Angel Heart
by chipuc

Comment:
Yeah baby! Bumping up to 9.

Refuge
by Brad

Comment:
Nice, simple and clean. Bumping up to 9.

How Now Brown Cow?
by Bruce_the_Robert

Comment:
Love it, love it, love it. Bumping up to 9.

Forever Best Friends
by JawnyRico

Comment:
Very nice. This should place real high. Bumping up to 9.

Watchful Eye
by aliqui

Comment:
Great shot. I like this alot. 8

Finding Nemo
by De Sousa

Comment:
Excellent idea and execution. Very nice.

Silly Sammy Slick sipped 6 sodas and got sick sick sick
by pipsqueak

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club -

Hello again. And congrats on another 6+ score. Well done!

Good image here. Very good focus on Sammy and the DOF works well. You laid out the jars just fine. Maybe taken a bit higher to allow Sammys full face to show, but this pose will do.

I think the one thing that would have allowed your image to score even higher would to have been to make the hue shift only on Sammy and not on the whole image. A complimenting color (not sure what compliments puke yellow ;)) could have made this stand out abit better. The backgournd color is just too similar to his skin tones. A bright and more vivid color I think would have allowed your image to pop even more and really isolate Sammy well.

But thats about it. You took a nice shot, edieted it well overall and the voters rewarded you witha 6+ score. Keep that up and you will see your top rated images all change in the very near future. Well done and good luck in future entries!

Tim

Green eggs and ham! Yummy!
by snaffles

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club -

Hey Susan. You surely met the challenge criteria with this shot. But overall its not an appealing image. Granted I am not really sure how I would go about making an image of green eggs and ham appealing in the first place myself.

Looks like you have some slight noise issus going on with your background. Most likely from the hue shift. I struggle at times trying to change the hue of my images without getting some sort of noise into the image. And I know that its all supposed to be green, but it might be a bit too flourescent. I cant believe I am saying your eggs are too green. ;)

Your presentation of the plate could have been better had you been a bitmore on top of the plate. I think that if you had caught the shot with the eggs more prevalent and visible rather than from this side position your overall composition may have been better. And maybe not so tight as crop to get the whole plate in.

Your focus and sharpness look good. I like the fork sticking out. What kind of lightbox are you using?

Again - its tough to make subject matter like this look pretty. Hang in there and keep shooting. I look forward to seeing your future entries. Good luck!

Tim

Architectural Symmetry
by dcanossa

Comment:
Greetinsg from the Critique Club -

First off congrats on a new personal best. Thats always a good thing.

Yo rimag ehere definitely meets the challenge. Easily symmetrical. But its technically and artistically missing some things. The image is a bit soft in focus. Would have been nice to havethe details really be sharp. The colors and contrast are also a bit flat. This may have worked well as a b&w or sepia toned image. AS it is though its a bit boring.

The composition as well is a bit flat. It doesnt have a lot of impact or interest holding power to it tat would have garnered it a higher score in voting. Study some of the higher scoring images here and read the threads. This place is a treasure trove of info and you cant help but learn from it. Keep shooting and good luck in future challenges!

Tim

Irrational lottery number
by Django

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club -

Nice simple image here. You easily met the challenge.

Never would have guessed it was an egg. I think if you used a highe raperture you would have caught more detail. AS it is it seems a bit soft. Not terribly so, but a bit more focus could have been nice. The light looks pretty good and the shadow is good. I really like that yoru horizon is level and actually intersects the egg at a pleasing point. A crooked horizon line would have really lessened the impact of this image.

This image to me is calling for a big border. A thin black line around the shot and then a fairly thick white border would have been nice IMO. Dont know how other voters would dig it, but it might give it a more complete feel to the image overall.

Really not a bad score. 5.8 for your second challenge is really good. My first four entries were all well below 5. Use this site to you rfull advantage. There is alot to be learned here and people willing to help. Most of all try and have fun here. This place is ablast. Welcome to DPC and good luck in the future!

Tim