Best Friends in Love
by Gracious

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club.
This a photo that met the love challenge very well. The composition is good and the lighting and focus are good too. The only problem I see is some graininess in the photo. Maybe using the despeckle option in PS or the program Neatimage would help remove some of the grain. I think this photo would have been better in B&W. I can't really explain why but I think it would be more dramatic that way. I think this very good photo though. Not much else to add, good work and good luck in future challenges. Feel free to e-mail me if you have any questions.

Friends
by myqyl

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club.

Well this photo finished about where you had predicted it. I think it may have done better with a couple of changes though. Trying to position each stuffed animal to face the camera so you have many faces looking at you might have been a good way of doing this. More vivid colors in the animals, if possible. I don't really have much more to add. All in all I think this was well done photo taken for a very difficult challenge matched with a tough voting crowd. Good luck in future challenges.

"hey!, my cousin the Redwood is taller than you, guys!"
by Pep Ventosa

Comment:
Nice photo. Its nice to see you made it back into the top three again. Congratulations.

Round
by albright1

Comment:
Nice photo, it was my number one for the week. Congrats on the top three finish.

Who? Where?
by Jean

Comment:
Brillant photo. Congrats on top three finish.

Plain and Simple
by agwright

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club.
This is a very nice photo. The simplicity of it is what works for me. The color is nice and I really like the soft look of it too. I think I would change the border as it is a little awkward for me. Other than that it is a great photo and I can't think of a way to improve it. Good work and good luck in future challenges.

Love under candle light
by jenarom

Comment:
Nice soft lighting, I like the suggestiveness of the photo without showing everything. Good luck in the challenge.

Friday Night
by DennisF

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club.

After looking at this for a few moments I realized what the "after" is. Very clever. Too bad some people didn't get it during the challenge.

I think the thing that hurts the photo the most is the background. Ways to improve that would be to try and get something plain behind your subject. I think black felt material would work. I use a black fleece sweater sometimes. These materials tend to reflect less light and let your subject stand out more. I think your lighting here is ok, but some of the commenters suggest it being harsh or cold. I'm not a lighting expert but I think if you indirectly light the subject it will be less harsh to the viewers eyes.

Your focus is good and you could have blurred the limes out if you had wanted. Either way I think it would have worked.

Composition isn't bad. That may have been what confused voters though. Did you try a shot with all of the ingredients on one side of the frame and the Margarita on the other. That shot may have looked unbalanced but I think people would have gotten the "Before and After" aspect of it.

I think this is a good photo that could have done better if the lighting were softer and composition different. If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail me. Good luck in future challenges.

Half Mast
by boyte1

Comment:
This is a very nice photo. The border needs to be less distracting to me.

How do I get this little square in there?
by STEINR

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club.
This is a very creative approach to the challenge.
I think if you could have made this one a little sharper it would be better. I also think that photo itself is rather flat. Try adding a back light to seperate the subject from the back ground. The colors in the photo are very nice. I know this isn't much to go on but if you had added a backlight and had sharper photo this one would have done better in my opinion.