At the soccer game
by jjbeguin

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I like the top 2 pictures ok. The bottom photo is just too dark and oversaturated. The dirt on the player is blue slightly. I'm rendering a guess as to who took this photo....

Daisy chain
by marbo

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Greetings from the Critique Club
By Inspzil

Composition - What is it with you and these high key shots? I'm not objecting really, just seeing a trend here. Congrats on your candy shot btw. Back to this photo... I really like the arrangement and the framing of this shot. I'm not real keen on the high-keyness of it. Its cool as a high-key shot, but maybe this is too high-key, or at least it is for me. I think this is a great idea though.

Technical - Did I mention anything about high-key? I think that's one of the technical things that I don't agree with. I'm not saying its wrong, I just see it being better a wee bit less high key. The exposure is a little long. I think you lose a lot of viewers just in that aspect. The other thing is the DOF. I think this is a shot that should've used a greater DOF by cranking the F number. If there were more contrast between the flowers toward the end, it wouldn't be quite as necesary. As it is, I think it needs the DOF to clarify the boundaries of the flowers.

Overall - Cool shot as it is, but I can see where people get turned off by it. I don't care for the border on this photo either. That's just opinion though. Well good luck with the challenges to come - Bob

Sunset on Bog'O'Bodan
by dacrazyrn

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Greetings from the Critique Club
By Inspzil

Composition - Very nice colors with the blues and purples in the sky and the reds and browns on the cattails. The cattails have an especially rich color from the little sunlight that remains. I think with just a little more sunlight this would've been a little more picturesque even though some of the saturation of color in the sky and cattails would've been lost. There is some really nice contrast between the cattails and the sky which I think further enhances the color of the cattails. The perspective from which this was shot is very good. I keep thinking of it as "kid level" as it reminds me of being 10 years old hanging around marshy spots to catch frogs and turtles and all those fun things little boys do. This also reminds me of the Wild Bird Reserve that is adjacent to where I work. Its nothing but swamp grass and cattails for a few hundred acres. The only thing about this photo that I think would help it is a little more sun.

Technique - Very well taken, as most pics with Nikons are. Terrific perspective, good use of available light and exposure, well focused and generally crisp and clear in the areas that it should be. Great work.

Overall - This gives me a real peaceful feeling, especially about the springtime and the way the breezes blow making the cattails rustle. You really made the most of the contrast between the plants and the sky which does wonders for giving we viewers something prominent in the photo to focus our unnaturally short attention spans. This is a very nice photo taken very well. Nice work - Inspzil

Disappear
by jimmythefish

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Greetings from the Critique Club
By Inspzil

Composition - I'm jealous that you have green plants. We really don't yet. This looks like a nice place to walk, but honestly really isn't a lot going on here. It's not that I feel this is a bad composition, just a little incomplete, like it needs a little something. I think if you used this as a backdrop for a photo it would've went over a little better. The board walk is a good leading line, but leading to what? My feeling about this scene is that it is lacking visual impact. The viewers really could use something to focus on and fill the role of "subject"

Technique - You mention something about being hammered for the shallow DOF. I have nothing against a shallow DOF if done right. This one could have worked for you. Lacking a subject really makes it hard. The reason I think its hard is that a shallow DOF is a technique of selective focus.... How do you select a point to focus in a photo where there is no dominant focal point? Am I making any sense? The technique to force the viewers to make the boardwalk the dominant focal point is to really key in on it at the closest point to the viewer. So let's say we'll shove the pic to the left 50cm and include the entire width of the walk in the entire width of the picture. Then we'll focus on the 2nd board in and take the pic. My personal rule about shallow DOF is not to let the foreground get too blurry as it will attract the viewers attention immediately. If it is a little blurry, I feel I can get away with it if the subject is compelling enough. Okay, this is getting long... The exposure is very well done and the framing could use the little adjustments that I stated above. That's the way I see this picture being the most successful.

Overall - At first I really thought you needed a subject, but looking at it, it has some similarities to my Transportation pic that i didn't get entered in time. //www.pbase.com/image/16096827 This may not be where you want to go with this pic. But maybe it is. Either way, good luck and keep that camera busy. - Inspzil

Goose Chase
by Quadrajet

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Great shot! I like the motion of the wings vs. the rest of the body being very very clear, not to mention the water drops coming off him as he launches toward the heavens. This is a remarkable shot. Congrats on a great photo

Slumber Down Under...
by andrewlr

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This photo is absolutely adorable. I'm giving this a 9 for sure. I really like the fact that it's in its apparent habitat and pretty close. It is an exceptionally well taken photo too. I'm not totally sold on the framing. He might be a little better off being a little more toward the right, but regardless its one hell of a shot.

Peacock
by rickhd13

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Great colors and I really like the framing of this shot.

'Otter in the sun
by io

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This is a pretty good pic. The lighting and framing are very good. I like the way he looks like he's sitting for a portrait. The focus is off just ever so slightly though and I think that's most of whats wrong with this pic. The rest of it is good

Summer Resident
by anceo1

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Nice peaceful scene. I don't think this is a super good picture, but I really like some of the things you did with this. Especially the angle because it brings the shoreline from front and back together and it frames the bird nicely. I like the real natural background for this guy too. Not bad!

Major Fauna
by Morgan

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This is a wonderful texture shot. Very well done. Colors are good, exposure is just right so that we can still see every wrinkle. I think you did a very good job with this shot -8