Red Hot
by Judi

Comment:
Perhaps needs a little more fill flash, but overall it's nice.

Faceless Nights
by angela_packard

Comment:
ooooh creepy. I like what you've created here. Kind of gives me a Children of the Corn feel. Nice.

Body Shapes
by angela_packard

Comment:
I expected a better score, especially since it was the same shoot as from Mothers ;-) But... decent score... still under-rated. I personally admire the "shape".

Morning Dew
by Pooba

Comment:
Man, I picked two photos for ribbons this week and they both came in as ribbons. Job well done!

Teardrops
by Tom_Robbrecht

Comment:
Darn, I'm getting good at picking ribbons ;-) well done and well deserved.

Duality
by LeeD

Comment:
Since ya need another comment, I thought I'd go with your latest submission and give ya a quick critique.

Personally, I didn't think I'd be running into an image I like so much. Love your use of balcklights here. You have expressed your intention very well. I'm actually quite suprised it didn't score higher.

Perhaps your writing could have been neater. And the black on her wrist should have come up even with the divide down the rest of her body.

Overall, a great image. I love it.

Building where A-bomb of Hiroshima exploded, (an Oops - we will never forget)
by zxaar

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

I personally considered your photo very on-topic and a good reminder of a major Oops. Job well done!

Now, let's talk photography. Focus is good and the DoF you chose worked well for you.

Perhaps it's a little under-exposed, but this actually might work for the image, making it a little dark.

A little processing would have helped you get a little better score, but like you said, you didn't care about the score. You just wanted to tell a story, that's admirable. But, why not use the tools at hand to tell the story better by making the photo more dramatic? Higher contrast, darker tone ... things that would have taken seconds in post-process could have made a more dramatic statement.

My photojournalism background tells me that most of the time it's better to leave the image as captured. But, sometimes it's appropriate to add a little drama to the image, especially with an image that has the impact capability as yours.

Angle of atack:
The tree, while showing the "death" in this image, is somewhat distracting. It overpowers the composition. A slightly different point of shoot to minimize the tree's dominance would help the compostion a lot. Perhaps there is also too much sky in the shot.

Polarizer:
A polarizing filter would have been very appropriate for this shot. Making the clouds more pronounced and providing an atomosphere for the story you are trying to tell.

Overall, I like your way of thinking. I see what you wanted to say here and it is admirable. In that, I say good work. I look forward to seeing more work from you.

Take care,
Leroy

Green for Christmas!
by 777STAN

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

After reading your comments, I see my original assumption that you were trying to make someone look like the Grinch was offf.

I can give ya a quick tip though. When shooting for ambience, you need to manually set your white balance.

I see you "resized to fit specs". Your image is a bit small. DPC allows the longest side to be 640 pixels at up to 150kb. There is a tuturial Here..

For handheld with low light, it seems you got the focus well and was able to stay away from motion blur. That takes a steady hand, so good work there.

Don't let the low score get ya down. I can see potential here. Keep the challenge entries coming. Hope to see more work from you.

Take care,
Leroy

Wild Goose Chase on Christmas Morning
by minu

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

I remember seeing your image while voting and telling myself that it wouldn't do well. Why? Because to many, it just doesn't meet the challenge.

I scored it fairly high myself, because I tend to let the photographer decide what fits the challenge.

You mentioned you had an image that was a zoom of just his back. Now, THAT would have fit the challenge. There are some tutorials on the site about resizing, since you had concerns about image size. They are Here.

Your photo is in good sharp focus and shows good detail. Color seems a little flat though and lighting is harsh at best, but getting a chance to shoot a wild goose doesn't happen often does it?

I'd personally like to see other images from this series. Keep working, you won't see these types of scores long, I promise.

When you see a challenge, go out and shoot specifically for that challenge. This structure helps you practice many different styles of photography and perhaps will get you to shoot in ways you had never thought about.

Hope to see more from you.

Take Care,
Leroy

Me as a mother
by unneva

Comment:
Told ya I saw a ribbon. :-) Congrats!