Clutter
by Tranquil

Comment:
Feel this was underated as I liked the emotional content of this picture

Contemplation
by Nuno

Comment:
Fabulous use of wide angle and composition. Congratulations!

dawn's early light
by coolhar

Comment:
Wonderful! Congratulations!

Night Falls
by elsapo

Comment:
One of my favorites in an excellent challenge. Congratulations!

Vintage Computer
by Steveinnz

Comment:
Hey! I was wondering where that went. Did you find my old copy of risk on there? :P

Saffron Sky
by Jutilda

Comment:
Amazing colours

Contemplation
by e301

Comment:
Excellent. Great use of space and very nice composition

Hot Summer Day
by mawear

Comment:
Salut from the critique club!

I love the energy of this picture. You immediately get the feel of a classic hot summer day, kids playing with the hose...

There isn't a lot for me to say, really.

Technically, it's excellent (not that I'm an expert on technical aptitude). It's compositionally excellent, and with your fast shutter, you got an excellent capture, where you can really see the drops off water.

I would say this is a little bit on the dark side. A slight boost in contrast or brightness would give the picture just a bit more lightness that would I think, improve the little things in the picture.

One things is his eyes, especially his right eye, is in the shadows. I'm not sure if the sun was off to the side, but in a picture like this, a little bit more light on the eyes so you could really see his expression in his eyes would be neat.

I've noticed both your entries so far have been black and white. Both your pictures entered so far are excellent. I don't know if you prefer black and white or not, but if you don't have a preference, try some color ones. This particular picture may have a different dynamic in color than in b&w

If you have any questions or anything, feel free to pm me. I'm no expert on photography, but I'm jsut trying to chip in here and there.

Happy shooting and I look forward to your future submissions!
Cheers
pidge

flourescent-spider.jpg
by rox_rox

Comment:
Very cool! I like how the background acts as a frame for the spider, yet the web is still seen through the whole picture. What a cool looking spider! I think mine is more flourecent though

life, the universe and everything. connected.
by th3ph17

Comment:
Salut from the critique club!

First, I (personally) like how you are thinking outside the box in meeting this challenge. As I'm sure you saw by your comments, not everyone likes this. Not much one can do about that, but keep taking pictures! Now on to the photo

Title: The title is what more or less explains the photo to people. While many don't mind that, and think the title is an important part of the photo, others will wholeheartedly disagree, and think the photo should speak for itself. I don't mind the title, and I think it adds to the photo, but I'd like to warn you others, when voting, don't like to 'be told' what the photo is or how it relates to the photo. A classic example of people unhappy with titles was the Decisions Challenge where many stated the picture had nothing to do with the challenge except the title. It all comes down to what YOU want to do with the title, so follow your convictions and go for it!

Composition: The composition itself is pretty straight forward. Your eye is drawn horizontally across the center of the picture. Maybe next time, rotate the picture on a funky angle to see if it gives it a different dynamic.

Colors: The lights that are involved in this picture seem to be multi-coloured, but it seems to be lost due to the dominance of the light streak through the middle of the picture. I think some color adjustment to bring out the underlying colors would also add a different dynamic to the picture.

Noise: The lack of noise is excellent. I'm not sure what you used, but the lack of noise really helps make the lights the focus of the picture.

Exposure: I think if you lowered your iso to 200 or even 100, you would have prevented getting that very bright area the dominates the middle of the photo, and almost over powers the other colours as I stated above.

As a picture, this is a very interesting picture. As a picture for the branches challenge, it is definitely outside the box. This can be a good and bad thing, so be sure to take every comment with a grain of salt and keep taking pictures!

Hope this helps. Feel free to ask any questions!
Cheers
pidge