Pears in a Bowl
by admart01

Comment:
The pear in the foreground appears to be floating. I don't like the tones for the image- looks like the fruit has gone bad!

The Balance of Serenity
by Ubersteiny

Comment:
Wow man...this is great. Glad to see you succeeding. Strangely I just added you to my favorite photographers just now. Strange because I always swing by your profile to see what you've been shooting.

Anyways...excellent job.

alone in the darkness.
by nostalgic

Comment:
Greetings from the critique club!

Excellent "found" shot. It didn't quite look like you expected but sometimes those are the most interesting shots. I like the composition here and the ghostly appearance of the reflection. Its a fairly dark image but it really suits the shot.

Well done!

Walking the path, asking Castaneda about don Juan, missing peyote...WAKE UP!
by gjumi

Comment:
Greetings from the critique club!

Overall this a pretty good idea that was pretty well executed.

Judging from the effect you were looking for I would say go with a really large aperture and get lower. This would then look like a nice sharp foreground with the image softening as you go back. The path takes you into the frame so a lower angle would emphasize that.

The black and white conversion works well for the challenge and the image but it is quite dark. There's nothing wrong with that but there might be more visual appeal if you played with levels and/or curves a bit to get greater contrast.

definition of portrait - likeness of person or animal (this is an animal!)
by roz

Comment:
I think your title might be just daring people to DNMC it. That aside, your sheep looks a little grey and perhaps underexposed.

Miss Heather
by rayg544

Comment:
Really great shot. Too bad there is so many stray hairs but since its outside? Not really a problem that you can do much about.

Impromptu Portrait of Friends Who Are Moving...
by 777STAN

Comment:
Very nice family portrait. Probably one of the few family portraits that I'll see in this challenge too which therefore makes this quite unique and therefore refreshing.

Mr Happy
by SouthCoastOr3gon

Comment:
This needs to have a little better focus for starters as it is a little soft. There is also a definite blue cast which needs to be corrected.

Oh Look! Yet another picture of a child.
by Nullix

Comment:
I really don't like the border. It totally draws my eye to the outside of the frame and away from his face. A border's purpose is to "contain" the picture. This border visually crops the shot.

Solitaire
by kiwiness

Comment:
Hmmm...a Tricia Helfer look alike. Cool!