It's All Just a Blur Now...
by krets

Comment:
Took me a second look at this photo to find "Waldo" but thats what the Waldo books are all about! Very nicely done in not getting too much of him in there, but still having the human shape in the middle near the blue umbrella. Great job and nice photo to boot. -10-

Waldo's Creek
by DJLuba

Comment:
Excellent job of incorporating "Waldo" into a beautiful photo. I'm guessing thats him on the bridge?! Very nicely done. A solid -10- from me... I hope you don't get counted down because people don't look closely enough! Good luck.

Squares and Sky
by bil99

Comment:
Critique Club

This is a pretty neat picture, I like the way you still get the idea of squares across, but not quite having a full square (I think challenges can be more in spirit then in physical terms ;-) )

Your focus here is excellent, and I love the contrast of the stark black against the cloudy, pleasantly blue sky. The coloring is really beautiful. Also I like your use of DOF here, you have the well focused "squares" and the background looks slightly blurry which makes you appear to be looking through a window.

I think that technically this photo has a good feeling, the leading lines are very helpful, your eye can follow this picture pretty well, especially since most of the straight lines go from the bottom left to the top right, and the squiggly lines go from the bottom right to the top left, its really interesting. It would not have been as effective if you had put it upright. Also the fact that none of the lines cross directly in the center is excellent.

Overall I think this is a great photo, though maybe not a wow photo, which may be where you lost some points, but you still did pretty well. I think its a pleasant photo to look at, it met the challenge, and was executed well. I really don't have anything to suggest changing about it. Nice Job!

-Talya

Cute Pet Cliches ?
by Gordon

Comment:
This is truly a beautiful specimen! Not necessarily cute, but an amazing creature :-) I like your picture and the DOF this is just awesome. -10- Talya

Stages
by rcrawford

Comment:
Pretty, and I love your DOF, definitely would have cropped some off the left though.

Dad and Dog
by crzystarbuckzgrl

Comment:
Hi this must be Danny's daughter, I have some tips for you. First off this is a great portrait, very cute, and well lit, with the lighting being even on the faces, with no shadows, very nicely done! The main criticism I have for you here is the tree going out of your dad's head. When taking pictures, especially ones that you can control your settings, pay attention to your backgrounds, this would have been an almost perfect picture if you would have moved the duo over a bit, and only had what looks to be the wooden fence behind them. The leading lines in this picture are excellent everything from the iron fence behind him to the wooden fence they all lead your eye to the main focus the heads, also your dad's arms tend to bring you that as well. One other thing I might have tried would have been to move your camera a little more the the left, and gotten more if his shoulder in and maybe less of the right side in. Just an idea though. Nice picture overall! Good luck! -Talya

When it Rains, Wear a Raincoat
by Anachronite

Comment:
You fit the challenge however this is not an overly attractive photo, either compositionally or stylistically. I really don't care for the super dark on the right and the super light on the left, plus your light source shines brightly off the condom package. I would have maybe cropped in more and moved the condom package closer, so that they were almost on top of each other, might make it somewhat more visually attractive. I give you some points for meeting the challenge, and the photo is in focus... -5-

Missing Sunset
by crabappl3

Comment:
I think some people miss the point of challenges... this challenge was not about how much cliche you could get into the photo, but how you could really make a thing we see all the time look super nice, and be a great photo. Ok, you go everything in but the sunset but unfortunately your photo is not extremely interesting, or greatly appealing. There are some major problems with this picture... for one it is much too busy, I have no clue what I should be looking at and even the background detracts from the setting, for another, I think it looks almost centered, yes the girl is slightly off center, but I think I would have liked a different crop here, as well as shooting this from a different angle. The lighting isn't too bad, it looks pretty even, and your focus is good, though I might have liked to see a different DOF, with some of the background blurred. I'm sorry for ripping on your photo, but this site is about photography often more then just meeting the challenge.

Both Wave on Command...All the Time!
by Gracious

Comment:
That's adorable... not sure how you, or whoever is holding the treat taught them to do that, but it's so cute. The picture isn't extremely appealing, although it's nice to see you got down somewhat on their level. It seems like you used a flash which lit the front one too much, though the back cat is nicely lit... also you can see the flash in their eyes. They are adorable cats.

Candid Shoe Tie
by Hotshot132

Comment:
You included shoetie in the title, but you can't actually see her tying her shoes, plus this isn't exactly a candid as she is looking directly at the camera and obviously knows your there. I prolly wouldn't have used ths title. It bothers me that her hands are cut off at the wrists and the fact that your lighting is uneven, there must be a window somewhere to the left?! The colors are good, and I think the focus is good, but overall not a very interesting photo.