I love her
by anaperalta

Comment:
I wish this were in nice crisp focus, because overall, I like the shot

Puppy Love
by ShutterPug

Comment:
And I thought Doggies only did it one way ... whoops sorry... Very fun shot and very cute and overall very WELL DONE

Anything For Love
by anthonyczaja

Comment:
Very cool idea

Exploration
by angela_packard

Comment:
This is adorable. Nice Saturation and color. Very good Contrast and nice DoF. And, best of all, it's JUST so CUTE!

el`e·men'tal : John Paul Caponigro
by Rikki

Comment:
Rikki, Rikki, Rikki ... Gratitous use of color will get you everywhere... Awesome shot, my man. Congrats :-)

Restrained Romance
by angela_packard

Comment:
Now, that's my kind of love. And my kinda woamn ;-) Really, out of the box idea and nicely exectued. Love the lighting and post-process looks very much like the old T-max B&W film when pushed.

Spent
by JRalston

Comment:
I just found this entry... that title is TOO much... lol

Laying in the road
by philup

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

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

First Impression - the most important one:
Very good post-process treatment of the bright yellow flower against the dark, dull road.

Composition:
Your composition is actually pretty strong. But, for this challenge, I want to see the road a bit more. At least give me edges or something to let me know it's a road and not just an asphault covered backdrop.

Subject:
Subject is very clear and I love the yellow against the black.

Technical (Colour, focus, and light):
Color is wonderful, focus is sharp.
Lighting seems a bit flat to me though. I'd like to see more dramatic shadows in the flower.

To grow its vote?:
Well, for this challenge, I expect the voters wanted to see more of the road, than just the flower lying in it. Had this photo been in another challenge, I'd give you a shot at top 25, maybe higher.

Summary:
Great photo, very well executed. But, perhaps you overthought the challenge and tried to be too unique.

Hope to see more from you soon,
Leroy

Rush Hour
by p e r p l e x i n g

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

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

First Impression - the most important one:
A bit too busy. Mostly what distracts me is the bus behind the first car .

Composition:
I think angle or perspective would have goven your shot a LOT of punch. What I'd like to see is cars disappering into the top left corner. giving the composition a full diagonal composition.

Subject:
The photo is, like I mentioned, too busy. Subject or subjects isn't well defined.

Technical (Colour, focus, and light):
Focus appears that it was sharp leaving the camera. Perhaps a bit more sharpening after resize would have made this image sharper though.
Colour is vibrant and seems very natural.
Exposure is a little underexposed. But, we have a problem. IF you were to expose the darker parts of the image correctly, you'd blow the highlights on the tops of the cars. I'm thinking maybe you just shot this at the wrong time of day.

To grow its vote?:
Composition goes a long way around here. Voters want unique points of view and sometimes very wild angles. They also seem to like bright vibrant colors. Just a few hints to get ya going ;-)

Summary:
Your score is respectable for your first challenge. I expect we'll be seeing more from you... and I hope to see you on the front page soon.

Hope to see more from you soon,
Leroy

consuming the flame
by nlghttrain

Comment:
You got the lighting much better on this one. Good compostion for this challenge.