4
by nds

Comment:
this is the most creative one I've seen so far. Nice job - Inspzil

Four Calling Birds
by daysez

Comment:
I don't like the bird nearst the camera. Its more that he's much darker than out of focus. - Inspzil

Light Tower
by Froober

Comment:
Critique Club for Light Tower

Composition - Really unique lighthouse. This is a great subject for a picture. It is really well taken and really well framed. The thing I like most about this pic is the light/shade contrast in the diamonds. I think I would've liked to have seen the bottom of it if the landscape was friendly enough to allow for that.

Background - Hard to go wrong with a nice blue sky like that. Polarizer? It looks like it to me. The sky is sort of dark blue which may be from the polarizer or just the time of day. It looks a little unnatural to me above the lighthouse.

Camera work - Couldn't be better

Post processing - Maybe a little work with the blue to make it look a little more like sky.

Overall - I really liked this picture when I saw it, and still do. You picked a great subject to shoot and did a nice job with it. The only thing I would change would be to move back a little and get the entire lighthouse with a little background stuff. I think it might add a little more color and verve to the image. - Inspzil

Welcome to Second Period!
by albright1

Comment:
Self portrait albright?

Snowy Windows
by mcrochip

Comment:
Critique Club for Snowy Windows by Mcrochip

Composition - The biggest problem I have with this photo is that it lacks any real center of interest for me. The snow is nice (I live in Michigan and see enough of it every year) especially with the nice big flakes falling. The dark windows make for a great backdrop and contrast the falling snow nicely. It just sort of needs...well, a subject. The image does run a little uphill from left to right as well.

Background - This is the background. I keep envisioning a tall, thin wholesome looking girl with curly hair poking out from under her hat in a long dark wool coat catching snowflakes on her tongue.

Camera work - Nice job here. Well framed and settings adjusted pretty well to keep from being underexposed. The whiteness of snow has been known to give cameras fits from time to time. You did a great job capturing the motion of the snow.

Processing - Doesn't look like much was done here. That means not much was done, or that you did whatever you did well enough so that at least I can't tell

Overall - Technically, I think you did a nice job. But artistically, it really needs something to focus on more than the snow. The challenge of motion was met, but not much else. I don't think its a bad picture, but I think it really needs something (like a subject). - Inspzil


Message edited by author 2003-06-12 21:22:14.

All Fall Down
by Konador

Comment:
Critique Club for All Fall Down by Konador

Composition - I like the composition of this photo. The dominoes are falling right to left which seems more natural to those of us in western society. The captured motion is good, which meets the challenge. I like that the dominoes are falling slightly uphill. I think that a slightly more dramatic angle would've been acceptable, and perhaps a bit more appealing. The only thing I could recommend to this picture is that the picture be taken a little further back to show the fallen dominoes, the falling dominoes, and the still standing dominoes.

Background - Basic black was a great choice to show the contrast between an ivory subject and aforementioned black background.

Camera work - Motion is well depicted by this photo. The standing dominoes are very clear as they should be and the fallen ones are a little blurry, as they should be. Camera work is very well done.

Processing - I must have your secret. The color of the dominoes is great. I'm sure it took awhile to get that mastered. You probably had the help of some PS expert too as I have some of these dominoes and they are quite yellowed looking. Bravo!

Overall - First impression is that this is a very good image and it has achieved what it set out to do - depict motion with falling dominoes. The idea of showing the already fallen dominoes just came to me as I sat here looking at the pic. With a little more 'room' in the picture, you could show multiple strings of dominoes falling and vary the patterns a little too. But that's another picture another day. I like this one Konador, you did a great job. - Inspzil

PS - If I type "domino" or "dominoes" one more time I'm throwing the keyboard

Deception Falls
by dltruex

Comment:
This is a cool picture. I think it's a little underexposed and a little too soft on the focus end of it - Inspzil

Dead Wood
by LanSnake

Comment:
This would've been a good candidate for B&W. - Inspzil

Prairie Sunset
by Sonifo

Comment:
Almost. Looks like it would've been a little better off a little earlier. Also there's a little too much tall stuff blocking the view. - Inspzil

Face-to-Face In the Snow
by magnetic9999

Comment:
This is a really great capture. Not every technical aspect of this pic is perfect. The perspective of peeking out from behind the tree is excellent and makes this photo as great as it is IMO. The squirrel sitting there all fat and looking like he's responding to the photographer is adorable. Like he stopped to say "cheese" like a kid. Nice Capture - Inspzil