Architecture in glass
by pncowley

Comment:
Very original and well shot. The reflection adds a lot to your image, good work.

The Boldt Family
by autool

Comment:
Critique Club:

Hi Richard. I must confess when I voted on your pic in the challenge I didn't catch the story line until much later when I re-adjusted and I pushed up my original vote.

I think you have created a very humorous image which in my opinion was scored and placed much lower than it really deserved. Okay it isn't really a "wow" photo, but it is a photo with a lot of charachter and tells a continuing story, something which only a handful of photos in the challenge were able to do.

Technically, the layout and composition is good. The border is fitting to the image and the color scheme is also bang on. The lighting is excellent and I detect no dark areas and also now blown out spots. Setting up lighting for shiny objects is very difficult and you have mastered that here.

As was already commented below a couple of times, it is a pity that some of the bolt's heads are not fully visible in the third image. Perhaps if you had enlargened all the ovals a little more and increased the size of the overall image you would have gotten around that.

Also a tad more unsharp mask may have been necessary in my opinion to give the nuts and bolts a crispier appearance. They appear a little on the soft side.

Other than that this is a top multi-composition which, as I already mentioned, was extremely underrated.

Gary

Join us for Supper
by CreativeFlyPhoto

Comment:
Is that the moon up there in the sky? You chose the right shutter speed for this image, those lights are bright but not blown out at all, good. I would have tried a few different variations on text style though, the one you chose looks a little bland.

Mobil Pegasus
by cmrk74

Comment:
That is an original perspective! Good idea, especially with the sun shining on the right building and only shadows on the left one. The border is interesting although it isn't enhancing this image much.

For Mother's Day
by myqyl

Comment:
Typical postcard shot for sure. Somehow however the colors aren't coming through as well as they should. You could have remedied this by adjusting the levels or saturation in a editing program. Good luck.

The Delta King
by ChrisW123

Comment:
Good postcard shot. I especially like the way the white stands out against that vivid red color on the wheel, very effective. Good idea.

Berkeley
by GeneralE

Comment:
The stormy sky and angry clouds make for a decent background here. Who said all postcards MUST have a crisp blue sky as a background? You've gone against the rules of postcard regulations and showed them it can be done this way too, good one :-))))

Milton Keynes - Home of the Concrete Cows
by pinback

Comment:
An original idea and you pulled it off well. I like the humourous aspect to it.

"Fun in the Sun..."
by tfarrell23

Comment:
A very typical postcard shot I would expect to find in any postcard stand. What really makes this photo is the sky background with those amazing clouds in the distance.

Orange County, CA
by StevePax

Comment:
This is an excellent photo, very sharp and detailed. The lighting is bang on and the green and orange colors complement each other very well. I don't think blue was the best color choice for the border though.