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by lentil

Comment:
From the Critique Club :

Hi Lisa ,

Congrats for your personal best score !

First , I have to tell you that yellow is one of my favorite colors (the other one is blue) so now you can imagine the big smile on my face ...
In your photo , the yellow tones fit very very well , they are warm and peaceful.I haven't seen the original but you wrote that you added a slight gradient , well done , the sky looks great !

Comparing with , the sky looks much better in your challenge entry.

Excellent capture , good composition , I'm sure that a panoramic crop should look fantastic too (for a print).

Very good job !

rhythm and motion
by Rikki

Comment:
From the Critique Club :

Hi Rikki !

Congrats for your ribbon !
Now with 3 blue and 3 yellow , my advice is to go to the red ones ! ;-)

After all the comments you received and the score , there's not really much to add and even less advices to improve the photo.
Only my opinion : I really like this creative photo because with simple elements you have produced an impactive and colorful shot , that's brilliant ! The only secret here is maybe the lighting , you know very well how to use the light (as we all know).

You have met almost all your goals for year 2006 and it's still may ...
OMG ! What's next ?

Foul Hunt
by efren

Comment:
From the Critique Club :

Hi Efren ,

It could have been useful if you wrote something in the "photographer's comments" ... with your thoughts about your photo , the story , if you know what has happened with this animal , your steps during the edition , etc.

Imo it meets the challenge , there are several publications dedicated to animals , maybe viewers/voters expected something more general having in mind common newspapers. Your final score doesn't reflect a DNMC.

It's a rather good photo , it has been impactive as you can read in the comments left.

To improve it ? Maybe correcting the chromatic aberration visible around the beak and head , maybe this have been more noticeable due to the sharpening.

Please keep in mind that this is just my opinion , feel free to email me about this critique.

Mambe

Sliver of Moon
by _eug

Comment:
From the Critique Club :

Congrats for your ribboned photo in Photojournalism II.

Now about this one , during the voting time I left you a short comment.
Does it meet the challenge ? Yes , of course , it was a free study ! But maybe because it was a free study , viewers/voters expected something more.
Your entry was too minimalist for this challenge (in my opinion) , this moon maybe means something special or important for you but you haven't given clues in the title.

The colors are nice.

For reasons unknown for me , generally people don't like if the subject is centered , sincerily I'm not sure that this photo would have scored higher with a different composition like the moon in a corner.

Please feel free to email me about this critique.My name is Mambe and this is my first day in the Critique Club.

Rainbow Rythm
by timfythetoo

Comment:
From the Critique Club :

Congrats for your first ribbon ! A blue one , that's great !

First things that came to my mind when I saw your photo were : original , very creative.That's something I value because the elements you used are easy to find ; the way you have used them , your idea , was very good.
All is in focus , it's colorful , it's pleasant to see.

To improve it ? well , hard to say , maybe less noise in the sky (surely due to the unsharp mask and sharpening).

Enjoy it , Tim !

(Please feel free to email me for anything related with this critique)

....Like Two Peas in a Pod!!
by dolphnz8

Comment:
Congrats Cindy for this nice score !
It's an excellent macro !

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by Shaman

Comment:
Interesting approach and I like the drop of water in the bottom right.
The focus is excellent on every petal , the texture is visible but not excessive.A good job !

'Bringing purr therapy to the elderly'
by suemack

Comment:
Very emotive photo ! Yours is a tribute to all of those people who take time to bring joy to "forgotten" 3rd age people.
This one is a wonderful therapy for the soul and for the body.
About the photo , it's very good with the focus on the kitten , B&W is perfect here.
This is not "just another photo with cat" ...

Trees of Knowlage
by jent

Comment:
You maybe should have rotate it a bit to straighten the photo.
If your intention was to center the attention upon the trees , a vertical(portrait) shot could have been more stunning or maybe just if you'd have took this one showing more the branches of the trees.
What I don't like in this photo is the white/greyish square , it seems like you "paint" it , all the path look unreal.

Gaye Lynn loves flowers
by weisz

Comment:
She's a beautiful woman but I don't like the pose , flowers are "disturbing" ,she has a very expressive face and lovely eyes , you didn't need more...