Escher Tribute
by xXxscarletxXx

Comment:
::: Greetings from Critique Club :::

Hi, as requested, here is an indepth critique of your submission.

First Impression - the most important one:
Interesting image, but comes across as over-processed.

Composition:
I'm not liking the fish-eye look on this image. Using the fisheye is fine, but should later be de-fished in PS with this type of shot.

Subject:
n/a

Technical (Color, focus, and light):
Color is a bit over-saturated, also seeing some artifacting in the sky.
Focus: Could be a bit sharper, details just aren't coming through for me. Isuspect you sed a fish-eye adapter in front of a P&S camera and has probably hurt the focus some.
Lighting: seems like it was nice, but over-processing has lost a lot of detail inside the arches.

To grow its vote?:
A little less processing probably would have helped on this one. Also, the defishing that I mentioned earlier.

Summary:
Overall, interesting shot. Keep at it. :-)

Hope to see more from you soon,
Leroy

complex being
by saintaugust

Comment:
Hey, that's kinda cool :-) I large techno-woody :-)

divine freedom
by saintaugust

Comment:
Love the lighting on this photo. Definitely defines her shape well. Nice subject too ;-)

City Architecture
by DigiFotoBuddy

Comment:
::: Greetings from Critique Club :::

Hi, as requested, here is an indepth critique of your submission.

First Impression - the most important one:
Overall, it seems to be more of a cityscape shot than an architecture shot to me. But, I do like it as a cityscape.

Composition:
A typical architecture shot should draw ones eye to the details of a building. This really has more of a composition that one would see in a subjectless landscape. Compositionally, the yellow cab in the foreground becomes more of a subject than the buildings.

Subject:
The way you have composed this shot puts more emphasis on the taxi in the foreground than the architecture of the city.

Technical (Color, focus, and light):
Focus looks sharp. Color and lighting are both nice. Nothing wrong with the technicals.

To grow its vote?:
Meet the challenge in the eyes of more voters. If the challenge had been cityscapes this shot would have done really well. But, just seems out of place in this challenge.

Summary:
This shot does show competence on the part of the photographer and overall is a good shot.

Hope to see more from you soon,
Leroy

Bullets-Bum---IMG_1731.jpg
by Kaizer

Comment:
LMAO! Never thought to shoot mine from that angle... LOL

Contrast
by Matthew

Comment:
::: Greetings from Critique Club :::

Hi, as requested, here is an indepth critique of your submission.

First Impression - the most important one:
Wicked shot! Definitely deserves the top ten finish :-) Congrats! This shot is AWESOME!

Composition:
It there anyway to make the composition work better? No, I don't think so. This works well for you.

Subject:
This is one of those photos where the whole photo becomes the subject. Good work on achieving that.

Technical (Color, focus, and light):
All spectacular and show competence on the part of the photog. I can tell this wasn't just a snapshot.

To grow its vote?:
Get a few others photos DQ'd ;-) No seriously, I don't think there is much you could have done to improve this AWESOME shot.

Summary:
AWESOME< AWESOME, AWESOME!!!!!

Hope to see more from you soon,
Leroy

It Is Finished...
by Nikonian Ninja

Comment:
::: Greetings from Critique Club :::

Hi, as requested, here is an indepth critique of your submission.

First Impression - the most important one:
That is one awesome Jesus statue :-) I like this photo, definitely stands out.

Composition:
I like that you centered the compostion horizontally. I think your choice of composition works here.

Subject:
Right there in your face. Not hard to miss.

Technical (Color, focus, and light):
Focus is good, but it looks like you may have over-sharpened a bit in post-process.

I like the color of the image, especially the blue sky and red roof.

I'm not real fond of the lighting though. The shadows are kind of harsh. I'd like to see this shot at a different time of day or at night (if there are any spot lights on the Jesus).

To grow its vote?:
I think you may have over-processed the image. It comes off as a bit dark.

Summary:
I like the photo, a few minor improvements could elp it, but overall it's COOL!

Hope to see more from you soon,
Leroy

Subtle Architecture
by vjoz

Comment:
::: Greetings from Critique Club :::

Hi, as requested, here is an indepth critique of your submission.

First Impression - the most important one:
Interesting shot, but comes off a bit too abstract for an architecture shot.

Composition:
I like the composition. It's unique and strong.

Subject:
OK, here's where I get a bit confused. The subject here is the leaf, which stands out strong against the background. However, you are entering into a challenge on architecture. Hence, I believe a deeper DoF is needed to have the building a bit more in focus. The funny thing about reflections is that you must add more DoF to have them in focus (the distance from reflector to what is being reflected is important in your DoF choice).

Technical (Color, focus, and light):
I think all technicals are good, other than the DoF issue I just talked about.

To grow its vote?:
I think if we could emphasize the building more with a deeper DoF the score would have been a LOT higher. I had to look for quite a bit to see the building. Voters don't generally give you that luxury.

Summary:
It was a creative take on the challenge and I hate to see it got bashed in voting.

Hope to see more from you soon,
Leroy

Dirty Little Biker Boy
by ShutterPug

Comment:
Cute, very cute and almost looksa like Joey_L editing :-)

Psychology-Today.jpg
by Jutilda

Comment:
LOL at the Grils on Lithium Gone Wild :-)