Floating Around
by Gordon

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club
By InSpZiL

Composition - Yet another great picture Gordon. Framing is very good. I like the corner to corner approach. I think if the heads and paddles were at the same angle, you might've won this week. The contrast between background and subject is really good and the green of the water really makes the red on the boat stand out. The water in itself is neat the way it accepts the sun on the top left and makes the frame sort of a gradient. Doesn't look like anywhere I'd want to swim though due to the odd color.

Technical - Crisp and mostly clear, only a slight fuzz on the paddles probably due to them rowing which is sort of the whole point of why they're out there so its an acceptable fuzz in my book. The exposure is perfect. The only thing I wonder about is if you cropped this pic that close to the back on purpose or if it was just taken this way. I don't see it being a huge problem, but if the back had a little more room I think it would only help.

Overall - A great example of how to take something not so exciting and transforming into a nice image. Very good capture. I really like the contrasting colors and the corner to corner portrayal of the boat in the frame. Very good shot! - Keep up the good work Gordon.

-Bob

Hen
by GinaRothfels

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club
By Inspzil

Composition - Firstly, this meets the challenge by a thread, on a good day. That's my opinion anyway. The rooster is in pretty bad shape judging by his feathers. He doesn't look to pleased to have his picture taken either. If you took this in the day with no flash, I don't think he'd look terribly yellow. I think the flash is the biggest reason he has any yellow at all. He's framed pretty well.

Technical - The flash on his right breast is killing me. It's way too bright. The focus is okay and the rest of the lighting looks okay. Without better lighting, I think you did the best you could with what was available. Maybe during the day would've worked out better though. You could've done a little more in PS to make his color seem a little more yellow, if you didn't already try.

Overall - Not a strong picture. Not a very healthy bird by the way he looks. Doesn't have much appeal to the viewers IMO. Very hard to give much useful advice on this picture. It really just isn't challenge worthy material. Better luck next time. Sorry if this seems a little harsh. - Inspzil

BC....Before Crest
by autool

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club
By Inspzil

Composition - Cute title to go with this picture. Must be a sperm whale or some other toothed whale. Damn clear for a 1 sec exposure. Color is definitely sort of yellow. The subject is relatively interesting but unfortunately not something I would ever consider hanging on a wall in my home or garage. The detail of this photo is very good. The highlights on the tops of the teeth look great.

Technical - This is very very clear for a one second exp. but fairly shallow for f11. This may have something to do with the long exp. but I can't be sure. The white balance is probably the culprit of the yellowness of the pic. I keep blaming it for my pics anyway :) Framing is about as good as I think one can expect for a photo like this. For any other challenge BUT yellow, I would expect you'd mess with the colors a bit to make them a little less.... well, yellow. But for this challenge, it works.

Overall - Not a badly taken photo, but not a terribly interesting one. When I think, "would I hang this on my wall given any improvement that could be made were done?" The answer is definitely not as long as I am married. This is a picture that I could definitely see being used in something like a textbook though. It has some value methinks, just not as "art" in my terms anyway. Good luck in the upcoming challenges autool. - Inspzil

Untitled
by lionelm

Comment:
Looks like a security camera video. Reminds me of something from the crying game. I do think it shows despair and I think that the primitive look to this photo is fairly effective representing the point of the picture.

Please Help Me!
by STEINR

Comment:
Looks like they're napping to be perfectly honest. The contrast is a little too much judging by the whiteness of the hands and conversely dark clothes.

The Forgotten Ones
by ed728

Comment:
Make this B&W and I bet your score would take a jump. A really good pic like this with many possibilities and much potential. Great find!!

more?
by Pep Ventosa

Comment:
Amazing really. Great shot. Love the lighting and the hill really adds a lot of perspective. Nice job.

Hiding from the Pain
by Paige

Comment:
Good emotion portrayal. Like the lighting and B&W was a sound choice. I think it would've been better if you wouldn't have cut off so much of the head.

Stairway to heaven
by kiwiness

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club
By Inspzil

Composition - You could've used this photo for any number of recent challenges, yellow and perspective come to mind right away. The sky looks a gorgeous blue color... too much so even. The sky is pixelating probably from oversaturation. The subject has very good colors and is a pretty good candidate for a rhythm shot. The building this is attached to provides a good distraction for this pic. Unfortunately we aren't looking for "good" distractions and actually is a bit of an eyesore. I am sure it HAS to be there to hold the tower up. The tower would've been great if it could've been standing there on its own. It does have some great colors and is well worth taking pics of.

Technical - Nice clear shot! Very well taken. Good exposure and DOF. The big hangup in the processing area is the pixelating sky. The rest of the colors seem like they are ok. The angles of this shot are quite puzzling with neither of the structures being vertical nor horizontal on their axes. I'm not saying that's bad, but perhaps a bit "curious" instead.

Overall - A pretty nice shot with very nice color (except for the sky). Very well taken picture with some abstract angles. I think it meets the challenge pretty well. Nice pic, good luck in upcoming challenges - Bob

lamp
by ymer

Comment:
Bienvenue from the Critique Club
Par Inspzil

Composition - Very cool abstract of a lamp. The symmetry of it works well for this photo. Its very yellow so it meets the challenge. The background has awesome color. Very well done. I don't think I'd change a thing.

Technical - Great DOF of this shot and perfect exposure. The subject is very clear and sharp. This is extremely well done. I'm guessing you set the white balance to fluorescent as I've done the same thing and gotten blue backgrounds out of what was once brown. Very nice idea with this shot.

Overall - I am surprised this didn't finish any higher than it did. It is a remarkable example of making a nice photo with simple things around the house. Nice job!! Good luck in the upcoming challenges. - Inspzil