Brother and Sister
by GT350

Comment:
* Greetings from the Critique Club *

Hi Gerry. What a nice candid capture you have taken here. It's definately a nice beach silhouette shot and the golden colour reflecting off the water indicates late afternoon.

The main thing that bothers me about this photo is where the 'brother' is positioned in relation to the frame. It's very hard to tell if you could of used another crop without seeing the original photo but I find that he's just too close to the edge of the frame. Someone even mentioned cropping him out altogether. That was another possibility perhaps?

You've used a nice depth of field to keep the water nicely in focus across the whole photo which has worked well. As I mentioned earlier, the colour of the sun reflecting on the water is fantastic.

It's always hard to say why a photo scores what it does. I've always believed that a photo gets voted what the people think it deserves. You've done well with this shot and should be proud of it. Best of luck with your future challenges!

Neil

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by rjkstesch

Comment:
Nice work with the aperture here to keep everything nicely focused through the whole photo. It's a shame he wasn't looking at the camera or looking at his wife.

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by rjkstesch

Comment:
This is fantastic! You've worked the reflection really well and having the ducks in there just finishes it off. I would love to see this with a slight bit of softening to give it that dreamy sort of feel! Excellent work Rebecca!

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by rjkstesch

Comment:
What a wonderful location for portraits. The colours are magnificent!

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by rjkstesch

Comment:
It is always difficult getting the lighting right in these outdoor tye shots with filtered sunlight but there's not really any major blown highlights so it's worked well. I would of maybe tried shooting from a slightly higher angle so the fence in the background filled the frame more instead of having stop around her head. It may of made for a slightly more pleasant background. Good work.

Rose
by rjkstesch

Comment:
Now I find this photo very interesting. It's great to see an alternative style crop in a wedding photo. I would of maybe saturated the colours in the rose slightly just to make it really stand out. I guess you could even do some slight dodging to help impact it. Great idea and very well done!

Can You Hear The Ocean?
by boxImmortal

Comment:
* Greetings from the Critique Club *

Hi Amy. It was fortunate that you were on vacation at the beach when this challenge came up and you chose a great subject for it.

Two things come to mind as to how this photo could of been improved upon and both have been mentioned in previous comments. Framing is important and placing the lovely shell smack in the middle of the shot probably hurt your score quite a bit. I know it's filling the frame but maybe if you had of pulled it back a tad and used the rule of thirds to compose it to add a bit of impact to it.

I understand that by your comment you didn't really have access to proper editing software. This is a real shame as the top half of the photo really needed some cleaning up. There's some serious noise and artifacts around the shell and the ocean which no doubt would of affected votes too.

I really love the colours you've captured and they really stand out well. Considering it looks like you've shot in full sunlight I wouldn't be too concerned about the few blown highlights on the front of the shell. You've kept them pretty well under control. You've also got some wonderfully crisp focus on the shell too.

All up, well done on your 2nd entry. It scored well and placed well. You should be proud. Best of luck in future challenges.

Neil

Do I Trust You?
by Judi

Comment:
I love this image! It almost has a medieval feel to it! I would of preferred slightly more brightness in the eyes but other than that it's perfect! Well done again Judi!

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by rjkstesch

Comment:
Wow! What scenery. Great capture. My only complaint is it looks like it's slightly leaning to the left. Well done!

Diamond Derriere
by rjkstesch

Comment:
This is great work Becky. One you should be proud of! Well done!