Moon Palm
by Annida

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club
By Inspzil

Composition - Great angle for this challenge. I think this is a great subject and the little spec of moon looks nice. The sky is so blue...too blue. The colors of this photo look very odd. As much as I like the angle and the subject, I dislike the colors.

Technical - This photo is really soft. It needs to be focused badly. The exposure needs to be just a little longer to give everything the light it needs. The focus is really a killer to this picture though. It's hard to see past when looking at it. The framing is really good though. The processing is too much tho. The sky is blue to an unbelievable degree. The green seems to be lacking and the lack of clarity on the leaves makes it seem even moreso. There appears to be a little red on the bottom of the tree in the leaves. This also seems odd. My feeling is that it is generally overprocessed.

Overall - This picture could've been really exceptional with a couple of minor changes. THe focus is the biggest one. The processing is the other. The choice of subject was awesome and the addition of the moon is a nice touch but it isn't enough to overcome the lack of focus though. Hope this could be of some help to you. - Inspzil

Magic Carpet
by Natasha

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club
By Inspzil

Composition - This is very cool. I think that if you could've had your comments shown it would've helped the voters. Most of the time I don't think its an advantage, but in this case I do. I think that a lot of folks were wondering how it met the challenge. There's only one thing I think I'd change about the pic in terms of composition - I don't like all the space at the bottom of the pic. If it were me I'd have cropped it a bit tighter and put it at the bottom. I understand that you left the space on the bottom for the floating illusion, but I don't think it was very effective. But the actual bottle is very cool and I do think the concept is great also.

Technical - Just a little overexposed for my taste. Other than that, very very nicely done. Good clear photo. I can't tell if you did anything else to it processing, If you did, it looks great.

Overall - I would've figured this would've done very well, but I think people were wondering what it was and how it met the challenge. I can sort of see their point, but I still think it's a quality photo. I still think that lowering the subject in the frame would've proven beneficial. If I scroll up I'm looking for it right away but obviously its up toward the top. Hope this could be a little helpful to you. Good luck in future challenges. - Bob

Waldo Goes to the Deer Woods
by kandyj

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club
By Inspzil

Composition - Awesome background. The snowy trees are great. I'm not so sure about the foreground part. I think you may have had a little more success with this shot if you didn't take it so close. I think you'd have been better served it the photo was from 20 feet or so. I do think you met the challenge.

Technical - Snow exposures are always tough. I think you did fairly well with this one. Honestly I think I probably wouldn't have done much better, if at all. Dark trees + snow=something is over or under exposed. Focus might be a little sharper but not bad. I think putting this in black and white might've helped a little. This is not an easy photo to take and with the substantial contrast, hard to even process into a good photo.

Overall - I think you did well with your estimate. It wasn't posted to win any awards and I'm glad you realize that. The composition is cute, but not anything to write home about. The photography isn't bad, but for the conditions, you did pretty well. Sorry this can't be more helpful for you. All things considered on this end, I'm doing ok for 5:00am by writing this! Good luck in the upcoming challenges - Inspzil

NYC sunset
by BeeGee

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club
By Inspzil

My comments pretty much summed up what I thought, so this isn't going to be a lot different than that, just warning you... :)

Composition - Awesome photo. You picked the right time to take it. I love the silhouettes. The construction equipment is a bit distracting. The crop could've been a little tighter to elimate some of the stuff on the left side and a little of the emptier sky. It also would bring us a trifle closer to lady liberty and the seagull. Sky is wonderfully lit with a few clouds to give it some character. It may have been difficult to crop more just due to the photo already being cropped quite a bit. Great Capture

Technical - Looks very well taken. Colors are nice and warm. Great exposure. I'd be trying to PS all the equipment out of it and make a pic for myself.

Overall - A very serene pic. I like this shot a lot. Hopefully you can get more opportunities to take this shot again when they get all that crap out of the frame. Maybe you could ask them to move it for a day or two? Yea, sure. Anyway, great shot. Look forward to seeing more of this cliche stuff from you. - Inspzil

Bahsworth & Brodamire
by Gotcha

Comment:
Greetings fromt the Critique Club
by Inspzil

Composition - I really liked this shot during voting. The dogs look great. They have a great expression on their face and they're looking the right way and everything. Their positions in the frame are great and I do like the chair there. It NEEDS to be there. I had one small complaint earlier and I'm still sticking to it - I don't like the way they are sinking into the floor. Aside from that, I wouldn't change a thing.

Technical - Very well taken photo. Exposure is a little tricky here with the dark dogs and white background but I think you nailed it. They are wonderfully focused and framed. Awesome. Processing is very good too. The wrinkles are one of those necessary evils in the amateur photography game. Busy backgrounds will kill you every time though on DPC. Its good you didn't blow out anything. It's really very good.

