cherry blossoms illuminated at the time of festival
by kenbo

Comment:
Hmmm... whats with your sky? It looks to me like this is a case of having a dark photo and lightening it in photoshop... is this what happened? Pretty nice composition... and good reflection. Careful with Post adjustments.

Deep Purple
by BigSmiles

Comment:
It looks like you tried to crop much too tightly on this photo... it looks really grainy to me. Also for deep purple I think I would have liked maybe a little more color. Good composition though...

Rainy Day
by sunflower

Comment:
This is very centered, not an extremely appealing subject... and hard to tell if anything is really in focus... plus you have a blue line sorrounding the flower, did you try to push the saturation... not sure what would cause this, but I feel the photo looks like you took paints and painted it. I'm not big on a lot of post shot adjustments.

Basidiomycota
by crabappl3

Comment:
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for not going out and taking a picture of wildflowers, or going and buying them at the store! THANKS! I love this pic... the one mushroom that is best lit is also best in focus, and you can really see the detail. It really stands out! I love it! Nice job with DOF, use of natural light, and subject! Perfect 10!!

Round Red Ring of Pi
by Geocide

Comment:
Critique Club

Hi Geocide - I really think the your color entry was much more effectual than this one, even though they were of the same items...

Did you just crop substantially in on a similar photo to the other? That's how it looks to me because of the extreme graininess of the photo. Thats hard to deal with sometimes, but it's something to think about. I think it fit the challenge pretty well... it definitely had the circle in there (which is awesome for pi) and I think it was an interesting shot with multi layers. Lighting isn't bad... and I like the DOF... The colors of the photo are kind of dull... but otherwise it's not really bad, just not extremely appealing to me.

This is a very different photo... somewhat interesting but not my style. We all have our own opinions. Best of luck!

-Talya

Louise's Rose
by sher

Comment:
Critique Club

BEAUTIFUL! I absolutely love this photo... nice job Sher, I think it should have scored much higher.

Positives - As a photo, this is absolutely beautiful... nice job with the soft focus and good cropping (I personally think) I like how the green offsets the pink, and I don't think it would have fit the challenge if it wasn't for that. I know some people counted down because it wasn't extremely bright and or saturated, but I think it fit the challenge perfectly..,. hey there are colors there, and beautiful ones at that! Great lighting and use of DOF. I really think this is just extremely well done!

Negatives - I'm not crazy about the border, but thats just a personal thing... The brown streak in the bottom left hand corner (prolly a leaf) is somewhat distracting and detracts from the beauty. Some of the extra little brownish green things coming in on the left are a little distracting. These are all very nitpicky things though...

Overall I think you did a wonderful job! Keep up the good work, I think this photo is truly beautiful (frame it and hang it on the wall! ;-) ) Cheers!

-Talya

Abstract and cliche!
by Sonifo

Comment:
Awesome leading lines... even the bubbles form a line. I'm usually not really into the abstract, but I think in this case it lends a very interesting look at what could be a somewhat boring photo. -10-

flag on brooklyn bridge
by tomzinho

Comment:
This definitely fulfills the challenge, however technically the picture could have been better. Getting down and really filling the frame would have been nice, as it is, the picture is very very centered, which isn't extrelmely pleasing to the eye... if anything I would have cropped off some of the clouds. Good subject though.

Fragile
by dsidwell

Comment:
I have to ask whether this is commenting on just the eggs, and you wanted to put this on a cool background, or whether you think the state of America is fragile? Just curious, because this can be construed in two ways. nice pic though... your getting a 9 from me :-)

My Foot in the Door ...
by CreativeFlyPhoto

Comment:
YAY! I love docs... for a long time they were the only shoes I wear. I like your dof on this photo, it's a very interesting perspective and I think it might sell some copies. The one thing that bothers me is the white inbetween the two shoes. I think this is where my eye tends to go, and this takes away from the picture overall. Still very interesting angle, and nicely done.