --

Side Note: I was going to try and go to a hot air balloon race in the early morning last week but when I got up (at the crack of dawn -- *yawn*) the weather was all crummy. DANG! I'm glad you had better luck.

Overall this is a great photo. Detail and subject are both excellent, and I really enjoy the angle from which this was shot.

My only comment, really, would be that it's kind of dark. I know that you were in the shadows, but a lot of the basket's detail is lost, unfortunately.

Congratulations on a great photo. I'm sure you have lots of fun captures from the balloon festival.

Rob