Overall - Loved the shot then, still love it. I have a dog about this color and a rottweiler too. I'm feeling inspired to pose them similarly and see if I can do something like this. Great pic gotcha. I thought you deserved to place better, but I know I would be very pleased to finish even close to where you did. Keep up the good work and thanks for sharing this gem with us on DPC. - Bob

Peel + B4
by redfig

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club
By Inspzil

Composition - Firstly you have some outstanding color here. I like the very bright hightlights on the orange. The fleshy peels look pretty good. The crop is a little tight for my liking. The shadows on the peels are a little distracting as well. I would've like to see the emphasis be more on the orange and a little less on the peels. Composition overall is pretty good though. Great idea.

Technical - Photography is terrific. Well taken , nicely focused, Good sound photo. Processing - The orange looks almost too orange, to the point it looks fake. Other than the crop being a little tight, It looks great

Overall - This is a difficult picture to critique because its actually a pretty good image. You did a good job with this. There are only a couple of minor things that I think you could change to make this a better image, to this voter anyway. Keep up the good work! -Inspzil

Candid Shoe Tie
by Hotshot132

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club
by Inspzil

Composition - My first impression is that this is a candid snapshot. The background is really cluttered and the light is probably coming out of a window near a table. The light is very nice and soft. If she wasn't hunched over her knees, her expression and the lighting provided would have made an outstanding portrait. Actually it is a very nice picture, but I don't really think its challenge material. That's just one person's opinion though. Where are the shoes she's tying? I guess we'll just have to take your word for it.

Technical - Not a badly taken photo aside from the arm that is probably moving to tie the shoes. Its nice and clear and properly lit. Exposure is good. Processing stuff really isn't too much of an issue

Overall - A nice snapshot, but not really challenge worthy stuff IMO. Actually not that far away from it though. The background is really a killer on this photo. Sorry I don't have too much to say about this. Honestly I think its not far away from being really good. - Inspzil

Faded Rose from 2002
by vtruan

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club
By Inspzil

Composition - Interesting choice for this challenge. Flowers are very cliche. I don't know about dead ones, but we'll pretend it fits. At this point, I think your choice of subject is probably the main reason for the not so good score. I think the background is the only real composition problem with this photo. The patterns and stuff in the background are definitely a factor there, but I'd say color is just as important. The flower doesn't contrast with the background, so it kind of blends in. Something to make it stand out of the picture (aside from the DOF) wouldve been preferred. But nothing in primary colors, or maybe even colors. I was thinking like a charcoal grey would be fitting if you were going for depressing, which is what I get out of this lifeless flower of yore.

Technical - Very well taken photo. Exposure is good, DOF is excellent, clear, sharp. Nicely done. Processing doesn't seem to be an issue.

Overall - In another challenge, this photo might have done better in terms of score. Changing the background would've helped some too. This is very well taken, so I don't think the photography was the issue in the score. Content is key, especially here. This probably threw people off after looking at flowers(live ones), kittens and babies all week long. I like it. good luck in future endeavours here and outside of dpc - Inspzil

Morning has broken
by vcosma

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club
By Inspzil

Composition - Beautifully lit sky with contrasting clouds. My opinion is that this is more of an abstract. It does fit the cliche challenge because it is a sunrise, but without any subject per se, it is more abstract. I think cropping some of the grey out would not hurt this image a bit. By doing so and cutting off a little of the side with it, it gives more emphasis to the oranges and reds and not so much to the yellow and grey. Good capture, but I think with some sort of "subject" in the foreground, it would make this a much stronger image.

Technical - The camera you used is probably the best in color representation out there. The exposure is good. The picture is pretty clear and sharp. Post-processing looks like it might have really tried to favor the brilliant colors, where it might have been a little overdone. There is plenty of color here I'm sure, but this looks a bit oversaturated with colors to the point it looks almost fake. Maybe it isn't but my first impression is that it did not come out of the camera this way.

Overall - This is a pretty uneventful picture, but the saving quality is the very vivid color. I still see it as more of an abstract picture and would do very well as one. It is an intriguing pic. - Inspzil

Pretty as a Picture
by RLS

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club
By Inspzil

Composition - Nicely arrange flowers for this shot. They didn't have anything more colorful? :) Brilliant colors, jumping off the page but not oversaturated. The green buds on the left side are my only complaint about the picture itself. I'm not so sure about the border but the image is a whole is very very strong except for the flower buds on the left. Not much else to say but well done!

Photography - If there was a camera just made for taking still shots with strong colors, you have it. Good crisp image.

Processing - Looks good. Color is strong but not too strong. I think cropping the buds on the left would've helped this picture possibly into a ribbon. Also good

Overall - Good good good good good pic. I don't know what else to say. Its hard for someone like me to be of much help on a pic like this. As I said many times before, crop the buds out of the left, and lose the border and you might've had yourself a ribbon. Very well taken pic. I can't believe you took the pic in a shopping bag to be honest though. Nice Job! - Bob