Devine Puppy Love
by Sheryll

Comment:
Hey there from the Critique Club

Camera Work/Technical: Nice focus and you captured great colors in both animals.

Lighting: I'll have to agree with Efergoh and pacpinto on this one. The lighting is a bit too harsh. I think that your flash needed to be toned down a little. That white on the big dog's face seems just a bit too hot for my liking.

Composition/Content: The hand seems a bit out of place and even awkward. I know that this was probably the best way to capture what you were after, but maybe shooting the animals interacting at ground level would have helped.

My Opinion: I think that the voter's were most tough on your lighting. As soon as the image pops up, the eye was pulled right to the whites and held hostage. Still, cute idea and great animals!

Thank you for the opportunity to provide a critique on your entry,
Eric

Distant Past Lovers -A Tribute-
by Natasha

Comment:
Hey there from the Critique Club

Camera Work/Technical: It looks like your focus locked in on her curls, which are nicely crisp. I really wish that the focus was on her eyelids, with enough depth of field to include crisp lips.

Lighting: Very nice lighting. Between your lighting of the subject and your toning, you created a wonderful mood that matches nicely with your title.

Composition/Content: Also nice. I think that I would like to see just a little bit more of her eyes, but not a lot. Her pose and the emotion on her face fits very well with the band name that you chose.

My Opinion: I like it, and you finished with a very well-deserved score. I'd like to see the focal point shifted a bit, and perhaps a bit more of her eyes. Outside of that, I don't think that I would have changed a thing.

Thank you for the opportunity to provide a critique on your entry,
Eric

Danish Poultry League
by chesire

Comment:
Hey there from the Critique Club

Camera Work/Technical: The first think that grabs the voters eye and makes them take notice is sharp focus. You look a little on the soft side here, and I am pretty sure that this was one aspect that pulled your score down.

Lighting: I like the mood you created with your lighting. Somehow, it fits very nicely with the working subject you have included.

Composition/Content: I like your initial composition, but the lettering needs some work. I think that I would have gone with a bolder font, and I absolutely would have left off that stroking of the letters.

My Opinion: You started with a neat idea and a great 'band' name. This one just needed a bit better execution in a few areas.

Thank you for the opportunity to provide a critique on your entry,
Eric

Death Proves Life
by electrolost

Comment:
Hey there from the Critique Club

First of all, congrats on a new best score. I am sure that many more will follow, but it's always nice to have a new image sitting on the profile page.

Camera Work/Technical: Your choice of presentation fits your subject matter very well. There are some hot spots, suggesting a little overexposure, but, in combination with the graininess of this image, the overexposure works nicely.

Lighting: As mentioned before, a little overexposed, but I would not have changed anything about the lighting. You created a very nice, high-contrast image.

Composition/Content: The items seem to fit well together, representing the finality of all things. I like it, but it may have been just a bit too busy for the voters.

My Opinion: 5.7 is a very respectable score, and you finished with a well-deserved new personal best. Voters tend to vote lower on duotone images and images with grain. Even with that, you were able to pull a 5.7. Nice work, and I look forward to more.

Thank you for the opportunity to provide a critique on your entry,
Eric

Dog Pound Lounge
by Evil-Chihuahua

Comment:
Hey there from the Critique Club

Camera Work/Technical: Great focus, strong colors and a very nice 'band' type photo. I like all the details, right down to the lead singer on the right, standing back and peering into space as if on a completely different plane.

Lighting: Overall, your lighting is pretty strong. I do think that I'd like to see the pups lit a bit better. Maybe a little fill flash, but, if those guys are like ours, the flash would only scare the hell out of them

Composition/Content: Great composition. Every element in the frame serves well to keep the eye wandering and looking for more. I am a bit disappointed in their choice of beers. I always pegged chihuahuas as Sam Adams drinkers.

My Opinion: Strong entry. Strong finish. I like what you captured here, and you earned the score the voters gave. Nice work.

Thank you for the opportunity to provide a critique on your entry,
Eric

DEAF POET'S LAMENTATION
by hotpasta

Comment:
Very well-seen and terrifically executed. The voters have spoken, and I cannot see anything to add in the way of a thoughtful critique. Congrats on another ribbon to add to your ever-increasing collection. Nice work! My favorite part (aside from the great image) is the number 1 hit...clever!

Deathly Pale Legs
by snaffles

Comment:
Hey there from the Critique Club

Camera Work/Technical: Crisp focus on the on the woodwork, but the legs seem to lose some sharpness with your depth of field. Nice work with the colors and post-processing to create a nice, pale set of legs.

Lighting: Very nice and even. No blown highlights and no details were lost in the shadows.

Composition/Content: I agree with Kelly on the border, but I do like the overall composition. I like it even more after reading that you were upside down when it was shot. I think that those borders could have been half that size, maybe even less, and the layout would have looked better.

My Opinion: I do like it, but I think that I'd like it more with less border and better focus on the legs.

Thank you for the opportunity to provide a critique on your entry,
Eric

Data Processing Logic
by splidge

Comment:
Hey there from the Critique Club

Camera Work/Technical: Crisply focused for shooting lights and well-captured. Just glancing at it, I didn't really see much to the image. That may have cost you and tenth or two from the voters. Now, spending some time with it, I see what you have captured here.

Lighting: Your lighting is solely provided by the subject of your image. Nice idea and great concept.

Composition/Content: The tilt definitely adds interest to this capture. You also chose a great font that fits right in with the overall feel of the image.

My Opinion: I think that many voters passed it by, as I did when I first saw it. Even still, you managed a strong score and a well-deserved finish.

Thank you for the opportunity to provide a critique on your entry,
Eric

Daredevil Psychotic Ladybugs
by freakin_hilarious

Comment:
Hey there from the Critique Club

Camera Work/Technical: Your choice of focal points makes this one a bit distracting. While I can see that parts of the ladybug are focused, I'd really like to see this one with the bug fully focused. I do like the contrast that you achieved.

Lighting: I like the contrast that you created with the lighting here. My only complaint with the lighting is that the focal point is on the brightest part of the image, and that isn't the subject of the image.

Composition/Content: I'll echo the straw comment from below. I'd really like to see the entire bug, as well as the entire bug nicely focused. The straw on this side of the subject seems more accidental than an intentional composition.

My Opinion: Nice idea, and a pretty strong capture. With a bit of a change in the focal point, as well as the composition of the bug, your score would have surely grown.

Thank you for the opportunity to provide a critique on your entry,
Eric

Destination Park Lane
by Nuzzer

Comment:
Hey there from the Critique Club

Camera Work/Technical: I like the idea you had here, but I think that the lack of focus is a bit overbearing for what you produced. While I understand the use of motion, I think zooming out a bit, thus including more of a focused area, would have made this one easier to look at.

Lighting: Your lighting is the strength of this image, in my opinion. Even with the motion blur, its pretty easy to see that you captured a very nicely lit scene.

Composition/Content: Again, I think that the subject occupies a bit too much of the frame. Your choice of text and font fits this one very well.

My Opinion: Overall, I like it. I would, however, like to see more of the scene around the speeding vehicle. I think it would really pull me more into the scene and frame, making it more real to me as a viewer.

Thank you for the opportunity to provide a critique on your entry,
Eric