In the Light of David Muench's National Parks
by Neil

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Hello from the critique club

An appealing image that meets the challenge well

I had to quickly familiarise myself with David Muench, I would say yes, your image is a fitting tribute to his style of work. You have achieved great depth of field here through appropriate choice of aperture and focus point and softened the water with your long shutter speed to produce an image that I would imagine he would be proud of. As for the foreground the lighting helps to give it a more dimensional feel it works well as part of the whole. So, congratulations for your ribbon and high score, both thoroughly well deserved.

By the light of a Hand of Glory, I will rob you blind whilst you sleep
by snaffles

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Hello from the critique club

An appealing image that meets the challenge well

Well Susan, you made the top ten, well done. Once again, there is a lot of thought and effort gone into this and the end result is truly macabre. It’s all well executed and suitably spooky. I have to plead my ignorance about the hand of glory but then I must have led a very sheltered life! Once again well done Susan.

Great Horned Owl on Halloween evening.
by RulerZigzag

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Hello from the critique club

An appealing image that meets the challenge well

How fortuitous It was to see your owl for Halloween and this challenge. I’m assuming you had a good tripod at 1/15 with that heavy lens? The image is nice enough in terms of composition and posing over his back that works well enough but the image is rather soft throughout. Also the tail feather is sharpest of all suggesting that the focus is not as it should be. Ideally, the eyes need to be the sharpest to draw our attention to them. The blue fringing on the leaf stem is also distracting but overall a reasonable attempt Anton, thanks for sharing.

pure
by snaffles

Comment:
Hello from the critique club

An appealing image that meets the challenge

You’ve managed to make an ordinary leaf take on a new dimension with this macro view of the structure and colours of the leaf. The blemishes take on a whole different look and feel and the whole lets your imagination turn it into other things. It’s lovely to see both the delicate detail of the cellular and the strength in the supporting vein like structure, lovely Susan.

Triumphant
by Phocal

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Hello from the critique club

An appealing image that meets the challenge

Lovely capture Ronnie, justifiably well rewarded. I like the pose with the bird proudly displaying his hard won meal, I particularly like the two small pots of colour that are his eyes. I can imagine in the right light his plumage looks resplendent, there is a hint of it even here. The composition is good, in fact I don’t really need to talk about technicalities do I, because you’ve always got it well nailed. I would say its just about as ordinary as your excellent work could be, well done.

The clock on platform 3
by docjonny

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Hello from the critique club

An interesting challenge that meets the challenge

Quite a challenge this, to make something interesting from the everyday mundane that we take for granted, I think you’ve done well here though I do think it could be improved upon. Given the image here I like the graphic qualities of the clock face against the equally graphic roof. Because of this I don’t think the left of the shot contributes anything at all in fact I would say it detracts. A portrait orientated crop with the clock in the bottom left corner would, I think, work much better?

Craig Pumping Station Abandoned
by clickodak

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Hello from the critique club

An interesting image that contributes well to the open challenge

It looks like an interesting location you have here Marcel, thanks for the write up. The chimney in the background and the shape of the bridge add interest to the scene. I think a little judicial cropping of the arch on the left would have improved it I find the lower left quite distracting. A crop removing the lamppost is what I would suggest.

Thunder Birds............................
by Phocal

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Hello from the critique club

An interesting image that contributes well to the open challenge

A great action shot Ronnie. The phenomenally fast shutter speed makes for a pin sharp capture which is great per se personally I prefer a slower shutter speed to convert a feeling of motion. The composition is good allowing space for the receding smoke trails. I have to disagree heartily with your commenters regarding colour v mono, I think the mono processing makes for a much more graphical and pleasing image but once again that is my own personal preference

A Swing and a Mist
by Skip

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Hello from the critique club

An interesting image that meets the challenge

Welcome back Skip! And what a comebackâ€Â¦ The composition and timing is a delight. Too often the temptation is to go in close on the action and concentrate on that whereas the bigger picture can often have more appeal and impact. The quality of the light too is the essence of your lovely image, it highlights the undulations in the land together with those lovely shadows it works very well. Congratulations for your high score and placing, I hope we will be seeing more of your work againâ€Â¦?

Drag Racin
by Phocal

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Hello from the critique club

An interesting image that meets the challenge

Wot, no wildlifeâ€Â¦! Only joking Ronnie, a great action capture of a unique event. I like the sense of motion created by the trails of smoke and flame. I do not like the expanse of blank sky at the top its not helping the image at all. I think a panorama with the bulk of the sky cropped out and a little more room either side of the action would have given this more impact.