Moose Crossing
by mariomel

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club, Mario :-)

Initial impact: I didn't understand the title, but now that I read the other comments I get it. Clever :-) But I don't think it's hard to recognise the objects in motion as bottles, when nto understanding the title.

Composition: Very good. I like the angle and the diagonal lines from the perspective.

Focus: The contrast between motion and stillness is great. I like how the bottles are rushing by. I think a panning shot wouldn't have worked that well.
The grain is ok. Actually I like it on this photo.

Lighting/Colours: The colours are nice. The green of the bottles vs. the brown of the machinery emphasises the contrast between motion and stillness even more.
I think it would look better without the red part of the bottles but it's not distracting. But the glare in the upper left part of the photo is.

Art: I like this photo. It conveys the motion topic very well. It's also a nice industry theme photo.


Stephan

The Speed of Light
by karmat

Comment:
Very creative shot! Black&white works very good here. The only thing which bothers me is that the photo is so tilted. -stephan

Light Speed
by jenarom

Comment:
Very funny! I'm a big Star Wars fan so you get an extra point from me ;-) You did a good job aligning the TIE fighter exactly to the "laser" strokes of light. I don't like the tight crop especially in the lower half of the photo. -stephan

Blue Streak
by inspzil

Comment:
I like your photo. Maybe some people will complain that there is nothing in focus but actually that what I like ;-) There is enough detail to see that it's a kid running around and just like kids are everything is a bit wild and chaotic. I think this works good here. It was probably coincidence but I like that the child was right before the black part of the background when you shot the photo. This gives a good contrast between subject and background. The photo wouldn't look so good otherwise because then the child would have merged with the background. -stephan

Still/Spinning
by Marklane

Comment:
I like your concept. The contrast between the woman standing still and the carousel in motion is nice. Unfortunately the carousel itself is not so nice. In my opinion the motion blur is a tad too much. A slightly faster shutter would be better. It looks very wild because almost everything is in motion. I would like some parts being still and giving the eye some rest. -stephan

acceleration
by magnetic9999

Comment:
I like the colours and that you can look inside the train. I also like that can make out some detailt there and that it's not everything blurred. The backgorund and the platform could be a it sharper but I guess the camera was handheld. I submitted a similar photo this week and I know how difficult it is. I like your composition because it gives a nice sense of depth. -stephan

Snow, Sleet & Freezing Rain
by Diana

Comment:
Great motion photo! I wanted to do a similar shot for the challenge (panning the camera) but none of my tries were as good as yours. The subject could still could be a bit sharper but I know how difficult that is. I like that the white colour of the car matches colour of the snow in the background. -stephan

Blue Genes
by DougPaz

Comment:
Hello Douglas, don't wonder why you get another critique. Your your photo was assigned to me in context of the Critique Club. So here it goes:

Composition: I agree with John, that a portrait orientation would look better. I would have cropped out the left arm (left as seen from the viewer). It looks a bit strange because you can see the arm belonging to the left hand but then the right hand looks like it is "glued" to her hip. I think you should either show both arms or none.
I also agree that the background is distracting. Maybe if you tried to let your wife stand a bit further away from the background, that would have helped.

Lighting/Colours: You didn't tell it in your photo details but some other people said in their comments that you used black light. I'm not sure about that because when I adjust the hue in my photo editing program by about +160 it looks pretty normal to me (normal skin colour, black jeans, blue shirt). But I never used black light and maybe that is the effect of that type of lighting.
Anyway, while I like the effect in in general, the blue is a bit too much blue for my taste. It looks too unnatural and like you played too much with your image editor. I would like it better if it would be a more faint colour tone.
The drop shadow of your wife is distracting. I thik the suggestion above, to let your wife stand futher away from the backgound, would have helped with that, too.

Focus: As far as I can see everything of your wife is in focus. That's good.

Art: I got the wordplay "blue genes"/"blue jeans" a bit late ;-) I guess that's because the jeans seem to be play a totally unimportant role in this photo. The effect of the blue skin dominates.
Anyway, it's a creative effect and I really like the concept. Also you fulfilled the challenge perfectly but personally I would have liked a less smurf coloured version ;-).

I have a different version (different crop, colour hue and saturation) of your photo. I can send it to you if you want.

Stephan

Blue on Blue
by Kaz

Comment:
Hello Kathleen, don't wonder why you get another critique. Your your photo was assigned to me in context of Critique Club. So here it goes:

Composition: Very good. By picking just a small detail instead of the whole house the photo is less busy but more interesting at the same time. I can see several "lines" which give the photo a nice structure. But I'm not sure if the empty space to the right is a good idea. I also don't like the open space on the left side. It looks a bit as if there was something "cut out" and the upper part is now hanging unsupported in the air. I don't know how the house looked a bit more on the left side which is not seen on the photo. Is that a window? I think I would have played with that a bit more and tried to do some framing with the blue sky seen through the window and the wood framing the shot. Just an idea/suggestion.
The background is nice. I like that it's just plain blue. I think one or more clouds would distract from the actual subject and ruin the abstract and ordered look.
The photo looks a little bit tilted CCW. That's not necessarily a bad thing but when looking at the photo that's one of the first impressions I had. You can see that on the vertical edge on the right of the house.

Lighting: Sunny! :-) I like the shadows. I think the exposure was right on.

Focus: I don't know what your aperture setting was but as far as I can see everything is in focus. I think that's good for this shot. Shallow DOF wouldn't look good here.

Digital processing: You used only 44kB for your jpeg file but you can use up to 150kB when uploading to DPC. In order to increase the quality of the jpeg image try using bigger file sizes. The smaller the file, the more jpeg compression artifacts you get. You can see them all over the blue sky.

Art: It's a nice photo and I scored it pretty high. I like the abstract look of it and the blue on blue colouring. You fulfilled the challenge very good. Keep up the good work!

A Melancholy Song
by indigo997

Comment:
Nancy, sad to see that you didn't score higher. I love the lighting. Very interesting how you achieved this.