Heat
by dmadden

Comment:
Wow...a lighthouse.

Simply Snail
by Coley

Comment:
Hey there from the Critique Club

Camera Work/Technical: Excellent. Your focus is super-crisp, your depth of field is perfect for this image and your colors really snap.

Lighting: Also near flawless. There are no blown highlights or detail lost in unnecessary shadows. Very nicely lit.

Composition/Content: I think I might have opened up the bottom just a bit to get that shell on the top rule of thirds intersection. Other than that, I cannot find anything to be picky about.

My Opinion: Fine job meeting the challenge and a fine score to match. Strong work!

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

1106.jpg
by aliqui

Comment:
I think that it is just a hair overdone. Bring the reds down and the blues up just a little, like 5-10%. Here is what I got using your edited version.

northward
by S_Lanterman

Comment:
First of all, welcome to the world of post-processing. You'll love it...and hate it...all at one time.

Not bad, especially for your first. I see that the image is in grayscale. Did you just desaturate it, or did you spend some time with a particular conversion method? The reason I ask is that it looks a little washed. You do have a great foundation to start with, but I think it could use a little more contrast. I spent a minute fiddling with it and came up with this.



I added a soft light layer, filled it with red, desaturated and adjusted it with a channel mixer layer than added a slight curves adjustment for some contrast. I also added a small border, as I stand on that side of the never-ending border argument. Let me know if I can help you with anything I mentioned, and good luck!

Early Morning Sentinel
by maxaz1

Comment:
Hey there from the Critique Club

First of all, CONGRATS on your new personal best score!! It always excites me to surpass old scores, even just to get a new one on my profile page. Very nice work to beat the strong work you already have there.

Camera Work/Technical: Excellent focus and nice depth of field use, as well as color use, to isolate the subject from the sky background. I see that you were down at ISO 50, but I still think I see some graininess in the sky. Perhaps just a touch of neat image or noise ninja would have cleared that up.

Lighting: Terrific, even lighting gives this one a great warmth and makes it a very appealing image. I see that you added some contrast in your post-processing. I think even a little more would have benefited it. I took the liberty to make some minor adjustments to further illustrate what I am talking about. In the image below, I added a very small curves adjustment and a little bit of neat image, as well as a border (yeah, I am on that side of the never-ending border debate). I'll gladly remove your image if you'd like me too, but here it is.


Composition/Content: Great choice of subjects and well placed to fall nicely into the rule of thirds.

My Opinion: A well-deserved new personal best. With some very minor adjustments, I think this one might have jumped that 6 hurdle. Nice work, and I look forward to more new bests from you.

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

Ahhh Bubbles
by WillSnaps

Comment:
Hey there from the Critique Club

Camera Work/Technical: Pretty crisp, but opening up that aperture a bit might have helped sharpen it up more. I do like the idea and I like what you came up with.

Lighting: It also looks like the lighting was too harsh, thus washing things out a bit. Opening up that aperture and toning down the lighting would have made a nice difference. The brightness of the lips and the shadows inside the mouth are a bit distracting.

Composition/Content: Great idea. You did a very nice job meeting the challenge in a very creative manner. Perhaps replacing the pink straw with a bright blue one would have added some nice color contrast, as well as give the eye more of an opportunity to flow around the image.

My Opinion: Nice work, and a fine score that followed. With some slight adjustments in your lighting and just a little more color, you would have been well into the 6 range.

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

Columbine
by karenk

Comment:
Hi there from the Critique Club
While 6 is a strong and very respectable score, I think this one is much stronger than a 6.0. Technically and compositionally, you achieved a terrific capture here. I absolutely love you depth of field use, and I think that it is the main strength of the image. This is not to say that other areas of the image are lacking, though. The color is wonderful, and the bokeh-esque green background does a great job setting off the brilliant yellow of the subject. The focus is very nice, especially the very crisp droplets on the flower. I believe that your scored suffered from commonality and nothing else. The image is strong, but many voters simply tire of flowers. While flowers are not one of my pet peeves, I can relate to the voters. I tire of house cats, woodies and any shot that has the aurora borealis in it. Often shots of common subjects lose points no matter the strength of the image. I believe that happened to this one. 15 votes of 4 or less says it all. Great image and a terrific addition to your front page.

Thanks for the opportunity to critique your entry,
Eric

Mack The Knife
by Dr.Confuser

Comment:
Hi there from the Critique Club

Technically, this is a fince photograph. Your focus is spot-on, and your colors are spectatcular. The image appears to have a small amount of haziness to it that would have been easily remedied with a slight curves adjsutment. Compositionally, I think you had lots of room for improvement. The image is a bit too centered, and chopping the base of the image off with your crop seems more accicental than an intentional composition. As mentioned earlier in your comments, the background is a bit too busy, thus distracting. Your lighting is nice and even, and I really like the reflections you captured in the little man. You also did a fine job meeting the challenge, perhaps as well as any other in the challenge. With some compositional adjsutmetns and a little curves adjsutment, I think this one would have pushed a bit higher.

Thanks for the opportunity to critique your entry,
Eric

Dinner for three
by spartacus9

Comment:
Hey there from the Critique Club

Camera Work/Technical: Spectacular! Your focus is spot on, making this one nice and crisp. You also captured a great intensity in the blues really making this one pop.

Lighting: I think that your lighting is the strength of this capture. The only flaws I can see with the lighting is the hot area on the shot measure and a small outline of the softbox on the top glass. Even still, I really like the lighting that you created here. Perhaps a polarizer would have toned down the reflections just a hair.

Composition/Content: This is where I think the voters hit you. The composition is a bit cluttered, and it feels too deliberate. I like the stacked glasses, but the chopped bottle seems out of place. I think that sliding the bottle behind the glasses, moving the shot measure out and opening up the zoom a little to include the entire bottle

My Opinion: This one seems like it scored about where it should have as it is. You have a very nice idea and you did a fantastic job with your lighting. With some small changes in the composition, this one would have surely bumped close to a 6.

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

Swirled in Stone
by rjkstesch

Comment:
Wow, awesome colors. Perfect background to really make this one pop.