Football
by marvin

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club -

First off - you easily met the challenge. I kind of like the odd framing of them, how they arent all the same or rectangular for that matter. Good way to maximaze your spacing. I found it hard to try and get a proper lineup of my images. Your choice to overlap is a good solution to that issue.

The focus being on the ball is good. The main model between your three images and the distinct color of it stands out well.

Some of the distractions in the image for me are these - the blur is a bit too much. I realize that you are shooting action shots here, but having a sharp focus onthe ball in each image could have made them more powerful. The blues also seem a bit oversaturated. And I think that the lighting on the right hand image needed to be bumped up a bit to be closer to the other two.

This isnt a horrible picture but at the same time it doesnt have the punch that would allow it a higher score. Not alot of high votes but really not alot of the lower votes either. Hope some of this helps.

Tim

Tulip Triptych
by Buckeye_Fan

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club -

Hi Gayle! Funny that I pull your image to comment on.

Well I will first tell you that I voted a 4 on this in challenge. But I was obviously in the minority on this one. This shot didnt grab me. While it easily met the challenge, the filters used were a bit over the top for my tastes. It felt more like a painting than a picture. Now I can see that you were going for somethign maybe a bit more surreal - just not my cup of tea.

That said - the triptych is laid out well. Good use of the overlapping squares to isolate the parts. The colors in the boxes are nice, though I am not sure if there would have been a better background color than the blue. Hard to give you any feedback on any of the technicals of the shot from a focus, detail point of view as your filters covered up most of that detail.

Now looking down at your other comments I can really see that people connected with your image. 22 comments almost all praising the shot is awesome! And your score is a great gauge as well. This might be a good image to post as a print. You could draw some good attention from it.

Hope some of this helps. Keep up the good work and we look forward to seeing you at Hocking Hills!

Tim

Facial Expressions
by pla2

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club -

Loved seeing this picture come up for me to comment on. I really enjoyed your model throughout the 30 days of portraits and I enjoyed this picture as well. I gave this shot a 6 in challenge. I think there are a couple of things that could have been changed to bring that score up.

You sure caught three nice expressions, but the change in framing on the last image really breaks the flow. The third image has such a strong expression that I think it would have fit better in the middle - even if the alignment of the girl in the image had been the same.

Well - I guess thats it. I think that is the biggest reason your image didnt break 6. The b&w conversion is nice, the frame is pretty cool (maybe a bit thinner on the black outer part) but overall it compliments your images nicely. Nice detail and a really cute girl. This is a just a really nice and pleasing image. Not a whopping stunner to bring you in the higher votes but really nothing drastically wrong either which shows in your tight vote spread. Not alot real high but no real low ones either.

Keep on with the good work. I look forward to seeing your future images!

Tim

Sunrise Waves
by hotpasta

Comment:
Great work Enzo - this was my fave right of fthe bat. Congrats on the new monster PB and first blue. Reall well done!

PS - I was using Aimees DPC window when I first commented - so now she has to come back and leave you a comment to clean up that empty space below. ;)

Cross Knifes
by JamesA

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club -

First off - let me welcome you to the wonderful world that is DPC. I trust that you will find it quite as addictive as I have.

Now to your image. I will be upfront and tell you I voted this a 4. You did meet the challenge with an image of knives but I felt there were some issues with the image that prevented me from scoring it higher.

I guess my main issue is the black corner. It takes up alot of the image, more than I prefer. It leaves the pic feeling unbalanced to me, and to have such a big area with absolutely no detail seems to have no purpose for this shot.

The composition is a bit uninteresting to me as well. I can tell that you set up the knives but the pattern or rhyme isnt flattering. They feel arranged but again with no purpose. There isnt a focal point with the knives or a center of interest.

Overall this picture is just there. It doesnt grab my attention or make me want to look longer.

Let me say that my first entry (first four actually) were all sub 5 scores. They stunk real bad. But I took my time, studied winning images, learned how to process and over the past year my results have changed. You have come across a great place to learn and suck information. Look over past winners, read their descriptions, read the how to threads and ask people questions. Don't be bummed out by a low scoring first image but look at it as your bench mark. Pay attention to what does well and try to implement that into your style. And most of all have fun here. This is a great place to play.

And again - welcome to DPC!

Tim

Cathedral
by Melethia

Comment:
Well - I love this shot. Not really diggin the square crop. The square crop just takes away from the massiveness that is this pic. Love the heavy editing. Has a Gotham City kind of feel. Excellent work Deb.

Leslie
by yanko

Comment:
Oh my! My first reaction if I had allowed it to follow through would have entailed me having to detail out my keyboard because of the technicolor yawn that would have happened. This just isn't right. Like the selective desat though. But boy this shot creeps me out. It should have been your triptych entry.

And the ship sails on
by LevT

Comment:
First off let me just say that Eeyore ROCKS! And he also seems to be the right character for this image. I get the feeling that the little girl is kind of longing for something. Since we can't see her face for any expression, the pose, the doll and the title steers it along. I like the patterns of her outfitand hat and the lines of the fence. The b&w feels very good, but I would also be interested inseeing a color version. This is a very nice capture. Good eye.

Solitude
by h2

Comment:
Excellent work Oliver. Really well done. Congrats on 4th.

Sunrise Waves
by hotpasta

Comment:
The winner all the way. Wish I could give it more than ten. Amazing set of images. Really put together well.