The Signs of Sorrow come from the eyes
by Krisby

Comment:
too soft and overlit.

Cinema: Reflection of Society
by Cutter

Comment:
Hmmm... The border doesn't work for this one. It detracts from the delicate lighting at the edges. I like the use of negative space, however, I fear that people won't like it because it's dark.

Naked Mid East Peace
by karimelsahy

Comment:
Very creative. The lighting is not too flattery for these beautiful women though. Bring them away from the background and shoot with a shallow DOF to blur the background or find a less busy backdrop.

Playing for a cause
by caba

Comment:
The sign is almost off the image. It makes for an uninteresting view...

Route 66
by lcfourstar

Comment:
Over-saturated... With the old nature of it i.e. Route 66, the old pump the rusting bridge. it would look better desaturated.

Road Narrows
by bobgaither

Comment:
Maybe if the road were in the picture it would be more interesting.

Hitting the City
by rapid

Comment:
**** Greeting from the Critique Club ****

Challenge
- Relevant to the Challenge? Yes
- Is subject unique (vs. unoriginal or rehashed)? Yes

Compostion
- Good or Bad? How can it be fixed? The biggest problem with the composition is the huge patch of sky in the background that is washing out the colors and details. I'm assuming that you were shooting toward the sun. Looks like it's coming from the upper right. Good leading lines of the platform. I can't decide if a tighter crop would improve things.
- Good use of Depth of Field? No. I would use a narrower aperature to have more in focus, especially the sign overhead.

Lighting
- Good use of light? No
- Good use of shadows? It's hard to tell because the image is do dull. It's really hard to see the details because of this.

Aesthetics/Artistic Appeal:
- Colors and Contrast Needs work to make the image brighter and "Pop".
- Sharpness. Needs to to make it sharper. Better focus, DOF, and Unsharp Mash would help.
- What is my reaction or feelings? I occurs to me like a tourist snapshot. The subject is good, but the technicals aren't quite there, yet.

Legs
by shanksware

Comment:
**** Greeting from the Critique Club ****

Challenge
- Relevant to the Challenge? Yes
- Is subject unique (vs. unoriginal or rehashed)? Yes

Compostion
- Good or Bad? How can it be fixed? Nice strong diagonal elements. Very simple composition. Not too much that can be said here. :)

Lighting
- Good use of light? Yes. Nice silhouette.

Aesthetics/Artistic Appeal:
- Colors and Contrast Good color choice and contrast with the silhouette. Maybe make the red a few shades lighter.
- Sharpness. Okay. Here's the that I don't like. The over-sharpening. You like the halo. I would like it better without.
- What is my reaction or feelings? It grabs your attention. I took a copy of this and twiddle with it in PS and I prefer it with the edges soft. It's too harsh.

Festival of Lights
by theSaj

Comment:
**** Greeting from the Critique Club ****

First impression: the image is dark.

Challenge
- Relevant to the Challenge? Yes
- Is subject unique (vs. unoriginal or rehashed)? Yes

Compostion
- Good or Bad? How can it be fixed? There is a lot of dead space to the top and to the left due to the darkness of the image. Crop them out making the starburst more dominant in the image. I wondering if your point was to make the light secondary to the gold ball as it seems to being the point in focus.
- Good use of Depth of Field? Yes. Good Bokeh.
- Good focus? No. The focus is on the gold ball and not on the "Burst of Color" although with this particular subject it's going to be difficult to get the lights (a light? which one to choose?) in focus.

Lighting
- Good use of light? As I mentioned earlier, the image is dark, so no. The star filter helps to distribute some light to other parts of the image, but most people are going to think this image too gimicky for it's use.

Aesthetics/Artistic Appeal:
- Colors and Contrast. I love the colors, especially the out-of-focus yellows, blues, and greens.
- What is my reaction or feelings? If I use my hands to crop the image. It's amazing, but as submitted it doesn't excite me.

Stairs.jpg
by Tallbloke

Comment:
I'm think silos. I love the shadows across the rounded structure. Gimme less of the one on the left since it's all in shadow.