Enduring Pillars
by Gracious

Comment:
The graininess adds to this shot! I like the lines and how they draw the eye to jogger and bench in the middle. Great job! In my top 10 this week.

Cloudlife
by xertion

Comment:
Very nicely done! Nice crisp shot! In my top 10 this week.

The Bookworm
by andrewm

Comment:
Nice capture. Good tones and lines. In my top 10 this week.

say goodbye
by elgomin

Comment:
Excellent shot. Great tones. Your capture and lines are perfect! 10 all the way.

Eggs Go Round in Circles
by RLS

Comment:
Good lighting and tones. Although it may be a little overprocessed (neatimage and unsharp mask), it's still a great shot and in my top 10.

Harvest Moon, In Egg
by jerrft

Comment:
Excellent shot! This is very affective shot. I like the tones and gradient. This is in my top 10 this week!

Oviform
by Tarbini

Comment:
Nice dramatic lighting. You have a simple but affective composition. In my top 10 this week!

Stars
by pitsaman

Comment:
Critique Club Comment:

You have found a very interesting piece of architecture. The repeating columns and decorative stars do have a rhythm to them. With a shot like this one, the viewer is looking for balance. You have the elements available to make a balanced shot, but your crop has left more column on the left and cut off the one on the right. This leaves me feeling that this has a more of a snapshot feel to it. As you get more in tune with your shots, you'll begin paying attention to your location in relation to the subject you're shooting. As you move around you may realize that you can get a better perspective by moving left or right, or by kneeling or standing on something. This shot just needed you to move more to the right so you are standing directly in front of the middle column. This would have square the horizon and balanced the space on the left and right. Your white balance is good. The tones in the building look correct. You don't have any areas that are overly bright or dark and the curtains appear sharp and in good light. You may have oversharpened your final version here. This can be seen in by the stairstepping in the window stars.

This is a fine shot, it only needs a small amount of adjustments to make this really stand out for the viewer.

Lay low, Yellow
by vjoz

Comment:
Critique Club Comment:

This is yellow. I don't feel moved by the shot though. The negative space although a good idea, is probably too much. Moving the lemon to the right some to add a little more balance on the left side would help equalize the framing. I think the horizontal placement is good. Your lighting is oversaturating the lemon. So much so that the details are lost. You may want to try bouncing the light off of a wall or ceiling, or diffusing it with a thing white paper or cloth. This will give you a more even lighting and allow more of the texture to show through. Your depth of field and post processing are both good.

I think that if you had more time to work on your lighting, the use of the mirror and the lemon could have created a wonderful shot, as it is, the lack of time available is evident.

Sitting in the yellow glow......
by davehuge

Comment:
Critique Club Comment:

This is a shot that may have a lot of meaning to the photographer, but on the general public it is hard to generate the same emotion. You have done well with your shot. You have good lighting and dof. Some things that you may want to concider with a shot like this. Try to include the whole statue in the shot. You have cropped out the base of this statue. By leaving the base and some of the table that it is on, you will balance the top and bottom of the picture. A side shot is also difficult to shoot. Your lighting is from directly in front of the statue causing hard shadows on the wings and back. If you turned the statue 45 degrees toward the camera and then had the light from the right side of the camera, you would include more detail of the statues face and wings and the lighting would be more even across the visible features.

Your current setup and lighting are good. You have enough light and interest to make this a nice shot. I feel that if you treated this as a human portrait and used techniques that work for them, you would really bring out the glory of this piece.