E N T E R
by Ja-9

Comment:
Hello from the critique club

An appealing image that meets the challenge

Well done Janine, I think you have managed to fulfil all the elements of the challenge brief here! What a beautifully ornate doorway, thank you for your helpful and informative comments. The doorway itself, actually looks rather intimidating, like an alien about to consume you as you enter. The lighting is quite sympathetic with good detail throughout, although the door itself is a little vignetted it helps emphasise the middle doorway itself. I find the three items, 2 yellow and black and white oval in the lower right, whatever they are, rather distracting and feel they would be better cloned out.

Fancy Handles
by Cyrilda

Comment:
Hello from the critique club

An appealing image that meets the challenge

Your single shot worked out well you have a good level of detail throughout, to be honest, I don̢۪t really see sufficient range of contrasts that bracketing would have proved beneficial. Your composition is good with the most important elements, the handles, off-centre in an appealing sort of way. Whilst there is no real impact there is a generally appealing feel to the image with the interesting detail of the ornately decorated wood and its appealing shapes. Sorry you didn̢۪t receive any comments during the challenge, hope this makes up for it.

Autumn Leaves
by clickodak

Comment:
Hello from the critique club

An interesting image that meets the challenge

I like your composition and the colours within it. Whilst I can see why you have used this filter to fulfil the challenge brief I am no fan of these filters at all so I̢۪m not really in a position to give you an unbiased opinion. I much prefer to see impressionism done in-camera, a couple of options to achieve this would be either to use a slow shutter speed with motion blur or complete lack of focus to produce a soft dreamy effect.

Garden of Monet
by Ja-9

Comment:
Hello from the critique club

An interesting image that meets the challenge

You have some lovely bright colours for your flowers which work well against the interesting background. Whilst I can see why you have used this filter to fulfil the challenge brief I am no fan of these filters at all so I̢۪m not really in a position to give you an unbiased opinion. I see the title is indeed most accurate hope you are having or have had an enjoyable time in France Janine.

PyroTechnical
by riot

Comment:
Hello from the critique club

An appealing image that does not meet the challenge

You̢۪re right Eugene, I recognised that amazing lens immediately! Whilst I do like your image, I have to agree with your commenters, in the strict interpretation of the challenge brief it is more abstract than impressionism. As an abstract it is excellent a truly unique representation of fireworks that I doubt any viewer was able to figure out without your engaging explanation. I very much like your creative approach in using the amazing array of lenses in bold experimental ways that enable you to create some very original images, keep up the good work.

Rosy Classic
by riot

Comment:
Hello from the critique club

An appealing image that fulfils the challenge brief

What a lovely image but you were unfortunately accurate with your prediction, at least you have the appreciation of a couple of people here. She is a lovely model and her pose is classic and very appealing adding a very sensual mystique. The only thing I might have altered is the crop to exclude the dark band of tiles, it gives away the fact that it has been shot into a shower/bathroom, the background tiles with this exposure are not immediately apparent without the blue band, it reveals too much and detracts just a little. Once more Eugene thanks for the illuminating notes you have included, you really do have some unique lenses, I like the way you are happy to experiment with these unusual lenses to create something genuine as opposed to relying and inevitably faking a less convincing result through PS.

Man sitting on a bluff deep in thought and contemplation.
by Cyrilda

Comment:
Hello from the critique club

An appealing image that fulfils the challenge brief

A contemplative moment nicely captured against an inspiring landscape. I like your composition that makes best use of the wonderful scenery your husband is clearly enjoying in an appreciative way taking in the grandeur of the scene in front of him. The foreground, with its backlighting and consequently him too stand out very effectively against the background giving the whole image more of a 3D effect that helps us engage more fully with where he is. A lovely image Susie that you will be able to treasure for many years to come.

Young soul in an old man...
by WonderDude

Comment:
Hello from the critique club

An appealing image that fulfils the challenge brief

A nice pleasing portrait of your father that conveys a happy gentle nature at peace with himself. The bokeh and flare of the background works well but that same flare is also its undoing, there is just too much of it in the important areas of detail, ie., his face. The flare is such that it is not flattering indeed, it is to the detriment of cleanly portraying his facial features. I think also, wide open is too shallow a DOF especially with the flare everything is just too soft. Having said all that Daniel, you have a lovely portrait that will continue to mean a lot to you in the coming years, well done.

Morning Glory
by Phocal

Comment:
Hello from the critique club

An appealing image that contributes well to the challenge

I like the creative use you have made of your wide angle lens here. Your human is isolated and key to the image as a whole and therefore, in my mind, fulfils the challenge brief well, a portrait doesn̢۪t always have to the obvious facial jobby. I like the way the lens has emphasised the tailfin, I also like your bold use of contre-jour, the backlit flag, the shadows, the rays, it all works well for me. I̢۪m sorry your entry didn̢۪t do much better for you Ronnie, thats the blind nature of the DPC beast sometimes.

The Times They are A Changin
by SEG

Comment:
Hello from the critique club

An interesting image that contributes to the challenge

It looks more like the truck failed to stop! I̢۪m not too sure how effective your image is at conveying the message of change, the need to fill up with fuel is still current even though this particular venue is not. We can see that time is taking its toll on this site and slowly helping it to deteriorate but the change is very slow. I think something that represents a more recent development that impacts everyday life would have been better, for example, a wind farm generating power. I like the mono conversion and particularly like the sky. Thanks for your entry Louis.