Birdman
by Pangurban

Comment:
Hello from the critique club

An appealing image that meets the challenge well.

Congratulations on your high score and placing for this great capture. The elements that work are working really well, the man in full stride apparently unaware of the passenger he is carrying, I like it. I also like the motion of the bird flying towards him, and the pigeons at his feet, what a pigeon magnet this man is! I like the ladies humoured observation, what doesn't work for me is the man on the right with his phone I would have preferred to see it without him. What an amazing coincidence with you and beatabg capturing the same man!

I'll read you a story. Once upon a time....
by clickodak

Comment:
Hello from the critique club

An appealing image that meets the challenge well.

Your image fills the challenge brief with the hat and the candid street scene, I like your title and comments, indeed I think he must have been reading from a technical manual that just proved too much for her! I'm not sure the passing walker in the background adds more than he distracts I think your timing could have been improved in fact I think a closer image excluding most of the background distraction would probably have helped especially with your chosen title, the two empty chairs would add a further emphasis of his boring story. Nice attempt Marcel

Chilling
by docjonny

Comment:
Hello from the critique club

An appealing image that meets the challenge well.

Good candid capture of a moment of 'chilled' solitude, he appears oblivious of your presence or the camera, true street photography with the challenge brief of a hat filled splendidly. The composition is generally good though I would have preferred a slightly different angle avoiding cropping his feet and excluding the soft focus foreground as you have already commented on yourself. I like the mono presentation with good tones and detail throughout. A good entry Jonathon and well received with your voters too, well done.

she is gone
by Hoghemaru

Comment:
Hello from the critique club

An interesting image that meets the challenge

The emotion in your landscape comes mostly from the very clever use of title to convey a feeling that probably didn̢۪t even exist but now does, well done for a very effective use of a title. As for the image itself the intense blue saturation really hurts my eyes and destroys any appeal for the landscape. I do like the composition and the placing of the silhouetted man and his interaction with the landscape. Can I suggest you try easing back on the blue saturation for a more natural look I think it would enhance what is potentially a good image.

Thanks for your entry Fabio.

Storm-Blasted Northern Shores
by riot

Comment:
Hello from the critique club

An interesting image that meets the challenge

What a considerate bunch of mates you have, I̢۪m not sure I could get away with throwing everybody out of the motor for an image! I have to say, I actually prefer this sort of shot over the long exposure misty scenes that have become so popular nowadays. Your scene is intensely blue rather to its detriment, I think you could say this is an example of an adherence to capture the scene as seen but resulting in a somewhat artificial end result that lacks credibility. Thanks for an interesting entry Eugene.

Paddling the boards
by docjonny

Comment:
Hello from the critique club

An appealing image that meets the challenge

Your image has a nice balance to it with the distant land and your two figures balancing each other fairly well. Although generally overexposed I think the high key effect works well for the background but not the foreground. You could seriously improve the image by burning in the foreground and making it darker and whilst I normally dislike blown highlights I would leave the rest as is because it actually works well here. Thanks for an interesting entry Jonathon.

Elements of Harmony
by Pascal

Comment:
Hello from the critique club

An appealing image that meets the challenge

Your apt title says it all. There is a lovely mystical quality to this dream-like image where slowly a beautiful mermaid will magically appear. I like the near-abstractness of it all where land merges into mist/sea/sky almost seamlessly with sufficient separation from the band of blue to make the clouds seem like a reflection of the water. Well done in achieving a higher score than you anticipated and for your HM Paschalis.

• h i g h • t i d e •
by Ja-9

Comment:
Hello from the critique club

An appealing image that meets the challenge

There is a lovely feeling of space with the distant figures on an empty beach for a child full of life to run free who makes a very strong focal point to give the image scale and with his pose a dynamic quality. The waves complete that dynamism together with the lovely shapes the sea has carved out of the beach. Given the dynamics of the beach and sea against the much less interesting sky this is one where I would have used the reverse balance with the beach dominating. I like the near mono/pastel tones. Thanks for another lovely entry Janine

Italian toys for grown ups
by docjonny

Comment:
Hello from the critique club

An image that meets the challenge.

Whilst I am no fan of this use of tilt/shift given the challenge brief of selective focus you have fulfilled it but I regard true tilt/shift as a very different technique for correcting perspective particularly in relation to architecture. So, given my explanation, I don̢۪t think my bias will allow me to comment further in any useful way. Anyway, well done for your high score and placing.

Shift
by riot

Comment:
Hello from the critique club

An appealing image that meets the challenge properly.

Your prediction for the entries was unfortunately cannily accurate! Your entry is a pleasing exception made all the more exceptional because of it and I̢۪m glad to see some of your commenters appreciated it too. At 1/13s you̢۪ve done well to hand-hold this with such a good result, yes there is evidence of noise but the really important point is that this is a true perspective. The inclusion of the two people interacting with the building really completes the image giving it all a sense of scale and accuracy. The blown highlights are an inevitable by-product of this difficult exposure.

So, with all that lovely glass you don̢۪t have a tilt/shift lens, could this be next on the shopping list? The score reflects how little this technique is respected here, thanks for a refreshingly true representation of what the challenge should have been about.