Dance like no one's watching
by snaffles

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Hello from the critique club

An appealing image that meets the challenge well.

What a great idea and well executed, thoroughly deserving of your HM and score, well done Susan. I enjoyed reading your notes, what a lot of effort but well worth it. The pasta figure is so dynamic and the lighting really effective it works beautifully. It is a great idea but what would have made it work even better would have been better use of the space on the left for an admiring vegetable audience looking longingly at the gyrations of this wonderful pasta danca...

Lone Tree
by Ja-9

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An landscape image that contributes to the challenge.

I'm not really sure this fulfils the challenge brief, the cloudy sky is presumably the element that is meant to portray crummy weather but in actual fact that sky is really quite appealing and not, to me, indicative of bad weather. Everything also has a smudgily soft appearance, whether or not this is intentional it does not really add to the brief. In itself it is a pleasant enough landscape, thanks for your entry Janine

Flood
by clickodak

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An amusing image that meets the challenge well.

I like your humorous take on the challenge Marcel, it works well and congratulations on your HM well deserved. The person in costume really makes the image work, you must have paid them well! Your composition is good including the flooded table and seats really adds to the overall result. Thanks for the chuckle...

Tulips
by fromthemill

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An appealing image that meets the challenge

Welcome to DPC Patrick and what a commendable start. These lovely flowers are a welcome sign of spring thus fulfilling the challenge brief. I like your shallow DOF that accurately portrays the single flower against the foreground and background of soft focus repetition of blooms, nicely and creatively done. The distant blue contrasts nicely too and the lighting highlights on the flower give it an additional glowing appeal. Thanks for your entry

Spring Lambs
by docjonny

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An image that meets the challenge

The presence of so many lambs is certainly indicative of a springtime scene which fulfils the challenge brief. I like the shapes and contrasts of the landscape it adds nicely to the overall result, but the lighting leaves a bit to be desired perhaps earlier or later with longer shadows would have enhanced it some. Thanks for your entry Jonathon

Baby Blue-eyes
by Cyrilda

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An image that meets the challenge

These lovely flowers certainly suggest spring has definitely sprungâ€Â¦ Whilst the emphasis is certainly on the attractive springtime flowers it lacks a strong focal point. I see this is your first use of this lovely wide angle lens so its all part of the learning curve but I hope you will soon explore the creative potential of the lens. You can get amazingly close and anything close to the lens gets exaggerated so if you had gone in close on one of these flowers it would have formed a very strong focal point and improved the image enormously. Also I see you have used f22 and with that shutter speed presumably a tripod? An aperture of about f8 would have given you sufficient DOF and enabled you to hand hold it. I hope you enjoy using and discovering the creative potential in your lens Susie, thanks for your entry

Family Portrait ~ Burrowing Owls
by Ja-9

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An appealing image that contributes well to the challenge

Ah, a welcome return to these fascinating birds, I do love these owls, its especially nice to see the young too. Your composition is very effective, I love the way all the young are posing directly at the camera, you̢۪ve got them well trained! I see from the DOF and the aperture that you were at the higher end of your lens, just as well you didn̢۪t have to get too close. The only thing that mars it for me is that the grass feels over saturated. Anyway, congratulations on the ribbon, a lovely image Janine.

Spell Weaver
by Phocal

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Hello from the critique club

An appealing image that contributes to the challenge well

I agree with your commenters this is the best of the three light painting shots, well done Ronnie. The light painting itself is the most interesting of the three and the lighting on your model is also most effective. A very nice result, your perseverance has paid dividends, well done

Business Analyst
by clickodak

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An appealing image that meets the challenge well

A great image Marcel. I like your exposure that concentrates on the view through the window, what a great view. The inclusion of your colleague as a silhouette really completes the image making it work well. The composition is good but I think it would improve it to exclude the building on the left and perhaps crop the right to match the left.

Loona
by clickodak

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Hello from the critique club

An appealing image that meets the challenge well

AS your commenters have noted a very cute image and more interesting in that it is not a ‘normal’ type of pose which is good. Whilst I do like the unusual approach the hands do feel rather dominant as though they are pinning the cat down to submission, I know this is not the case but that is the impression, for me at least. I do like the eye contact it is very strong and with the shallow DOF even more emphasised. All in all a good attempt at a different animal portrait, well done Marcel.