Oops!! Busted!
by Majanka

Comment:
** Greetings from the Critique Club **

Good emotive shot kept simple. The expression says "oops" or "busted" as the title suggests, leaving you to wonder what she has been caught at. The composition is perfect - great use of negative space. Techincal factors all seem well done - exposure, balance, etc. The framing color is the only negative I find here. Perhaps if you had matched the color of her hair or eyes it would work better. Your lighting was very well done. Good shot.

- Linda

Rhododendron Hodgsonii
by Geee

Comment:
** Greetings from the Critique Club **

The texture and pattern present in the leaves is nice, but the lighting is too harsh. As for the composition, I would have liked to see more angle to this instead of so straight down. Another idea would have been to use a shallow DOF, focusing on just one of the larger leaves. Just seems a little too busy to me. The colors are nice and vibrant where there is not glare, and very natural looking.

- Linda

Pink
by aussieannie

Comment:
** Greetings from the Critique Club **

What a stunning capture! I love the clarity of the birds flying over head, especially with just the one showing it's colors. Great focus! Colors are also very sharp - vivid. Truly impressive. Composesd perfectly also, almost as if you had placed the birds in the sky yourself. Great shooting!
As for meeting the challenge, it was a bit of a stretch. I am guessing by the title your pattern was the pink pattern of the one bird?

- Linda

Hey U! My Pillion seat got hurt!
by doctabrez

Comment:
** Greetings from the Critique Club **

The composition here is lacking in my mind. Perhaps if you shot this from another angle, and it was not so dead center that would be better.
I would also like to have seen a shallower DOF to blur out the busy background. Color balance and exposure seem okay.

- Linda

"Ewww Grandpa! That is not the Holiday Potpourri!"
by Rikki

Comment:
** Greetings from the Critique Club **

Creativity is a wonderful thing, and this surely is creative. The composition is pretty good, although I think if there were less of Gramps behind it would be better as the focus would be stronger on the young girl. Your colors are nice and vibrant, and exposure levels seem perfect. The items in the background (behind the girl) are a little distrating. A shallower DOF might help here.

- Linda

Big Ape
by bobdaveant

Comment:
man he looks angry! Nice shot - love the DOF

Eagle
by bobdaveant

Comment:
nice close up, but seems to be a little noisy. What were your settings?

Looking for Answers
by bobdaveant

Comment:
I like the crop and composition. The light casting off the far side of your face is a littel harsh above the eyebrow, but not too bad.

HPIM1431.JPG
by nlghttrain

Comment:
wow. I like the tree on the left - not so much with the one in the lower right corner as that one branch just extends too far into the center of the image

HPIM1432.JPG
by nlghttrain

Comment:
nice shot - again I would try to adjust the saturation levels to make the colors pop more.