1 Sec Heron, Minimal PAD.
by MelonMusketeer

Comment:
A little soft in focus but with the shutter speed you used and the lens all the way out you did real well. I would have preferred him a little less centered but you could crop him that way in post editing.

Fringe
by Alicia

Comment:
Great natural gradient and lines. This one could be pretty sharp edited up to really bringout the colors of the streamers. This is one I would like to play around with.

DAY 1. minimal editing project . perspective .
by roz

Comment:
I need to get a polarizing filter. Great colors and lines. This should be fun to edit up. Looking forward to seeing its next steps.

DNA
by yanko

Comment:
Great shot - blah, blah, blah - congrats on the ribbon - blah, blah, blah - couldn't have happened to a better guy - blah, blah, blah. ;)

SNAFU
by muckpond

Comment:
Congrats! Glad to see this image up so high and even more so for the person whose name is attached to it! Great job muckpond!!

lunar new year - cultural fusion
by super-dave

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club -

My first gut reaction to this is great colors on the kids. You definitely caught an interesting family there.

Now I am not a street photographer either so my judgement here is strictly the opinion of someone who doesn't have a clue. One thing I may have played with is making the family pop a bit more. Your family is in pretty good focus but they dont really stand out from the crowd as much as they could. Maybe layering them and the foreground out and gently blurring the background could have made them stand out a bit more. I may have also bumped up the sat a tiny bit just to really work the colors hard. I know most people in this challenge wanted b&w or sepia images but it would have been a shame for you to go that route and lose the great colors you have. Tweaking them a bit more may have given more impact.

Otherwise I am not sure what else to tell you. You have a nice picture here - not stellar but not a stinker either - which is reflected in your voting pattern and number of comments. Its always hard to comment on an image that really doesnt have anything major wrong with it but at the same time doesnt have that wow power that voters are looking for. You do seem to be in a great area to attempt more images like these (and for that I am jealous). And way to go with your lens choice. Some (including me) chose a very long lens so that they weren't even close to the situation they were shooting. Your choice meant that you were fairly close by which for many would be way out of their comfort zone.

Not sure if any of this helps (or makes sense for that matter). Keep up the good work!

Tim

what rabbit?
by Mark

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club -

Let me start by saying that is one funky looking rabbit. I see what you were attempting after reading your comments but I don't remember if I got it during the challenge.

My first reaction to this image is that there doesn't seem to be a good focus to the image. Not from a technical blurry point of view but from a compositional POV. The man walking up front covers up the rabbit and doesnt seem to allow it to stand out. Had you caught him a step or two forward or backward the impact may have been greater. A split second longer could have yielded good separation on the walkers in the background as well. Right now it feels like a snapshot with no purpose. So thats my gut reaction.

From a technical perspective you have a decent b&w conversion, good variety of tones and in general good sharpness and detail. A little dodging and burning may have given more detail to your rabbit - but I love playing with Photoshop so that is my personal bent.

Kudos for stepping out of your comfort zone in submitting an image that you wouldnt normally. Taking pics of strangers can be challenging - especially with the lens you were using as that doesnt allow you much distance between your camera and the "models".

Keep working at it. Your portfolio shows a creative eye and execution.

Tim

You Silly Human
by jenesis

Comment:
I have looked at this one several times and it always makes me smile. Great look, great DOF and teh flooring adds a very nice real touch. This shot just makes me feel happy.

All you need is love
by Judi

Comment:
Way to go Judi! Lovely image and an awesome score. Congrats!

she touches my heart
by tate

Comment:
I thought I recognized her. One of my top picks of the challenge. Glad to see it make top ten. Congrats!