flirtaceous.
by theodor38

Comment:
Great job!

Fresh New Look
by khkai

Comment:
haha!

Lots of bicycles:-)
by Bela45

Comment:
Looks like Japan!

Enchanted Forest
by BobsterLobster

Comment:
This is so Sidwell-esque. I think that's a compliment, too! :) I LOVE the soft focus and the UNBELIEVABLY dreamlike quality here. I'd love to know what the original looked like and how you PP'd it. 10.

Mother's Love
by shkelly587

Comment:
Needs some contrast. Try a high pass sharpen.

Ollie in Wonderland
by riley

Comment:
Congrats on the ribbon!

:)

M

Painting the Corners
by toddhead

Comment:
Border looks to me to be the strike zone. I don't expect non-sports fans to 'get' it. Great image. Wonderful ribbon!

The Age of Innocence
by Kali

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Nice to "meet" you Kali.

What can I say about this shot? It's fantastic. How come you didn't get DQ'd when you submit your info? *shrug* Strange.

Anyways - congrats on the purple ribbon. I don't think there's much to critique here. Maybe the top center of the photo is a tad overexposed? Maybe the real problem is that I didn't take this photo? :)

Good job and continued good luck!

Mav

Morning jewls! (Kitch or beauty?)
by aKiwi

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

This is a shot I don't get. When I saw where it placed, I was stunned. I am surprised that it beat a number of shots it beat. On second look, I think I know why.

This is a really decent, average photo (5.2ish) but there is one glaring weakness: that overexposed bit of it. That part ruins the whole photo for me, but obviously when people voted, they took into consideration the photo as a whole. I wish I'd been able to do that at the time. Your focus is on, the colors are nice - but that spot is so overly distracting that people aren't going to see what's good about it.

Oh, and did you mean Jewels? I see you're in Germany - still gotta check your spellings or the English speakers will eat your shot up just for that spelling mistake.

Happy shooting and good luck

Mav

Through Darkness We Awaken To The Light
by trnqlty

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

I think I can see two things I love about this photo and two things I could change to improve it.

Loves:
1. I'm a silhouette lover. The silhouettes of the crosses and the meaning your title attaches to them is excellent. Whether or not I agree with your intent here doesn't matter. You've created an emotive photo - one that is more than just run of the mill stock photography.
2. The sky color is brilliant. Yellows instead of reds are really nice to see occassionally in a sunset photo. Nice originality.

Disloves:
1. The contrast hurts my eyes as well. It's a bit much at some point. Not sure how I'd change that though. A tiny bit less contrast or a slightly better exposure metering the sun itself?
2. The crop is kind of far away. I would move in on the sun/crosses and get rid of chunks of blackness - I don't think it would hurt your theme to have a bit less black around the bottom.

Happy shooting!

Mav