Fiery Sunset
by gintay

Comment:
Hello from the critique club

An appealing image that contributes well to the challenge

Well Gin Tay, what a start to a promising DPC career! Your first submission, and an honourable mention in one of the biggest challenges of the year, all I can say is, I’m really looking forward to seeing more from you soonâ€Â¦! Your high score and placing is thoroughly well deserved this is a magic sky against an equally appealing and interesting foreground. Your patience has been well rewarded with timing that has captured the very essence of a magnificent sunset. The long shutter speed has softened the water to contrast nicely with the soft greens of moss covered rocks whose lovely sinuous shapes add real impact to the scene. The exposure is perfect with excellent detail throughout including the highlights. A great image Gin Tay well done.

Checking the prices
by clickodak

Comment:
Hello from the critique club

An interesting image that contributes to the challenge

Well Marcel, your commenters and voters are all of one voice and in terms of the challenge brief taken in its literal sense they are right. However, you could argue that you have captured the stillness of life as it stops to ponder the price of the goods on display! To be honest, that̢۪s not a very convincing argument in respect of his distant perspective and the way he is merging into the hustle and bustle of the background. To make that work in a convincing way he would have needed to be larger and more isolated and his stillness a significant factor in the composition. Never mind, better luck next time...

Careful
by Phocal

Comment:
Hello from the critique club

An interesting image that contributes to the challenge

Up to your usual high standard Ronnie another nicely captured alligator in its green mossy environment. Your title sums it up too, careful is the order of the day, its malevolent presence is a warning in itself, careful!

Glorious Sunset
by Ja-9

Comment:
Hello from the critique club

An interesting image that contributes to the challenge

A lovely glowing sunset and reflecting sea, as you say, a glorious sunset. Where I think this is not working quite so well as it could is in the softness throughout, particularly in the wet sand where those reflections could have been in stunningly sharp contrast to an acceptable softness in the sky and water. Given your shutter speed it must be down to the HDR merge differences in the reflections between the three images? I think also if the area of dry sand could have been excluded this could have added impact to the end result. It is a lovely image Janine but in a challenge of this nature you̢۪re up against some tough competition.

Feet Up
by docjonny

Comment:
Hello from the critique club

An appealing image that contributes well to the challenge

Hah yes, well observed Jonathon. As a sucker for shadows I̢۪m gonna love this anyway, those shadows are really nice together with the rim lighting its working really well. The added humour of the scene with their feet off the ground and brought to our attention by your snappy title makes it all work superbly, I like it. The mono conversion is nice. Possibly a little less detail in the background would help the people stand out with less distraction but its not really an issue. Nice observation and capture well done Jonathon.

Her Majesty does not approve
by snaffles

Comment:
Hello from the critique club

An appealing image that contributes well to the challenge

Indeed, most imperious! Ms Whitesteer is so wonderfully appealing I love her, the expression is beautifully disapproving. I like the high key presentation it works really well and the detail in her fur is excellent, a great exposure. The only minor fault that distracts me a little is the shadowy patches between her ear and the background cow perhaps these could be rectified. Nice one Susan, well captured.

Badger Entering Ludington Harbor
by Drake

Comment:
Hello from the critique club

An interesting image that contributes well to the challenge

Your foreground wave bokeh has transformed this from a straight forward record shot of a boat at sea to one with special interest and very unique, well done Drake. Your timing and viewpoint have made great use of this situation to show us something that just wouldn̢۪t be seen with the naked eye, I like it. Composition-wise whilst we do have an interesting sky I think I would prefer to see less of it in favour of this wonderful unique foreground, indeed it could almost be floating on an erupting effervescent sea.

Winter Squall
by Drake

Comment:
Hello from the critique club

An appealing image that contributes well to the challenge

Cor blimey Drake, you produce a lovely image like this, a 6+ score and 7th place and NO comments? You really have got your wildlife images well nailed, this gorgeous splash of detailed colour against the near mono background of the driving snow, it almost looks like a post-processing desat but I don̢۪t believe it is. The composition is good, I like the diagonal of the twig and that there is a little more space to the right for the bird to look into. What I like most is the snow that is slowly building up around the beak, as you say, the snow was really coming down. Anyway, well done, a lovely image justly rewarded, I hope this critique makes up for the lack of comments.

Yeah, that Friday didn't work out well!
by snaffles

Comment:
Hello from the critique club

An interesting image that meets the challenge well.

Nice one Susan! A very convincing job well done, Christophe's smoky tuition certainly paid dividends. The amount of burn, the flame, the smoke all work really together with your lovely selfie, all in all a most effective entry. I like your commenters remarks!

Foggy Day
by Lydia

Comment:
Hello from the critique club

An interesting image that does not meet the challenge.

Oh Lydia, what a shame after all that hard work but whilst I like your thinking I think it fails to meet the challenge in the strictest sense of the challenge brief. A look at the winning entries hopefully helps clarify what I mean better than my clumsy description but I think this more closely resembles your tractor 'superimposed' upon the background rather than juxtaposed, ie., side by side or close by. I think you were right to include your hand to make it obvious that a cut and paste was not involved and that this was a 'live' manipulation. Sorry it didn't quite work as you hoped, better luck next time...